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Angelman Syndrome Workshops

6 parts

 

INTRODUCTION

Diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome, Developing a vision and planning for the future;

WHAT PREDICTS LIFE AFTER SCHOOL?

Presume competence

DYSPRAXIA AND APRAXIA

Motorplanning and sensory integration

ATTENTION AND ‘THE ZONES OF REGULATION’

Support for visual attention, auditory attention, affect, anxiety, challenging behaviour en epilepsy such as NCSE. 

The Zones of regulation: a tool to help attention.

AAC (ALTERNATIVE AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION)

Features of a robust system, what are the barriers to communication? AAC structures language for our students.

Most important: do not underestimate or forget all other forms of communication such as body language, sounds and facial expression.

DESCRIPTIVE TEACHING

Building AAC core vocubulary and early concept development by describing, comparing and contrasting.

Tools to use at school and at home.

  1. Introduction: diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome
    Developing a vision and planning for the future
  2. What predicts life after school?
    Presume competence
  3. Dyspraxia and Apraxia
    Motorplanning and sensory integration
  4. Attention and 'The Zones of regulation'
  5. AAC (alternative augmentative communication
  6. Descriptive teaching
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Erin Sheldon
Erin Sheldon

Erin Sheldon is a written and spoken language development specialist. She is the mother of a teenage daughter with autism and Angelman syndrome. She is an advocate for inclusive education and an inclusive society. She obtained her Masters in Education and studied the learning needs of students with complex disabilities.

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