Communication Partner Skill Building Intensive
What to Expect from this 2.5 Day Training
This intensive is structured around a single arc: build your knowledge, learn from nonspeaking experts, then put it all together with real people in real time.
Friday afternoon and Saturday morning are devoted to skill building -- foundational frameworks, prompting practices, and hands-on lesson writing you can use immediately. Saturday afternoon, the room shifts. Nonspeaking presenters take the lead, sharing their expertise and working directly with participants in structured practice sessions. Sunday brings it all together, including an optional session where you can bring your own communicator for guided coaching.
For parents, that Sunday session is especially significant. It is one of the few opportunities to practice what you are learning with your own child, supported by experienced coaches in the room.
"I gained exposure to a greater range of AAC devices. I learned to implement a greater range of prompting techniques, as well as how to communicate by incorporating language ladder techniques. The net effect is to make me a more effective CP to nonspeakers."
- parent, MDDC Impact Survey
Who this Intensive is For
"My 24 year old son has been exposed to many different methods of communication and this is the first time that we are experiencing him being able to share intrinsically what he is feeling and thinking."
- Parent of an adult nonspeaking communicator, REV post-workshop survey
This training is designed for anyone who supports a nonspeaking or partially speaking learner -- in school, at home, or in the community.
That includes:
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Special education teachers and paraprofessionals
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Speech-language pathologists
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Parents and caregivers
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AAC specialists and assistive technology professionals
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Related service providers working with AAC users
Whether you are newer to communication partner skill building or looking to deepen an existing practice, this intensive meets you where you are and moves you forward.
Learn Directly from Nonspeaking Presenters
Saturday afternoon belongs to the people with the most expertise in this room.
Nonspeaking presenters from Reach Every Voice who have spent years developing their own communication practices will coach sessions, participate in a panel discussion and take questions, and offer direct feedback to participants. This workshop involves structured, reciprocal practice with communicators who have spent their lives navigating the systems you work in.
There is no substitute for this kind of learning. It is the center of this intensive.
"The practice was the most stressful and the most helpful."
- Parent of a nonspeaking communicator,
REV post-workshop survey
Workshop Schedule: 2.5 days of Learning
Workshop Schedule
Friday Afternoon | Build Your Foundation Introductions, workshop foundations, Language Ladder framework, and a hands-on lesson writing activity.
Saturday | Learn and Practice Morning: best practices for prompting and partnership practice. Afternoon: structured sessions led by nonspeaking presenters -- introductions, direct practice, and facilitated feedback. Lunch provided by REV.
Sunday | Put It All Together Communication across home and community settings, a final synthesis session, and a closing Bring Your Communicators! block -- open to participants who want to practice with their own person, with coaching support available. Lunch on your own.
Registration & Pricing
"Extremely informative, organized and approachable. You can feel the amount of care and hard work that was put into this training."
- MDDC Impact Survey
Registration: TBD
Our last intensive was made possible through a grant from the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council and was sponsored by REV AccessAbility.
The subsidized registration fee reflected REV's commitment to making high-quality communication partner training accessible to the families and professionals who need it most. There is no guarantee of future subsidized pricing.
Seats in each workshop are limited. Early registration is encouraged.
The May 2026 workshop was supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $1,262,422 with 100% funding by ACL/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACL/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
About Reach Every Voice
Reach Every Voice (REV) is a Maryland-based organization dedicated to communication access for nonspeaking and partially speaking learners.
Through direct services, professional development, and community training, REV works to ensure that every learner has access to the instruction, tools, and skilled communication partners they need to participate fully in their education and their lives.