Communication: Intervention Specialist Moderate/Intensive

Reliable communication is a vital skill to self-expression. Individuals who experience sensory, motor, perceptual, or executive function differences may develop communication systems that are not reliable means of self- expression. Prospective intervention specialists will learn how typical language and communication develop, how differences in this development may result in communication which is less than complete self-expression, and how to support and teach more complete and reliable self-expression in students K-12. Increasing techniques of communicative support will be instructed and fading or increasing these supports will be discussed.