Massachusetts S418 aims to enhance communication options for children with disabilities.
Massachusetts S418 seeks to improve augmentative and alternative communication opportunities for children with disabilities. The bill mandates that all approved teacher programs include instruction on the appropriate use of augmentative and alternative communication and other assistive technologies. It also allows the board of elementary and secondary education to require that individual professional development plans address the learning needs of students who are nonverbal or have limited speech.
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