Description
Recorded: March 10, 2025.
Length: 60-Minutes
How in the world can my high school student who is non-speaking, has CVI and significant physical disabilities, possibly benefit from literacy instruction?” You will be amazed at what is possible when you provide all students access to age-respectful books.
Building background knowledge is an essential component to comprehensive literacy instruction, especially for our most complex learners. This literacy webinar will give participants the what, why and how of building background knowledge, so that all students can learn to connect to a variety of rich, age-respectful literature.
As a result of this activity, participants will be able to:
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Explain 2 or more reasons why background knowledge is essential when providing comprehensive literacy instruction to students with complex communication needs.
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Implement strategies to effectively provide comprehensive literacy instruction to students with complex communication needs..
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Provide and describe 2-3 examples of how to provide background knowledge for students with physical disabilities and/or CVI.
Sarah Wakabayashi, Speech Language Pathology Clinician, Assistive Technology Consultant.
