{"id":25298,"date":"2023-01-24T19:54:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-asc.org\/?p=17384"},"modified":"2023-07-14T14:57:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T18:57:46","slug":"%ce%be%ce%b5%ce%ba%ce%b9%ce%bd%cf%8e%ce%bd%cf%84%ce%b1%cf%82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-asc.org\/el\/getting-started\/","title":{"rendered":"\u039e\u03b5\u03ba\u03b9\u03bd\u03ce\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03bf\u03c1\u03b8\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03af\u03b1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting started with Spelling to Communicate (S2C) can feel like a daunting and overwhelming task if it is something completely new to you. We, the S2C Practitioners, are here to help. The goal is for you to always feel supported. This could be through seeing a Practitioner in your area regularly, traveling to one for an out of town visit, or receiving support virtually from a seasoned Practitioner. If you are not sure if there is one near you, check out this Practitioner Location Map that I-ASC provides: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/i-asc.org\/s2c-practitioner-location-map\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/i-asc.org\/s2c-practitioner-location-map\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can receive training to be your Speller\u2019s Communication and Regulation Partner (CRP) &#8211; that is the person that holds the boards and provides regulation while spelling.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you have a Practitioner in your area that can offer continuous support and maybe you don\u2019t but these tips can help you get started with your Speller at home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, what you will need:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your letterboards &#8211; a Practitioner will recommend either the stencil boards (the standard) or the sensory boards (a special adaptation)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every new CRP will always start on the 3 boards<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i-asc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/unnamed-28-e1674589821991.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17387 size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"167\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17387 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i-asc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/unnamed-28-e1674589821991.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"167\"><\/noscript><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lesson* &#8211; you will always want to use a new one to keep your Speller engaged<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pencils &#8211; best to have multiple handy just in case<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper &#8211;\u00a0 for your transcripts and keywords<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second, how it will go:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will read a paragraph from the lesson and when you come across words in all CAPS, those words will be your keywords that you spell outloud and write on your keyword sheet in front of the Speller. These words are often proper nouns, new vocabulary words, or key points in the lesson.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now it is time to get started spelling!<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When your Speller is brand new to this, you will warm up with Spell Only words. These are the words listed just under the paragraph that you read.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then you will move onto the known questions &#8211; there is only one possible answer that both you and your Speller know the answer to.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are color coded in green or noted with a <\/span><b>K<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will provide prompting** for your speller to help them be successful as they are building neuronal pathways to gain automaticity to the correct letters. I promise that your speller will not become prompt dependent. Here are the types and examples of prompts to use (this list is not exhaustive).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b>Initiation prompts:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get it<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready go<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poke it<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Continuation prompts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (used in between letters):<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After [letter] is\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next letter is\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b>Eye prompts:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eyes on it<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look for it<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shift your eyes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scan the board<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look, look, look<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><b>Directional prompts:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top\/bottom corner<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the way (far side) or towards me<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jump up\/down<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big jump<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nextdoor<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">upstairs\/downstairs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Gestural prompts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: gesturing in the direction of the letter but not pointing directly at it. This helps the eyes move in the direction that they need to go.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please know that this is challenging for every new CRP. As Practitioner Kelly Berg always says, \u201cif it doesn\u2019t feel clunky the first time you do it, you are not doing it right\u201d. You are learning alongside your speller. It is a lot to juggle all at the same time but you can do this. I always suggest to new CRPs that I am training to give yourself some grace. You will get there, no one is good at anything when they first start, it takes time and practice!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Where can you find a lesson to use?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I-ASC provides some free lessons: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/i-asc.org\/lessons-for-families\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/i-asc.org\/lessons-for-families\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GKTC sells lesson workbooks: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/growingkidstherapy.com\/shop\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/growingkidstherapy.com\/shop\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speller\u2019s Learn sells lessons individually: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/spellerslearn.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/spellerslearn.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">**Please note that initiation, continuation, and eye prompts can be used forever without influencing. Directional and gestural prompts will need to be completely faded before becoming fluent with your speller.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i-asc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/katlyn-billue-2-388x388.png\" class=\"wp-image-41889 alignleft lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"148\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-41889 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i-asc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/katlyn-billue-2-388x388.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i-asc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/katlyn-billue-2-388x388.png 388w, https:\/\/i-asc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/katlyn-billue-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/i-asc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/katlyn-billue-2-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/i-asc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/katlyn-billue-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/i-asc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/katlyn-billue-2.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/noscript>Katlyn Billue is an S2C Practitioner, Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, and Mentor for I-ASC. 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