Assistive Technology Tools & Resources for Latinx Families
Description
This webinar will discuss the disparities and barriers to the supports and services that facilitated communication experienced by Spanish-speaking children with ASD and their families. Broad guidelines for culturally and linguistically equitable service provision for children with ASD will be reviewed. Finally, linguistically responsive strategies to support communication within the context of augmentative-alternative communication (AAC) will be addressed.
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will list 2 barriers and/or disparities experienced by Spanish-speaking children with ASD and their families.
2. Participants will discuss 1 technique or tool to provide culturally-linguistically responsive services to Spanish-speaking children with ASD and their families.
3. Participants will describe 1 strategy within AAC service provision that supports the unique communication needs of Spanish-speaking children with ASD & their families.
Speaker
Ellyn McNamara, M.S., CCC-SLP
University of Illinois Chicago
McNamara is a bilingual Spanish-English speech-language pathologist who has worked with Latinos with disabilities and their families across the continuum of care. She completed the Assistive Technology Certificate Program at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) in 2014 and currently conducts assessments in augmentative-alternative communication (AAC) at UIC's Assistive Technology Unit. She is also a Ph.D. candidate in Disability Studies, and her research interests include equitable access to AAC systems, supports, and services for minority groups.
Recorded on May 9, 2019