Presentations and Handouts
Includes powerpoint slides and handouts from conferences, Closing the Gap, and Route 66 Literacy.
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ISAAC 2018 Handouts
Effects of Embedding Core Vocabulary in Emergent Literacy Instructional Routines (pdf, 102 pages, 4.4 MB) by Dr. Penny Hatch, Dr. Lori Geist, and Dr. Karen Erickson.
Evaluation of Project Core Professional Development Modules: Usage Data and Participant Reported Value (pdf, 35 pages, 1 MB) by Dr. Lori Geist, Dr. Penny Hatch, and Dr. Karen Erickson.
Classroom-based Communication Instruction: Project Core Year 3 (pdf, 52 pages, 11.9 MB) by Dr. Lori Geist, Dr. Penny Hatch, and Dr. Karen Erickson.
ATIA 2017 Handouts
A Case Analysis of Communication Intervention: Year 1 by Lisa Erwin-Davidson.
Implementation Program Review for the Multi-Tiered System for Augmenting Language by Dr. Lori Geist, Dr. Karen Erickson, Dr. Penny Hatch, and Dr. Claire Greer
Using Core Vocabulary in Emergent Literacy Instructional Routines by Dr. Penny Hatch, Dr. Lori Geist, Dr. Karen Erickson, Dr. Claire Greer, and Lisa Erwin-Davidson.
ASHA 2016 Handouts
Classroom-Based Core Vocabulary Instruction for Students With Significant Cognitive Disabilities and Complex Communication Needs by Dr. Lori Geist, Dr. Karen Erickson, Dr. Penny Hatch, and Lisa Erwin-Davidson.
ISAAC 2016 Handouts
Core Vocabulary for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities: Essential Tools, Teaching Strategies and Assessment Components by Dr. Lori Geist, Dr. Karen Erickson, Dr. Penny Hatch, Dr. Claire Greer, and Lisa Erwin-Davidson.
ATIA 2016 Handouts
Core Vocabulary AAC Instruction for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities by Dr. Lori Geist, Dr. Karen Erickson, and Dr. Penny Hatch.
ASHA 2015 Handouts
Big Words Science: Decoding Intervention for Adolescent Struggling Readers by Dr. Lori Geist, Dr. Joy Diamond, Dr. Jennie Zoski, Nancy Quick, and Dr. Karen Erickson.
The Common Core and Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities: Free Professional Development and Instructional Resources by Dr. Penny Hatch and Dr. Karen Erickson.
Core Vocabulary for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities: Essential Tools, Teaching Strategies and Assessment Components by Dr. Lori Geist, Dr. Karen Erickson, and Dr. Penny Hatch.
Early Reading Intervention for Kindergarten English Language Learners by Dr. Jennifer Zoski
Shared Reading Versus Guided Reading for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities: What’s the Difference? by Dr. Penny Hatch, Marlene Cummings, and Dr. Karen Erickson.
ATIA 2015 Handouts
Teaching Core Vocabulary Words and Symbols to Students with Complex Communication Needs by Dr. Penelope Hatch, Dr. Lori Geist, and Dr. Karen Erickson.
Videos from this presentation can be viewed in the DLM Core Vocabulary and Communications Module on DLM’s Professional Development website. (In the self-directed version, the videos can be seen near the end of the module. In the facilitated version, the videos can be found in the PowerPoint presentation available for download.)
ASHA 2014 Handouts
Teaching Core Vocabulary Words and Symbols to Students with Complex Communication Needs by Marlene Cummings, Dr. Penelope Hatch, Dr. Lori Geist, and Dr. Karen Erickson.
ISAAC 2014 Handouts
Getting to the Core: Creating a Core Vocabulary for the Common Core by Dr. Penelope Hatch and Allison Dennis.
ATIA 2014 Handouts
Strengthening Your Core: A Core Vocabulary for the Common Core by Allison Dennis, Dr. Karen Erickson, and Dr. Penelope Hatch
ASHA 2013 Handouts
Journey to the Core: Developing a Core Vocabulary for the Common Core by Dr. Penelope Hatch, Allison Dennis, and Marlene Cummings
NC ACA 2013 Handouts
Engagement Through Words: Using the Common Core to Create a Core Vocabulary by Allison Dennis
ATIA 2013 Conference Handouts
A Core Issue: A Core Vocabulary for the Common Core by Allison Dennis, Penelope Hatch, and Karen Erickson
AAC Core Word List (see comments below)
- Column B shows the rank of each listed word based on several factors. These factors include the number of core vocabulary lists a specific word appears in, whether the word is listed in Sally Clendon’s research indicating the 150 most frequently used words in writing samples of students in grades K-4, and the U score.
- Column C shows the U score for each word. This number is based on how frequently the word is found in written English and how widely dispersed the word is among grade levels (K-12) and across subjects. The higher the U score, the more frequently the word occurs in written English and the more widely dispersed the word is.
- *Note-This vocabulary list is based on ongoing research. Therefore, there will likely be some changes in the current draft.
ASHA 2012 Conference Handouts
A Core Issue: A Core Vocabulary for the Common Core by Penelope Hatch, Karen Erickson, Allison Dennis, and Marlene Cummings
ISAAC 2012 Conference Handouts
Creating a Core Vocabulary for Common Core Curriculum by Karen Erickson, Penelope Hatch, Allison Dennis, and Marlene Cummings
ASHA 2011 Conference Handouts
Assessing Language-Based Contributions Underlying Poor Reading Achievement in Young Adolescents by Kristin Nellenbach and Karen Erickson
ISAAC 2008 Conference Handouts
New Voices Assessment: An Online Tool to Support Interdisciplinary Assessments by Karen Erickson and Patricia Porter
PC-24 Moving Forward: Curriculum Adaptations for Inclusion of Students with Severe Disabilities
Pati King DeBaun, Patrick Brune, Karen Biggerstaff, and Karen Erickson, Ph.D.
- LowTech AAC System Layout with core and activity specific vocabulary
- RedYellowGreen Directions for matching AAC with instruction
- Teaching Strategies for inclusive literacy and language arts classrooms
- Using CoWriter with beginning readers and writers
STFLS Surprises: Supporting a Range of Learners Through the Beginning Literacy Framework
Karen Erickson and Caroline Musselwhite
- Famous(CompLesson1) for use with the Start-to-Finish Literacy Starters book, Famous, in the Yearbook: Friends and Feelings set
- Famous(CompLesson2) for use with the Start-to-Finish Literacy Starters book, Famous, in the Yearbook: Friends and Feelings set
- Famous(ask vocab) for use with the Start-to-Finish Literacy Starters book, Famous, in the Yearbook: Friends and Feelings set
- STFLS Surprises handout the powerpoint slides from the presentation