Penina Rybak, MA/CCC-SLP, TSHH will present “Autism Intervention in the iEra: Which App When? Developmental Guidelines” on July 15 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the K.E. Building, 306 Main Avenue in Clifton.

Following this program, attendees will be able to methodically describe how to sequentially integrate iPad Apps into IEP goals and lesson plans, list ways to use the iPad to foster language and social communication skills in a practical and developmental manner, describe specific iPad Apps used for improving cognitive, language and social communication skills and explain readiness indicators for iPad use for intervention with special needs students. This conference is intended for speech therapists, occupational therapists, special education teachers, psychologists, social workers, administrators, IT professionals and parents.

Registration is $200 and includes the Socially Speaking textbook. ASHA CEUs will be offered.

Penina Rybak is a practicing pediatric speech-language pathologist and educational technology consultant, who earned her master’s degree from New York University. She has been practicing for two decades, and has specialized in the treatment of young children with autism/special needs, in home-based early intervention, center-based preschool intervention, self-contained school-age classrooms and private practice. She participated in the 1995–2000 NY TRAID Project, in conjunction with the Westchester Institute of Human Development, which worked to integrate Apple technology into special education classrooms. She also spearheaded The Boardmaker Initiative, from 2008-2010, which worked on customizing curriculum needs and implementing behavior management strategies at a charter school in New York. It resulted in her launch of her Socially Speaking Social Skills Curriculum, seminars, iPad App and book. Penina lectures nationally and internationally about customizing social communication strategies, the developmental integration of iPad Apps into treatment of autism/special needs and early childhood play-based assessment and intervention. She advocates the use of an eclectic, multi-sensory treatment approach, using customized lesson plans involving toys and tech.

For more information, visit her website at www.sociallyspeakingLLC.com, or contact her directly at 646-820-5547 or [email protected].