Thursday, September 10, 2009
I Can't Believe It's Free: Technology Resources for People with Disabilities
9:00am – 11:00am
Fast Forward Community Technology Center, 3223 Devine Street, Columbia, SC
Instructors: Dee Albritton, Director of Fast Forward Community Technology Center;
Mary Alice Bechtler, SC Assistive Technology Program
Friday, September 11, 2009
Introduction to Boardmaker
9:00 – 11:00am
Presenter: Val Gioia, Assistive Technology Specialist, SC Department of Education
Assistive Technology Resource Center, Poplar Building, Midlands Center, 8301 Farrow Road, Columbia, SC
September 22, 2009
The Real World of Web/IT Accessibility and Assistive Technology
Registration - 8:00 – 8:55am; Workshop - 9:00am – 3:30pm
SC State Archives and History (see our online directions page)
Presenters: Janet Jendron, Clay Jeffcoat, Jim Debus, Allison Yeager, Grace Strother, CB Averitt, Wendy Mullin, Sam Hahn, Cheryl Kirkpatrick
Tuesdays, October 6 - November 3, 2009
Creating Visual Supports for Children with Autism
9:00 – 11:00am
Presenter: Carol Page, PhD, CCC-SLP, ATP
Topics and Locations:
-October 6, 2009: Introduction to Visual and Environmental Supports for Behavior and Social Skills - SC Autism Society Training Room
-October 13, 2009 Supports for Communication - SC Autism Society Training Room
-October 20, 2009 Supports for Literacy - SC Autism Society Training Room
-October 27, 2009 Free Electronic Resources - SCATP AT Resource Center
-November 3, 2009 Supports for Functional Skills in Family Life - SC Autism Society Training Room
Tuesday, October 6 – Florence
Tuesday, December 1 – Columbia
Accessible and Usable Web Pages Using CSS
9am - 12pm
Presenter: CB Averitt, Webmaster, Florence-Darlington Technical College.
-October 6 Location: The Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology. 1951 Pisgah Rd., Florence, SC 29502, Room 149 (Located behind Florence Darlington Technical College).
-December 1 Location: Midlands Technical College Northeast Campus/Center of Excellence for Technology, 151 Powell Road, Columbia, SC 29203
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Supporting Language and Communication for Individuals with Autism (Repeat)
This is a repeat of a workshop being offered on October 7th in North Charleston
9:00am – 3:30pm
Collaborative Training Center, Midlands Center, 8301 Farrow Road, Columbia, SC 29203
Presenter: Implementation Workshops are presented by speech-language pathologists employed by DynaVox.
This course is offered for 0.5 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
Friday, October 9, 2009
Intermediate Boardmaker
9:00 – 11:00am
Presenter: Val Gioia, Assistive Technology Specialist, SC Department of Education
Location: Assistive Technology Resource Center, Poplar Building, Midlands Center, 8301 Farrow Road, Columbia, SC
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Trash to AT Treasures
9:00am - Noon
Presenters: Dr. Carol Page, Speech-Language Pathologist SCATP and Val Gioia, Assistive Technology Specialist, SC Department of Education
Location: SC Assistive Technology Resource Center, Poplar Building, Midlands Center, 8301 Farrow Road, Columbia, SC
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Building or Updating Your Home for Accessibility
9:00am–11:00am
Location: Conference Center, Richland Medical Park 2, 2 Medical Park Road, Columbia, SC
Instructors: Wesley Farnum and Michael Reed with MyHome Builders, LLC; Catherine Leigh Graham with the University of South Carolina’s Interagency Office of Disability and Health.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
“AMPLIFY ! LIFE” – Grab Life by the Phone. How to get specialized phone equipment FREE.
9:00am – 12:30pm
Location: Assistive Technology Resource Center, Midlands Center, 8301 Farrow Road, Columbia (you can find more information on our directions page)
Presenter: Anne G. Bader, Outreach Coordinator for the South Carolina Equipment Distribution Program (SCEDP)
Thursday, November 12, 2009
AAC Assessment
8:30am – 11:30am
Presenters: Dr. Carol Page, Speech-Language Pathologist, SCATP and Val Gioia, Assistive Technology Specialist, SC Department of Education
Location: Lower Level Lecture Hall, 2 Medical Park, 2 Medical Park Road, Columbia, SC
Thursday, December 10, 2009
AAC Implementation
8:30am – 11:30am
Presenters: Dr. Carol Page, Speech-Language Pathologist, SCATP and Val Gioia, Assistive Technology Specialist, SC Department of Education
Location: Lower Level Lecture Hall, 2 Medical Park, 2 Medical Park Road, Columbia, SC
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“Since the implementation of the "Back to Sleep" campaign, therapists are seeing increasing numbers of kindergarten-aged children who are unable to hold a pencil.”
Susan Syron, Pediatric Physical Therapist
“There are indications of a rapidly growing population of infants who show developmental abnormalities as a result of prolonged exposure to the supine position.”
Dr. Ralph Pelligra regarding the impact of the Back to Sleep Campaign
The Back to Sleep Program causes the following in infants who sleep supine compared to infants who sleep in the prone position:
- Social skills delays at 6 months (Dewey, Fleming, et al, 1998)
- Motor skills delays at 6 months (Dewey, Fleming, et al, 1998)
- Supine Sleep causes increased rates of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) (Corvaglia, 2007)
- Milestone delays (Davis, Moon, et al., 1998)
- 1 in 12 infants now have plagiocephaly compared to 1 in 300 in 1974 (Siatkowski, Fortney, et al., 2005)
- 10% of children with deformational plagiocephaly have mild to severe mental delay (Kordestani, Patel, et al., 2006)
- 26% of infants with deformational plagiocephaly have mild to severe psychomotor delay (Kordestani, Patel, et al., 2006)
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