AUCD: Poster Symposium: Transforming Training, Teaching and Outreach to Engage Diverse Stakeholders: Accounting for Literacy Levels at UCEDDs across the United States
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Presenter
Rebecca Jordan, M.Ed., Mrs.Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND
Description
Basic literacy skills are frequently assumed to be intact across daily life settings. However, many people, particularly those with cognitive disabilities, may not have these presumed literacy skills. Therefore, ways in which UCEDDs might evaluate their clients? literacy needs as well as the literacy requirements of materials they provide to ensure a match will be presented by a Literacy Specialist specializing in working with individuals with IDD during this session.Back to Session: Poster Symposium: Transforming Training, Teaching and Outreach to Engage Diverse Stakeholders