Mindset

Cultivate a mindset that prioritizes the human element in every interaction, fostering trust and authenticity in communication.

Guiding Clinical Questions

Understand and apply four guiding clinical questions to shape your AAC therapy approach to create meaningful, connection-focused interventions tailored to individual AAC users.

Technically Speaking

Learn the technical aspects and programming strategies that will help set you up for success for those using direct select, switch access and eye gaze. 

Redefine Successful Communication 3.0 CEUs

True success in communication isn't always quantifiable. It's found in the moments of mutual understanding, genuine connection, and showing up with authenticity to learn and grow. When you enroll in this course, you'll learn more about truly successful communication exchanges, and how we can integrate these experiences into the world of therapy and education where numbers matter.

Meet Your Instructors:   Brenda Del Monte & Katelyn Oeser

Brenda Robertson Del Monte is a Speech Language Pathologist and an assistive technology evaluator and facilitator, who has worked with people with disabilities for over 20 years.  Her passion has been working with people who are not functionally verbal and use communication devices to help them communicate. She specializes in working with those with complicated bodies who have limited ways to access augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). She is a national speaker who has presented at Closing the Gap, ATIA and AzTAP. Katelyn Oeser is a Speech-Language Pathologist and AAC device trainer, who has been working with people with disabilities for over 10 years. Kate has worked in the public schools, outpatient clinics, and home health. She is currently a private practitioner doing home based speech therapy. Kate has presented at AZTAP on AAC implementation for emergent and intermediate AAC users. 

Course Curriculum

5 Chapters · 33 Lessons

  1. 1

    Module One: Redefining Successful Communication

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      Introduction

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      Key Indicator of Successful Communication #1

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      Technically Speaking: Editing New Vocabulary

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      Technically Speaking: Page Navigation & Customization

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      Key Indicator of Successful Communication #2

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      Key Indicator of Successful Communication #2b

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      Technically Speaking: Step by Step Would You Rather

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      Technically Speaking: Would You Rather High Tech

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      Key Indicator of Successful Communication #3

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      Technically Speaking: Total Communication for Expression

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      Key Indicator of Successful Communication #4

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      Technically Speaking: SmackTalk

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      Technically Speaking: Scanning Set Up with Auditory Preview

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      Key Indicator of Successful Communication #5

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      Goal Writing for Human Connection

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      Conclusion to Module One

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      Five Key Indicators PDF

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      Communication Competencies PDF

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    Module Two: Four Questions to Guide Your Implementation Of AAC

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      Introduction

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      Video Observation

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      Clinical Question #1

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      Technically Speaking: How, Why and When to use Hide/Show

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      Clinical Question #2

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      Chris Bugaj, The Least Dangerous Assumption

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      Clinical Question #3

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      Clinical Question #4

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      Four Clinical Questions PDF

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    Module Three: Reflection and Practice

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      Four Clinical Questions: The Worksheet

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      Therapy Planning: Finding Common Ground

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      Therapy Activity Planner: Connection and Competency

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    Module Four: Putting it All Together

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      Clinical Questions in Action

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      Observations and Recap

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    Quiz

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      Final Quiz

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