di: DI with non, or minimally verbal students

Carol Pio cpio at kcsd96.org
Mon Jul 30 11:07:40 PDT 2018


We've had a ton of success with Language for Learning with our low
incidence population. Hope that helps!

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 11:39 AM Elissa McKenzie <elissa at stlillian.org> wrote:

> I am an administrator for a small school for children who have
> communication and learning challenges.
>
> Our students have diagnoses that include ASD, Down Syndrome, Apraxia of
> Speech, Cerebral Palsy, and more...
>
> We have been using Reading Mastery with fair success but feel we can do
> better.  In our school, we have the support of Speech Language
> Pathologists, ABA providers, OT's and PT's.  We use communication devices
> as well as picture boards for communication.  Still, we do find it
> difficult to assess the progress for students who are non-verbal or
> minimally verbal.
>
> We are very creative with students support, but feel our students are
> limited by mastery being dependent on the verbal performance. Is there a
> systematic way to assess receptively as well as expressively?
>
> Or, is there a DI program for non or minimally verbal students.
>
> Any support or shared experience is appreciated.
>
> Thank you
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