Foundations of Communication Session #1

Foundations of Communication Session #1

Presenters

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  Perry Flynn

  M.Ed. CCC-SLP

  Perry Flynn is the Consultant to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in the area of Speech-Language Pathology and a Professor at UNCG, He is a Board Certified Child Language Specialist and Fellow of ASHA. He is a certified therapeutic horseback riding instructor and member of the Board of Directors of Special Olympics North Carolina.

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  Maureen Kaniuka

  MA, CAS

  Maureen boasts being in education since the dark ages, with 36 years serving in a variety of roles, including classroom teacher, reading and math specialist, school psychologist, and statewide autism consultant in North Carolina. She earned a BA in Elementary Education and Philosophy from Boston College, a Masters and Certificate of Advanced Study in School Psychology from East Carolina University, and an add-on in Curriculum, Instruction, Supervision from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Maureen is affiliated with a range of professional organizations and has presented at statewide and national conferences on a range of topics. She was named the North Carolina School Psychology Practitioner of the Year in 2016.

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  Matthew Martinez

  MA

  Matthew has been in education for 24 years, serving students with significant cognitive disabilities. He earned his BA in Moderate and Severe Disabilities from Morehead State University and a Masters in Low Incidence from East Carolina University. He has had the privilege of educating students with significant cognitive disabilities from kindergarten through age 22 and he continues to advocate through his work as the state-wide consultant for Significant Disabilities at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Learning Objectives

Identify the locations of language centers in the brain

Differentiate communication from language 

Identify the concepts of Bloom's taxonomy and examples of the components of language in the educational standards of English Language Arts but also Science, Social Studies, etc.

Agenda

Agenda

15 minutes	Communication versus language
20 minutes	Language processing in the brain
25 minutes	Communication skills, expressive/receptive, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, phonology
10 minutes	Language development milestones
10 minutes	Selected pragmatic functions across the school day
40 minutes	Bloom’s taxonomy, Web’s depth of knowledge and the educational standards in English language arts and a variety of other content areas including the extended content standards

Disclosures

Disclosures

Financial Disclosures:	Perry is paid by UNCG. He is receiving compensation for this course. Matthew is paid by the NC Department of Public Instruction. He is receiving compensation for this course. Maureen is paid by the NC Department of Public Instruction. She is receiving compensation for this course.
Non-Financial Disclosures:	Perry has no non-financial relationships to disclose. Matthew has no non-financial relationships to disclose. Maureen has no non-financial relationships to disclose.
Content Disclosures:	Perry has no additional content information to disclose. Matthew has no additional content information to disclose. Maureen has no additional content information to disclose.

ASHA

ASHA

This course is offered for .2 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate Level, Professional Area

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