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LIVE PRESENTATION: Sign Language through Touch – Protactile American Sign Language (PTASL)

Thursday, January 9th

7:00 pm -8:30pm CST

**On-demand access available during the checkout process**

Communication for an individual who is deafblind varies for many different reasons and communication through touch is an integral part of that communication.

Protactile American Sign Language is a language created for the Deaf Blind by people who are Deaf Blind. How does PTASL relate to Tactile ASL? What are other methods of communication for individuals who are DeafBlind? You will leave this training with the ability to provide information through touch from basic communication needs to parts of the Protactile communication that was created. 

Learner Outcomes: 

The participant will be able to:

  1. identify the difference between tactile ASL and Protactile ASL
  2. identify common forms of backchanneling to provide visual information through touch
  3. identify different situations where tactile communication would be beneficial. 

This training is offered LIVE only with on-demand access available during the checkout process.

Purchase on-demand access and receive access to the recorded training afterward and view whenever you want from any device, as often as you like until Labor Day 2025!

THIS TRAINING IS INCLUDED FREE IN THE PROFESSIONAL ACADEMY

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Learn how Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices can be used to support Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) students and if a DHH student is a good candidate for an AAC device.  Participants will receive tools and strategies to identify if a student is a candidate for an AAC device as well as strategies to support a student’s language development through this technology.

PARTICIPANT OUTCOMES:

  1. Understand how to navigate the “AAC Candidacy Resource.

  2.  Learn about different Deaf-Friendly AAC features in a variety of applications.

  3.  Navigate how to select which application best suits the communicator

 

THIS TRAINING IS INCLUDED FREE IN THE PROFESSIONAL ACADEMY as well as the FRIEND ACADEMY

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