NCSC Webinar: Communicative Competence
Name:
State:
This is the first of a two part series on communication. Take your notes on this study guide as you listen and view the
webinar. Please send your study guide to your state contact,
Language is:
Communication is:
The relationship between communication and language is?
Review each of the video examples look for communicative intent, forms/modes, the extent to which the communication
was acknowledged and/or honored, possible AAC or interventions to improve communication for this student.
Video
Communication Components
Paige
 List Intents:
 List forms or modes:
 Is student understood?
 Is desired response achieved?
 AAC suggestions?
Steven
 List Intents:
 List forms or modes:
 Is student understood?
 Is desired response achieved?
 AAC suggestions?
Alex
 List Intents:
 List forms or modes:
 Is student understood?
 Is desired response achieved?
 AAC suggestions?
Grace
 List Intents:
 List forms or modes:
 Is student understood?
 Is desired response achieved?
 AAC suggestions?
General Questions:
1. What questions do you have about Communicative
Competence?
2. What is the most important thing you learned in
Webinar #3?
3. How many students do you serve who have
communication issues similar to the students in the
videotapes?
4. How could you take what you learned today one
step further? What is (are) the logical next step(s)?
5. As a result of this training, how could/would you
share this information with colleagues?
6. Do you have any other questions or comments?
7. Do you have a student that would make an
excellent case study for communicative
competence?
8. How proficient do you feel you are in addressing
student communicative competence?
Notes/Feedback:
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1
2
Not very
3
OK
4
5
Proficient
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 < NCSC State Contact>
In Part II of this series, we will revisit the students in this presentation to see what the teams did to
improve the student’s communicative competence using AAC and consistent interventions.
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.