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Workshops / Services

ACCPC offers training and consultation on topics relating to its projects.

Services are offered on a fee-for-service basis. Fees vary depending on the service.

Presenters / Consultants include professionals with a range of disciplines, all with extensive experience in the field of AAC and related topics. Adults who use AAC are involved in trainings whenever possible.

Consultation: ACCPC offers consultations to individuals who use AAC and / or their service providers around issues relating to self-determination and inclusive education.

Workshops: ACCPC offers workshops and in-services on a range of topics. Workshops are provided in your community, thus saving on travel and tuition fees.

Please contact ACCPC at accpc@sympatico.ca about arranging a workshop or a consultation.

Sample Workshop / Consultation Topics:

• Fostering self-determination in youth and adults who use AAC
  • Communicating with attendants
  • Healthy sexuality and relationships
  • Personal safety
  • Assertiveness
  • Conflict resolution
  • Safeguarding against abuse / victimization
  
  
• Supporting People who use AAC in accessing the justice system
  • Court interpreting
  • Expert witness
  
  
• Collaborative protocols and trainings for police, victim services, legal professionals, crowns and judges working with people who use AAC.


• Communication training and protocol reviews for attendant service agencies serving consumers who use AAC.


• Communication Accessibility: What health, social and justice services need to know and do in extending services to people who use AAC


• School support around curriculum adaptations, teaching strategies for students who use AAC.