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Best Practices in Communicating with individuals with MDVI
Neha Sharma,
Speech-Language Pathologist, BS(Linguistics and Cognitive Science), MS (Communication Sciences & Disorders)
In this Webinar, Neha will outline best practices in communicating with individuals with Multiple Disabilities and Vision Impairments. The following topics will be discussed:
- Communicating with those with MDVI
- Assess the child, not the diagnosis
- Basic communicative functions
- Accommodations for optimal communicative access
Neha Sharma is a Speech-Language Pathologist and has been practicing for 16 years. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Linguistics and Cognitive Science and a Master’s of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She has worked with preschool, elementary, and middle school aged children in private and public-school settings. She has specialized in addressing the communicative needs of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and those with significant global challenges due to severe comorbid diagnoses. In addition to ameliorating the communication disorders of these children, Neha is passionate about providing students and families with behavioral and augmentative and alternative communication strategies to carryover in all settings.
She has developed many thematic activities linked to school curriculums, community activities, and vocational tasks that address social pragmatics, expressive and receptive language skills, fluency, and articulation. Neha also has a strong interest in working with multilingual families and students to best support their communicative needs. She is passionate about working with students with significant needs and currently practices in the Deafblind Program at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA USA.
Date: Friday May 22 7:30 – 8:30 AM IST
(Thursday May 21 10 – 11 PM EST)
Please adjust for your own time zone!
Session mode : Online
Registration fee: FREE
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