Housed at SESA with offices in Fairbanks and Anchorage, the AARC provides training, referral and support across the state of Alaska for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Click the title above to go to the main AARC web page.

Assistance to districts in the rural and remote portions of the state is provided both on and off site.

• Staff training through on-site and state wide in-services related to
  best practices for educating students with deafness or hearing impairments:
  • Manual Communication
  • Functional and Proper Use of Amplification Systems
  • Inclusionary Strategies
  • Communication and Language Development
  • Transition Planning
• Assistance to districts in classroom design, and procedures specifically
  for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
• Assistance to districts in coordinating the use of interpreters, educational
  interpreting techniques, protocol and procedures, and adaptation of the
  regular curriculum.
• Information and Resources on hearing impairments through the agency
  and assistive technology lending libraries, and other national resources.
• Coordination of appropriate ancillary services such as speech therapy,
  audiological services, psycho-educational evaluations, assistive technology,
  and special medical clinics (e.g., ENT, Cleft Palate, etc.).
• Assistance to the district with appropriate functional, formal and
  informal assessments using the language system most appropriate for the
  student.

These battery-operated toys are for use with a switch.  They can help a student learn cause-and-effect, the first step in learning communication.

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Moose

Morton D. Moose.

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Grizwa

Grizwald bear.

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