NCSC Webinar: Communicative Competence (Part II)
Name:
State:
Take your notes on this study guide as you listen and view the webinar. Please send your study guide to your state
contact.
How proficient do you feel you are in addressing student
communicative competence?
1
2
Not very
3
OK
4
5
Proficient
Components of Successful Communication are:
Intervention Steps (4):
Strategies (3) for Improving Communicative Competence:
Review Steven from Part I and consider possible interventions &/or strategies to improve communication for this student.
Recap
Recommendations for Intervention Steps and Strategies
Steven
Step 1: Selection of communication targets
Strategy A – Review NJC Communicative Intents
Strategy B – Develop a preferences inventory
Strategy C – Determine opportunities to practice
Step 2: Determine Strongest Mode(s)
Step 3: Integrate the targets into the daily routine
Step 4: Continually monitor and increase the complexity of the mode
Review Steven’s video example. Look for AAC or interventions &/or strategies that have improved communication for him.
Video
Analysis & Recommendations
Steven
 Has the student moved toward more symbolic communication? If so, in what ways?

What is the next step for this student?
 What strategies need to be considered?
General Questions:
1. What questions do you have about Communicative
Competence?
2. What is the most important thing you learned in Webinar
#5?
3. How many students do you serve who have
communication issues similar to the students in the
videotapes?
4. Do you have a student who would make an excellent case
study for communicative competence?
Notes/Feedback:
5. Did the webinar help you better identify communicative
competence in your students?
0 Yes, I learned something new.
0 I feel competent in this area, and I
could use this information to help others.
0 No, I don’t feel competent in this area.
0 No, I need more examples or help.
Dan Habib, a film-maker at the University of New Hampshire will be collecting case-studies for a film
documentary that will be used in future NCSC Training Materials. If you have a student who might
represent an excellent case study, please contact < insert NCSC State Contact>
Following the live chat, you will receive an electronic evaluation for the webinar/WebEx from the NCSC
Evaluator. Thank you in advance for assisting us in improving our materials and supports.