Making the Environment Communicatively Accessible with Dr. Von Tetzchner  (Pt. 1)
Channel: Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium - ERLC
Date: 13/12/2017

Archived webinar from February 16, 2017

Dr. Von Tetzchner sees the development of AAC as a form of language development, although atypical. Inspite of the fact that it differs in many ways from typical language development, the development of alternative means of communication is not a deficit but an achievement that parallel typical forms of language development. It is important to investigate its the developmental course and how the child's language environment may promote or hinder it. Only then it is possible to implement educational and other measures and construct an environment that is communicatively accessible and support the form of language the child who lacking the ability to speak can use in an optimal way.

This webinar was time well spent with the person sometimes referred to as the Albert Einstein of the AAC World! 

Part 2 video - https://youtu.be/FgUrpR2pjYg

For more resources to support the complex communication needs population, visit:
https://arpdcresources.ca/consortia/complex-communication-needs-ccn/

To learn more about Dr. von Tetzchner, visit: http://www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/people/aca/stephent/