Do You Want A Dynamic Speaker?
One That Will Energize Your Group?
Book Linda Hodgdon To Speak For Your Organization!
As a Speech-Language Pathologist, consultant, author and trainer, Linda Hodgdon is an inspired coach and a gifted communicator. Linda brings enormous enthusiasm, insight, and energy to her unique and thought-provoking presentations.
In the more than thirty years that she has been a speaker and a consultant, she has delivered powerful messages to thousands of people all over the world, from parents of newly diagnosed children to highly experienced professionals in the field of autism.
Contact Linda to arrange a program for your school, organization or event.
Linda’s programs include information on the following topics:
- Visual Strategies for Improving Communication
- Solving Behavior Problems with Visual Strategies
- How to use visual strategies to help students develop effective social skills
- Discovering the Possibilities with Visual Strategies
Linda’s presentations focus on effective communication training.
Programs are designed to provide a framework for understanding the unique communication and learning needs of the targeted students. Her workshops are packed with lots of samples and examples of practical, easy to implement, intervention strategies that have been used successfully to improve communication, behavior and social participation.
Strategies discussed in Linda’s programs are appropriate for ages early childhood through adult. They can be used effectively with individuals of varying ability levels and in a variety of environments.
Typical program participant objectives:
In the Visual Strategies Workshops™, participants will:
1) Identify significant factors in student learning and functioning style that affect communication.
2) Explore causes of social and behavior problems and their relationship to communication.
3) Learn guidelines for effective informal assessment.
4) Acquire skills to develop visual tools and supports to increase the student’s reliable and consistent understanding.
5) Learn efficient ways to use visual tools to improve behavior, teach social skills and increase effective participation throughout daily routines in home, school, and community environments.
6) Experience a wide variety of samples and examples of easy-to-use visual supports that have been successful for improving communication, developing social skills and solving behavior problems.
These strategies have application for home, school, and community environments.
Typical Audiences Include:
- Teachers of Students with Autsism Spectrum Disorders.
- General and Special Educators who work with students with a variety of moderate to severe learning, communication or behavior challenges.
- Teacher’s Aides paraprofessionals, one-on-one assistants.
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Occupational and Physical Therapists
- Parents & Grandparents of children with special needs.
- Administrators
- Support Personnel who are involved with educational programming for these students.
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Dear Linda, As a parent I was able to use the practical tips you recommended for teaching my son. One good application was the use of a “routine”. He loves it and got excited referring to it each time. He began to ask questions about “surprise” items on the board. Indeed these visual strategies helped me to know him better. Thank you, Linda for the breakthrough with my son. Sincerely, Vivian |
Popular Program Formats:
- One-Day Workshop .
- Two- Day Workshop .
- Keynote Programs .
- Specially Designed Conference Programs .
- Pre-conference Workshops .
