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Member
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January 13, 2024
Powerpoint was hard to read
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Jill
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December 27, 2023
The introduction of the 6 new pragmatic language constructs is certainly something to consider when evaluating and providing therapy to our students. Use of videos was extremely helpful. A lot of information to digest in a short period of time. While the exam questions adequately tested your knowledge of the material presented in the seminar, it took much time to go back and review the course outline in order to apply the info and answer the questions.
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Member
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December 21, 2023
I found the depth of the subject matter, with higher order areas of communication and their sub-components, was difficult to absorb in just one sitting. The test was incongruent with the slides. I had to review/skip through the video several times and this was generally frustrating -- my responses on the quiz were iffy, not confident. This should have been about three hours of content with loads of definitions and explicit use of terms.
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Sarah
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December 16, 2023
I can explain the importance of the CAPs now.
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Member
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November 27, 2023
A unique and useful method of assessment (and potential treatment) is described.
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Marla
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November 27, 2023
The instructor gave the basic differences of pragmatic performance and intent.
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Linda
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November 26, 2023
The videos of the students responses in each category really helped. I also can’t wait to go check out the free materials on her website.
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Lynne
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November 15, 2023
Such a vital tool for assessment! A huge undertaking to develop such a comprehensive tool. Comprehensive and detailed course, lots of information!!
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Member
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October 27, 2023
It showed how to organize pragmatic skills into categories and levels which gives a better understanding of how to understand and assess those skills and behaviors.
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Miriam
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October 24, 2023
interesting topic
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Member
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September 29, 2023
I learned a lot, I would have liked more ways to work with young children ages 3-4.
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Member
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August 28, 2023
I love that this course broke down the different aspects to social communication that is not taught in grad school.
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Member
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August 10, 2023
I liked how it showed examples of different students. I still think a lot of the expression piece is subjective. In the examples they showed very preppy/extroverted children so it was exaggerated comparing them to the neurodivergent kids.
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Member
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July 25, 2023
It gave additional information that will be helpful when administering and interpreting the results of the CAPs with my students
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Member
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July 14, 2023
Video examples of paralinguistic concepts
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Member
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July 8, 2023
The video examples were helpful, and the presenter's knowledge of pragmatics is obvious. I loved the discussion of sarcasm and deceit, receptive vs expressive pragmatics, and limitations of currently available standardized pragmatic assessments.
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Member
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June 25, 2023
The videos were excellent, but the terminology was novel to me, which made the comprehension of it more difficult.
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Alexis
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June 23, 2023
Thorough with lots of new helpful information!
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Member
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June 17, 2023
Great video examples
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ilissa
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June 1, 2023
Pragmatics is a very broad topic. The presenter even said you have to create your own videos. With each student being different I think this topic is still open and can be difficult to address, but the presentation did good in providing sample scenarios, questions to ask students, and how to address pragmatic skills.
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Kristin
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February 20, 2023
I thought that it was very confusing. There are too many new terms for topics that we as SLPs already know about. I felt like the description of pragmatics being both receptive and expressive was a great way to think about things, but then all the new terminology was quite tricky and confusing. Good course overall because I like the CAPS but teaching about the "why" was choppy.
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Theresa
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February 15, 2023
It was interesting and informative.
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Kathryn
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February 15, 2023
To me this was fundamental information - I thought the example videos of her students responding were interesting. I appreciated the suggestion to include videos in my pragmatic assessments.
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Margaret
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February 5, 2023
Having video examples was very helpful. Would have liked to have seen examples of a variety of studentss, rather than same 3. Also felt that there was so much content that presenter had to rush through within the time frame. This should have been a longer course or split in two parts in order for her to have enough time to thoroughly cover the topic
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Member
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January 23, 2023
Great information
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Member
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January 21, 2023
Content and presentation
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Danielle
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December 28, 2022
good course thank you! very informative
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Member
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December 6, 2022
This was a topic that I have never seen research completed on. It was very interesting to learn about the differences between receptive and expressive pragmatics and more appropriate ways to assess these areas.
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Member
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December 5, 2022
The videos
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shoshana
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November 21, 2022
very clear and videos are always more entertaining and real
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Member
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October 22, 2022
The presenter did not present as organized and was challenging to comprehend/follow. The 6 topic areas were not explicitly described or provided examples and alternate terminology was used in lieu of staying with the same six terms. The tables were challenging to decipher and it was difficult to read the red on black and black on red.
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Lisa
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October 4, 2022
I found this course difficult to follow, one of the few that I have taken at SpeechPathology.com.
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Alana
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September 4, 2022
Everything- explanation, videos, data. I wanted more and more!
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Amanda
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August 19, 2022
The information was really good - its just that more time needed to be devoted to this - an hour is not long enough for this course.
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Joan
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August 17, 2022
Good examples
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Irina
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August 7, 2022
Adriana!!
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Nancy
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August 4, 2022
Teaching of this content was very good.One problem that appears to be across all courses: videos presented have very poor audio. It's typically way louder that the presenter's audio, I have to quickly remove my earphones or go deaf. It's sometimes very difficult to hear the people speaking in the video. In one of this course's video, music was playing while someone was talking?! Then some had white noise while someone was speaking. Overall, the videos in the course were ineffective.
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Jillian
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July 27, 2022
I loved the use of video examples of clients with HFA and SCD, as well as typically developing clients; it highlighted the differences in performance on different tasks, and illustrated the concepts introduced much more clearly than text or describing alone.
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Member
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July 20, 2022
Great video examples and discussion of assessment measures were especially helpful.
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Debra
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July 17, 2022
The presentation and the exam were not aligned. It was very difficult to discern the correct answers.
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Member
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July 13, 2022
Hard to focus on information being presented
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Member
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July 6, 2022
good videos for examples
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Member
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June 14, 2022
I liked how the presenter showed a lot of different videos and how students responded to those videos.
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Sandra
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June 12, 2022
I liked the video examples as models of varied responses per individual/group (control, autism, SCD). However, the terms were presented ambiguously and made it difficult to fully differentiate and understand their meanings. A transcript of the video may have been helpful.
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Jameson
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June 6, 2022
It was great to hear the different types of pragmatic skills broken down into different skill areas.
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Darcy
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April 29, 2022
The topic and the information differentiating the areas of pragmatic language.
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Member
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April 10, 2022
EXCELLENT videos of different aged children with normal social communication, high functioning autism, and social communication disorder. The speaker appeared overprepared resulting in advancing slides before they could be read or covered, and repeatedly said she needed to skip some video clips. This did not appear necessary as there was plenty of illustrative videos and may be why a couple reviewers mentioned that the presentation was confusing. Disregarding that, content was very useful.
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Sharon
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March 11, 2022
I was very confused by how this course was presented. I missed a lot of info and feel that even when I went back, it was still tough to process.
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Member
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March 11, 2022
Great presenter, really loved the video examples, very practical information
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Member
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February 24, 2022
At times, it was not easy to follow the examples with the information that was given.
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Toni
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January 30, 2022
Material was good. Instructor used many fillers (um) during the presentation and became somewhat distracting and there were quite a few pauses that made me think I was having technical difficulties.
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Sarah
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January 12, 2022
I rated the course as average because, it appeared that time constraints impacted the information the presenter wanted to convey. It was a lot of information to cover and I think additional time was needed to further dive into the topic.
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Melissa
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December 26, 2021
Provided a new perspective on the assessment Of pragmatic disorders in students
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Sheryl
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December 19, 2021
Videos were helpful
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Sonya
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December 19, 2021
good info
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Sharon
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December 15, 2021
The use of videos and explaining the behaviors of students. this area is such an under addressed area of speech-language.
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Member
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November 22, 2021
Not very effective teaching
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Lismary
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October 29, 2021
Instructors information is only relevant in her practice. Terms used are no where to be found for further research or explanation. Most videos shown did not address the information being tested on. She rushed through video information.
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Member
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October 20, 2021
The website with resources didn't work (pragmatics checklist link). I didn't like labeling students with HFA, SCD, etc
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Member
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October 3, 2021
I liked the question "Show me and how"
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Member
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September 6, 2021
It's always helpful to have video examples in these training courses. This must involve a lot of time on the part of the presenter, so it's very much appreciated.
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David
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August 14, 2021
A little disorganized...recommend, from the start, clearly state 6 constructs.
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Member
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August 1, 2021
It was very interesting and informative. The videos made it very interesting.
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Member
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July 5, 2021
Specifics
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Naomi
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June 29, 2021
Dr Lavi is clearly a bright SLP and I love the video clips she used. It was very helpful to see the videos of the different kinds of responses. I will look at her website and I hope I can use some of her pre-made products. My main concern is that she over-complicates her material and then uses multiple different terms for each category. I know how incredibly complex social language however I do not think her terminology is helpful. Why not just use "expressive" and "receptive" as the two main columns? Then in each row have something along the lines of something like: "common or basic social scripts/routines" "nuanced social interactions" and "paralinguistic skills".
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Member
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June 17, 2021
The ideas expanded on my current knowledge. I think she needed more time to explain and use the videos. I thought this presentation was confusing. Some test questions appeared to ask for similar information, but the answers were different.
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Member
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June 8, 2021
Video examples
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Member
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April 12, 2021
It was difficult to follow the presenter at times. The content felt a bit disorganized.
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Rebecca
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March 28, 2021
handout tables confusing
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Member
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February 13, 2021
Great details and went along nicely with the other 3 courses on social language.
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krisanne
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February 8, 2021
Good information.
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Member
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January 10, 2021
New concepts and language introduced quickly then built on. I did not fully understand the 6 areas of domain and had difficulty keeping up with the rest of the topic.
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Member
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December 7, 2020
It was difficult to understand presenter at times and I did not clearly understand the definitions/use of the specific terminology.
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Member
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December 2, 2020
Good info
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Diane
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December 2, 2020
6 new areas of pragmatic language to measure!
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Member
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November 14, 2020
The premise of the course is interesting and there were a lot of video examples of the ideas being presented but no real discussion of the video examples to establish what said videos were demonstrating. I found the presentation somewhat confusing.
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Member
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November 2, 2020
Informative, information can use immediately. Rushed presentation, presenter ran out of time.
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Troy
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October 28, 2020
The videos helped emphasize the discussion and this is fun material to learn.
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Christine
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October 11, 2020
The videos were excellent.
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Member
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September 23, 2020
Speaking very fast and as the terms used were new, it was hard to keep up with and remember what the terms meant as the speaker was talking. Exam was also very difficult.
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Lane
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September 15, 2020
Love the video examples. That helps me relate the information presented to patients that I see.
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Amber
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September 12, 2020
I loved her use of videos. She was rushed at the end- It may have been better as an hour and half presentation. Would have liked to see how she took data for individuals using a scale or rubric. But overall very informative and very useful for the students I am working with right now.
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Linda
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July 25, 2020
Videos were helpful but presentation was sometimes difficult to follow, presenter's voice was rather flat, difficult to listen to.
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Michelle
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July 20, 2020
I enjoyed the videos and all the examples given. The instructor was very knowledgeable, but she moved very quickly. It was difficult to keep up with her and the presentation.
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Sarah
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July 2, 2020
Really liked the video examples. Kept the course engaging & was really helpful to see real live examples of clients.
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Member
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June 13, 2020
The added videos made her presentation much clearer to understand.
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Member
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June 9, 2020
Very interesting way of looking at and evaluating social skills. Explains how many students can identify and effectively express what to do in basic social situations, however, they have difficulty grasping and executing higher level, more difficult/subtle social situations.
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Member
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May 31, 2020
The video examples were very helpful.
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Member
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May 13, 2020
Sometimes the presentation was hard to follow - slightly confusing
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Alyssa
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May 12, 2020
so helpful in outlining the 6 domains of pragmatics that should be assessed!
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Member
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May 11, 2020
Boring information, not well organized
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Member
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May 9, 2020
There was good information shared, during this presentation.
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Member
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May 8, 2020
Great info!
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Member
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April 20, 2020
The video examples helped a lot to understand the material.
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Member
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April 16, 2020
Organized with examples.
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Stephen
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April 14, 2020
good video examples
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Charles
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March 28, 2020
If my grandchild required services I would bring him/her to Ms. Mavi and be the first in line as she most certainly know her material however she was rushed and the material was not presented in it's entirety. This course should possibly have been and 1.5 hour course. She might also consider reorganizing the structure of the course with concrete video examples as she goes along. I like others are visual learners. I personally had to re-listen to many portions and the course two almost 2 hours. Maybe it was just me. I wholeheartedly thank her for her time and efforts for children with disabilities!!
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Member
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March 17, 2020
the real life examples videos to show the different type of responses.
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Member
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March 17, 2020
It was very informative, and gave me great ideas for therapy.
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Traci
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March 16, 2020
The videos
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