Education Service Center, Region 20 (ESC-20) will be offering a unique training opportunity in the area of Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) to support students with non-verbal and low-verbal disabilities, including students with Autism, Down Syndrome, Cognitive, and Orthopedic Disabilities.
Ten teams each comprised of a classroom teacher, speech and language pathologist, and others will be selected to participate in a specialized grant program to develop a functional communication system for a student who is nonverbal or has limited language or unintelligible speech.
This program will be utilizing LAMP Words for Life, a symbol-based, text to speech communication app based on the PRC Unity Language System, utilizing the iPad.
** 25 hours CEU credit from TSHA/ASHA pending approval.**
Representatives from each team are required to attend ALL training dates. Training will occur from 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the ESC-20 Conference Center. (unless otherwise specified)
Day 1: September 22, 2026: 9:00am-3:30pm - The Foundation (Setup & Modeling), The Environment (Engineering the Classroom), and The Integration (Core Vocabulary in Academics).
Day 2 & 3: October 6 & 7, 2026: 9:00am-3:30pm - LAMP workshop days
Optional: November 9, 2026: Virtual: 1:30pm-3:30pm - paraprofessionals providing support for communication (additional registration required: Session:117668
Day 4: February 8, 2027: 9:00am-3:30pm: The Troubleshooting (Barriers & Data) - Data collection, plan revision, AAC implementation and progress.
Day 5: April 12, 2027: 9:00am-3:30pm: The Legacy (Long-term Planning & Advocacy) - Team progress monitoring, data review, low tech systems, and next steps.
This session is free to members of the Special Education Cooperative.