Free Webinars
Go further with these free resources featuring Spellers Method™, founders, Dawnmarie Gaivin and Dana Johnson
Empowered2 is Now Spellers
We’ve gathered in one place the many recordings of webinars and conference presentations Dana & Dawnmarie have given over recent years. Several of these were recorded during their time as S2C Practitioners. Please note, as of February 2022, Empowered2 became SPELLERS.
Check out these free resources below, or visit Spellers University for even more in-depth training available for all.
Free Webinars & Podcasts
Empowering Connections: Navigating Letter Boards, Presence, and Co-Regulation with Changemaker Dawnmarie Gaivin
Presented at Functional Nutrition For Kids with Vaish - November 2024
It’s a Brain/Body Disconnect
Presented by Dr. Dana Johnson at Autism Parenting Secrets by Len - October 2024
Spellers with Dawnmarie Gaivin & Dr. Dana Johnson
Calling all families of non-speakers or minimal speakers!
Dawnmarie Gaivian and Dr. Dana Johnson discuss the amazing breakthroughs they and others have been experiencing using spelling to communicate - October 2024
The SPELLERS Revolution with Dana Johnson and Dawnmarie Gaivin
This conversation teaches us to "presume competence" and to never underestimate our non-speakers or our non-reliable speakers. Presented at Abilities Workshop The Vortex - June 2024
Doctors & Scientists with Brian Hooker, PhD.
Spelling to Communicate (Children’s Health Defense / DM) Listen to Dawnmarie break down the structure of spelling lessons and the science behind why she is seeing so much success in using them with nonspeakers. June 2022.
Chatting with an OG of the Spelling Method for Communication and why it's important to always presume competence
Presented at Living the SkyLife - Our Autism Journey, Podcast with Laurie Hellman, February 2024
Doctors & Scientists with Brian Hooker, PhD.
Presented at Autism Mastermind with Dawnmarie Gaivin, RN, BSN, AT-ACP, Co-Creator of the Spellers Method - February 2024
The Spellers Method with Dawnmarie Gaivin
Dawnmarie shares insights from her extensive background in assistive technology, spelling for communication methodologies, and DIR/Floortime, providing a deep understanding of the challenges and triumphs families face on the journey to fluency. Presented at The Remedy Revolution Podcast - November 2023
Community Collective; Creating Connections Together
Presented at Not Your Average Autism Mom by Dawnmarie Gaivin & Dana Johnson - May 2023
Spelling for Non- and Unreliable Speakers
Listen to Dawnmarie Gaivin on The Autism Detective Podcast - May 2023
Hope for your Struggling Communicator by Dawnmarie Gaivin
Presented by the Autism Hope Alliance, August 2022.
Doctors & Scientists with Brian Hooker, PhD.
Spelling to Communicate (Children’s Health Defense / DM) Listen to Dawnmarie break down the structure of spelling lessons and the science behind why she is seeing so much success in using them with nonspeakers. June 2022.
Movement Differences in Autism
Why Behavior is Not Always Communication, presented by Dana Johnson, PhD, MS, OTR/L. Presented at NAA, May 2022.
Your Mood Matters: Coregulation for Communication Partners
by Dawnmarie Gaivin, Sponsored by NAA, March 2022.
The Eyes Have It! Apraxia & Ocular Motor Control
by Dana Johnson, PhD, MS, OTR/L. Sponsored by NAA, October 2021.
Understanding Sensory-Motor Differences and the Impact of Neurological “Noise” in Autism
by Dana Johnson, PhD, MS, OTR/L. Sponsored by NJACE, April 2021
How to Avoid the 5 Pitfalls of Being A New Spelling Parent
by Dawnmarie Gaivin, November 2020.
Communication Through Spelling by Dana Johnson, PhD, MS, OTR/L.
Sponsored by The Weeklyish, October 2022.
Apraxia, Rethinking Intentionality, and Shifting Current Paradigms to Presuming Competence
Rethinking Intentionality and Shifting Current Paradigms to Presuming Competence by Dana Johnson, PhD, MS, OTR/L. Sponsored by DisABLED + Empowered. January 2022
Achieving Successful Communication in Students with Complex Motor Challenges
by Dawnmarie Gaivin. Presented at NAA, May 2022
Spelling to Communicate Practitioner
Dawnmarie Gaivin, Owner / Transcending Autism & Apraxia. Presented at Autism Mastermind, December 2019