Minspeak E-Newsletter - 2/1/12

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Send to Friend February 01, 2012 Intervention Planning: All of the intervention plans and teaching materials were highlighted for learning to ask questions, except for “am” questions. Download the “Am” Intervention Plan and 3 simple PDF books: “Am I –I Am?”, “I Am-Are You?” and “Am I – Am I Going?” Teaching Materials Exchange: Valentine's Day is right around the corner. Print out the “Do You Like Me? – Will You Be Mine?” card that encourages your students to ask 2 simple questions. The card is coded with Pixons and icon sequences from Unity®45, Unity®60, Unity®84, and Unity®144. Teaching Tip: Do you need to make a quick and easy communication vest. Simply take a T-shirt, cut off the sleeves and cut open along the side seams. Create a pocket to store materials by flipping up the front of the T-Shirt about 2 or 3 inches and sewing along the outer edges and in the middle. Finish off the raw edges with seam binding. Add 2 or 3 strips of Velcro along the top of the front of the t-shirt. Attach a 3 to 4 inch piece of elastic from the front side to the back side (about 6 inches under your arm). This makes it easy to put on and take off and prevents the front of your communication vest from flapping or rolling up. Pittsburgh Language Seminar Series: Check your calendars to see whether or not you can attend one of the upcoming seminar series. February 14-16 features Katya Hill as the guest speaker, March 13-15 features Jane Odom, April 17-19 features Marilyn Buzolich, and May 22-24 features Gail Van Tatenhove. All of these seminars are provided free of charge, with meals and lodging provided. Contact Renee McGough immediately at 412-885-8541 or email her at rmcgough@minspeak.com to register. Announcements: Gail Van Tatenhove will be presenting a webinar for ATIA entitled “Core Vocabulary: Why Use It?” on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 from 3:30 – 5:00 pm EST. Register with ATIA to attend this webinar. The webinar code is: AT12-WEB04.       Benefits of Minspeak Using multi-meaning icons. The power of motor automaticity. Use of Minspeak Minspeak systems with different disabilities. Minspeak and cultural-linguistic diversity. The Power of Minspeak Minspeak, language and literacy development. Using Minspeak in the classroom. Support of Minspeak Strategies to support use of Minspeak. Minspeak teaching materials. Visit us online www.minspeak.com © Semantic Compaction Systems 2009 1000 Killarney Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15234, USA. Tel. 412.885.8541 Fax 412.885.8548 This message was intended for: gmeier@villaesperanzaservices.org Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. Unsubscribe