Webinar recording - Using social media and home automation tools

Webinar recording 

Tobii Dynvavox Ecosystem

A collection of tools to support literacy and language learning

AGOSCI presents this webinar in partnership with Tobii Dynavox and Link Assistive

Webinar overview

When supporting students with the most significant learning and communication challenges, service providers and parents must be well equipped with materials that will help support growth and meaningful participation for AAC users.  Join us as we explore the Tobii Dynavox Ecosystem – a collection of easily accessible tools to support literacy and language learning.  Practical strategies to help identify appropriate goals, support team collaboration, and ways to teach and practice new skills will be explored.  Participants will leave with a toolkit of (free) supports that can be used at both home and school.

Learning outcomes

• Discuss how literacy and language learning are conceptually reinforcing to each other.

• Describe 2 – 3 benefits to using shared reading to teach language and literacy skills.

• List 3 easily accessible teaching tools and describe ways to implement into everyday therapy, classroom, and home activities.

Target audience

Therapists, teachers and anyone supporting AAC users.

Presenters

Kristina Rex is a speech-language pathologist and currently a Trainer in the Swedish Sales Team at Tobii Dynavox. She lives in Stockholm, Sweden and has a Master degree in Speech and Language Pathology from Linköping University. She is specialized in AAC and has a wide experience providing consultation services to school personnel in their pedagogical practice and working directly with assessment and therapy for children and adolescents with complex communication needs. She has been invited to speak nationally and internationally on topics regarding AAC, symbol support and inclusion in schools. In her role at Tobii Dynavox, she is continuing this work by providing theoretical and practical training sessions on a variety of AAC topics for families, users and professionals. 

Rita Kou is a Speech-Language Pathologist and is currently a clinical consultant at Tobii Dynavox China. Rita graduated from Boston University, where she gained important and useful AAC skills through working in the special education classrooms at Boston Public School as well as the AAC program at Boston Children's Hospital. With the goal of promoting and facilitating AAC use in Asia, Rita joined Tobii Dynvavox and her current responsibilities include increasing disability and AAC awareness, providing consulting services to AAC users in China, and implementing developing and localizing AAC products. Rita hopes to empower people with different needs to live to their fullest through effective communication and socialization.

Disclosure

AGOSCI has proudly partnered with Tobii Dynavox and Link Assistive to present this information to our Australian Audience. AGOSCI would like to thank both parties for their support of our education and event calendar. 

AGOSCI is an independent body and does not endorse individual products or brands.

AGOSCI acknowledges the presence and contributions of all suppliers and resources available in the Australian AAC marketplace.

Registration and cancellation policy 

Registration is only confirmed upon full payment of fee. Please note total ticket price will include an additional $0.69 + 0.7% per-transaction service fee. To access the discounted rate for members you must be logged into your AGOSCI member account prior to registration. 

• 100% refund until 60 days before event

• 50% refund between 8-59 days before event

• No refunds within 0-7 days before event start date

Applications for registrations are subject to final approval by AGOSCI to ensure fair and equal access to events across organisations. Waitlist registrations will be taken upon all positions being filled.