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DESCRIPTION:Event Type: LectureSpeaker Information: Nancy BradyIndividuals 
 with severe disabilities frequently rely on nonverbal and nonsymbolic mean
 s to communicate. Dr. Brady will present her research on the development o
 f novel ways to assess and treat nonsymbolic communication. She and her te
 am of investigators have been validating a tool called the Communication C
 omplexity Scale that applies the developmental continuum of prelinguistic 
 communication to individuals with minimal verbal skills associated with a 
 variety of diagnoses such as autism\, cerebral palsy\, deaf-blindness\, an
 d intellectual disability. Currently\, teachers and SLPs are learning to a
 ssess children with the CCS as part of an ongoing project funded by the In
 stitute of Educational Sciences. The CCS is a strength-based assessment th
 at can be used to show progress in communication intervention such as the 
 multimodal intervention currently under investigation by Brady and colleag
 ues. In this talk\, Brady will describe the components of the multimodal a
 pproach and share video examples and data from a pilot study. To date\, ap
 proximately half of the participants have responded to this intervention a
 nd we will discuss characteristics that seem to be associated with these p
 ositive responders. Cost: Free and Open to the PublicContact: Hedda Meadan
 217-333-0260meadan@illinois.eduSponsor: College of Education
DTEND:20171020T160000Z
DTSTAMP:20260511T183632Z
DTSTART:20171020T143000Z
LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign\,Education Room 22
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Annual Goldstick Family Lecture\, Research Presentation
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p class="eventtype"><span class="event-headin
 g eventtype">Event Type:</span> Lecture</p><p class="speakerinfo"><span cl
 ass="event-heading speakerinfo">Speaker Information:</span> Nancy Brady</p
 ><p>Individuals with severe disabilities frequently rely on nonverbal and 
 nonsymbolic means to communicate. Dr. Brady will present her research on t
 he development of novel ways to assess and treat nonsymbolic communication
 . She and her team of investigators have been validating a tool called the
  Communication Complexity Scale that applies the developmental continuum o
 f prelinguistic communication to individuals with minimal verbal skills as
 sociated with a variety of diagnoses such as autism\, cerebral palsy\, dea
 f-blindness\, and intellectual disability. Currently\, teachers and SLPs a
 re learning to assess children with the CCS as part of an ongoing project 
 funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences. The CCS is a strength-bas
 ed assessment that can be used to show progress in communication intervent
 ion such as the multimodal intervention currently under investigation by B
 rady and colleagues. In this talk\, Brady will describe the components of 
 the multimodal approach and share video examples and data from a pilot stu
 dy. To date\, approximately half of the participants have responded to thi
 s intervention and we will discuss characteristics that seem to be associa
 ted with these positive responders. </p><p class="cost"><span class="event
 -heading cost">Cost:</span> Free and Open to the Public</p><p class="conta
 ct"><span class="event-heading contact">Contact:</span> Hedda Meadan217-33
 3-0260<br><a href="mailto:meadan@illinois.edu">meadan@illinois.edu</a></p>
 <p class="sponsor"><span class="event-heading sponsor">Sponsor:</span> Col
 lege of Education</p>
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