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Stand-Alone Modules

“I used to spend every day in a self-contained autism classroom and it slowly became torture. The adults who worked with me were so kind, but I was treated like a toddler no matter how many years passed. Finally getting access to appropriate education saved my life.”
- William A

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Ready to make changes that will let you be a more confident, knowledgeable support for the nonspeaking people in your life?

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We believe communication is a basic human right.

What can you expect
from our modules?

Listen to Nonspeaking Presenters

Our team at Communication for Education believes very deeply that any training created to support nonspeaking autistic people needs to be informed by their lived experiences and expertise. From its inception, our course has been designed to include the voices of nonspeakers, both as contributors and content reviewers.

Hear from Powerhouse Professionals

When we developed our training for folks supporting nonspeaking individuals, we knew that we needed to include as many lived experiences as possible, both from nonspeaking autistic individuals themselves and from a diverse group of thought leaders in the disability community. Our work is shaped by some incredibly knowledgeable and experienced professionals as well.

Download Course PDFs and Resources

Each module of our course offers pages of handouts in downloadable PDFs. You'll have access to key concepts from the module, words of wisdom from nonspeakers, and references for the research that supports the module, and lists for further reading from more books and websites.

Learn with our Team

Our core instructional team consists of Dr. Edlyn Peña, Lisa Mihalich Quinn, and Julie Sando. Together the three have trained more than 350 communication partners to serve nonspeaking students in educational, home, social, and community settings.

Module 1 - Course Intro

Module 1 - Course Intro

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Modules 2 & 3

Language & Labels Matter

Presuming Competence

Modules 7 & 8

Regulation & Dysregulation

Regulation Strategies

Module 11

Communication Practice Strategies

Module 4

Apraxia

Module 9

Response Methods / Multimodal Communication

Module 12

Adapting Academics

Modules 5 & 6

Relationship Building

Mindset and Confidence

Module 10

Prompting Strategies

Modules 13, 14, & 15

Building Agency & Autonomy

Communication Rights & Ethics

Best Practices

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Want to learn about more than just this one topic?

All of our full course options offer you:

15 modules packed with in-depth learning
example videos of students and communication partners in action
over 250 pages of downloadable resources

Our live / hybrid model offers you:

8 weeks of live online classes with course instructors
weekly homework tailored to course instruction
cohort discussion board
feedback on one submitted video

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