Language Acquisition Through Motor Planning (LAMP) - Foundations of the Therapeutic Approach

LAMP is an augmentative alternative communication (AAC) approach designed to give individuals who are nonverbal a method of independently and spontaneously expressing themselves through a speech generating device. This course will cover the components of LAMP: readiness to learn, engaging the learner through joint engagement, and learning language through a unique and consistent motor plan paired with an auditory signal and a natural consequence. Discussion will include how this approach addresses the core language challenges of autism (ASD) and other developmental disabilities (DD), device features that are beneficial to teaching language, and how to use those features to implement the LAMP approach. Videos will be used to illustrate the treatment components. 

PRC-Saltillo's language systems and devices will be used to illustrate treatment components; however, LAMP principles can be applied to other products. 

LEARNING OUTCOMES 
1. Define the role of readiness to learn and shared focus in the implementation of AAC with children with ASD and DD. 
2. Explain the importance of using motor patterning to develop motor automaticity for children with ASD and DD who use AAC. 
3. Examine multisensory convergence and the implications of how interference in this system disrupts speech and language development. 
4. Discuss implementation strategies for teaching children with ASD and DD to use AAC. 
5. Discuss strategies for analyzing the efficacy of communication treatment. 

Date: Friday, May 1, 2026 
Time: 8:30-3:00 PM 
Location: Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11 
2521 US HWY 522 South 
McVeytown, PA 17051 
Room: President’s Room 

Lunch: PROVIDED/ ON YOUR OWN (1 Hour) 
Fee: $50.00 Non-TIU 11 Employees 

Additional Information: 
.5 ASHA CEUs 
5 Act 48 Hours 

If you have questions about this event, please contact: 
Staci Young 
TIU 11 Educational Consultant 
Email: syoung@tiu11.org 
Phone: 814-542-2501x1126