3 Free PRC trainings - San Diego (Oct-Dec)

You Are Invited to Three FREE Workshops! Kara Bidstrup, M.S., CCC-SLP Email:  keb.cons@prentrom.com Phone:  (800) 262-1984 ext. 472 Hello Everyone, You are invited to attend three face-to-face trainings at the San Diego Assistive Technology Center.  The following trainings will be held on Thursdays, from 1:00pm - 4:00pm. Introduction to Unity InserviceOctober 27, 2011 1:00pm - 4:00pmPRC believes in providing single words for novel communication in addition to pre-programmed sentences and topic/environment specific vocabulary.  This course explains the unique method of organizing and accessing vocabulary for all language levels and addresses the ongoing struggle with the constant need for adding vocabulary.  This course will review Unity 1-hit vocabularies as well as Unity sequenced vocabularies.  Strategies for teaching Unity will be addressed throughout the training.     Attend This Training Overview of Implementation Strategies for AACNovember 10, 2011 1:00pm - 4:00pm ASHA CEUs:  0.3This condensed presentation focuses on strategies to teach and promote the use of an augmentative communication system to get students to independently initiate spontaneous, novel utterances rather than simply repeating pre-stored sentences when prompted. The strategies presented will cover a range of communication ages and abilities, including those at the level of emerging language and literacy. The teaching strategies presented are appropriate for a wide variety of devices and programs. This presentation is appropriate for anyone (teacher, SLP, parent, paraprofessional, etc.) working with a student using a communication device. Devices for this training are not required. If you choose to bring a device or laptop computer, please bring a Vantage, Vantage Lite, Vanguard, ECO, SpringBoard Lite, or laptop computer pre-loaded with PASS Software. All software versions are welcome. Attend This Training Overview of Basic Programming for ALL PRC DevicesDecember 8, 2011 1:00pm - 4:00pm ASHA CEUs:  0.3This course will focus on all PRC devices (SpringBoard Lite, Vantage Lite, Vanguard, and ECO) Participants will receive practice and training using the Unity language system for language representation as well exposure to basic hardware features and "how to" customizing and programming techniques on the devices. Participants will practice the following skills: editing core keys, activity keys, and page keys, hiding/showing keys, creating a new activity row and page, linking of pages, importing of real photos and specifics on completing a memory transfer to back up device contents. Devices for this training are not required. If you choose to bring a device or laptop computer, please bring a Vantage, Vantage Lite, Vanguard, ECO, SpringBoard Lite, or laptop computer pre-loaded with PASS Software. All software versions are welcome. Attend This Training These courses are FREE, but registration is required.  Space is limited to eight people so please register today.  I look forward to seeing you there. FREE product training seminars will help you get the most from your PRC communication device.  Attend the Training that Meets Your Needs.  It's Easy! Create a personal PRC Account Enter your information once At a glance, view your upcoming trainings and much more. If you have already created your personal PRC account, simply click here to login. ASHA CEUs Available For more information, contact our PRC Seminar Coordinators at (800) 848-8008.