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Training
On-Site Training
Bridges has traveled from Newfoundland to Nunavut to Vancouver
Island to deliver on-site training.
On-site training is customized to meet the needs of your school
board, school, classroom or individual students.
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Focus on the technology investments of your school board by
hosting a group training in a school computer lab. Meet the needs
of individual students through small-team training right in the
classroom.
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Choose to focus on the technology tools that your school board
has invested in or on the technology needs of individual students.
Instruction can be delivered to a group in your school computer
lab or in a small-team format in the classroom.
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We will be involved right from the beginning to assist you in
developing a professional development plan for your on-site training,
including details such as technology topics, curriculum links, access
and learning needs of students, location, computer lab setup,
resources and follow-up plan.
Our professional development is always embedded in meaningful
curriculum experiences and is relevant to the needs and goals of
your school board and individual students.
Schedule as a half-day, full-day or as a series.
Participants will receive extensive handout packages, access to
online resources, certificates of completion and ongoing support from
the Bridges team!
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Workshops
Environmental Communication Teaching (ECT)
The focus of Environmental Communication Teaching (ECT) training is functional communication in natural environments. For this series of training we are focusing on the use of AAC strategies and tools in the school environment. The full ECT training is a 5 day intensive, school year process. The training dates occur across the school year. Participants are expected to attend as teams that choose two students to apply the ECT strategies with during school activities between the trainings. The research findings recommend that the primary team consist of an AAC user's teacher, SLP and teaching assistant. All other staff for the chosen students are welcome including family members.
ECT training has two goals. The first, and primary goal, is to facilitate an increase of augmentative communication use in target students. The secondary goal is to give communication facilitating adults (teachers, SLPs, parents, para-educators, and others) strategies for promoting initiation of communication through systematic planning of activities and arranging the environment. The training has a long-time research base dating back to 1992. The original project was directed by George Karlan, Ph.D. The presenter, Kelly Fonner, is a Karlan trained ECT trainer. Participants attending this training series will learn the basics of ECT strategies which provide (1) a systematic approach to activity planning, (2) a structure for developing effective partner responses, and (3) a framework for communication-
focused environmental arrangements.
Workshop Objectives:
As a result of attending this series of workshops, participants will be able to:
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Identify solutions to common classroom communication problems
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Select communication rich activities and infuse them with meaningful, communicative functions
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Develop partner prompts that promote independence in communication
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Develop sets of activity-based scripts to support a communication routine
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Learn strategies that can become a part of your service delivery to students who struggle with communication
We are Holding Two ECT Courses on the Following Dates
Toronto (ONE SPOT LEFT!)
November 24
December 15
February 4th
April 7th
May 12th
Winnipeg
November 23
December 16
February 5th
April 6th
May 11th
Register Now!
Limited Registrations
Please Contact Chantal@Bridges-Canada.com to Reserve a Spot
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