The North Suburban Speech and Language Association
An area group of the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association is pleased to host

Assumed Knowledge: Strengthening the Core of Social Cognition

Speaker: Anna Vagin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Date:  Friday, October 25, 2019
Time:  7:45 am – 4:00 pm
Location:  The Glen Club Ballroom, 2901 West Lake Avenue, Glenview, IL

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Registration Information:

NSSLA Member Fee: $150.00*
Non-NSSLA Member Registration Fee: $225.00*
 
Registration Due Date: Friday, October 18, 2019 is the FINAL date registrations can be accepted.
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PLEASE NOTE:  Registrations WILL NOT be accepted at the door.

*​The cost of this workshop includes handouts, continental breakfast, and lunch.

Click below to download the registration form.

Registration Form

This course is offered for .6 ASHA CEUs (professional area, intermediate level). Available for Partial Credit: NO

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An annual ASHA CE Registry fee is required to register ASHA CEUs. ASHA CE Registry fees are paid directly to the ASHA National Office. To register CEUs with ASHA, you must complete a CE participant form, turn it in at the time of the activity, and pay the ASHA CE Registry fee. ASHA CEUs are awarded ONLY AFTER receipt of the CE Participant Form AND payment of the Registry fee. 
 
Program Completion Requirements: Participants are expected to be present for the entire program. Individuals who are not present for the full program will not be recommended for ASHA CEUs. No partial credit will be provided.

Disclaimer: NSSLA is not responsible for the professional practices of any members or attendees as our meetings are solely informational workshops, not certificated educational or training programs

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Program Description

This workshop will explore social learning concepts in Core Curriculum Standards, review inferential skills, and examine strategies to build understanding of intention, behavior, & effect. It will cover the importance of perspective, emotions and flexibility, as well as ways to support development of conversation.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will:

1. Explain why silence is an important therapeutic tool.
2. Create 2 visual supports that could be used with students with whom they work and explain why they are necessary.
3. Define jump cuts and describe how they relate to social learning.
4. Support via research why using materials that move, such as a YouTube video, makes sense.
5. Explain why interjections are so important and how to work on them with students.
6. Demonstrate how to use a conversation map with a student with whom they work.

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Schedule

Time	Description
7:45-8:30 AM	Registration and continental breakfast
8:30-8:45 AM	​Introduction
8:45-10:15 AM	Examining our own behavior: use of silence, gesture, visual supports &  language​
10:15-10:30 AM	Break​
10:30 AM-12:00 PM	The challenge of inference: combining world knowledge with situational information—The “Double Think”
12:00-1:00 PM	Lunch
1:00-2:15 PM	Supporting emotional development as it relates to the Core Curriculum and social interaction
2:15-2:30 PM	Break
​2:30-3:15 PM	Building conversation skills—conversation maps for interesting conversations
​3:15-3:45 PM	​It’s still conversation—exploring misunderstandings and arguments
​3:45-4:00 PM	​Discussion and questions

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Speaker

Anna Vagin, PhD, is a licensed speech/language pathologist with over 30 years experience. In her private practice in Marin County, California, she provides individual sessions and social learning groups to children, young adults, and their families. Her particular interest is using media to support social thinking in students with diagnoses such as ASD, ADHD, NVLD, Language Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Social Communication Disorder or Twice Exceptional. She provides consultation to parents and schools, and is a frequent speaker in the US and Canada on topics related to social cognition. She is the author of Movie Time Social Learning (2012) and YouCue Feelings: Using Online Videos for Social Learning (2015).    

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Disclosures:
Financial- Ann Vagin has a financial relationship with the products disclosed in her bio. 
Non-Financial- Anna Vagin does not have any relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.