October 21, 2014 6:30pm CDT - 60 minutes
Title: AT for Common Core College and Career Readiness, Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Part 2: Fluency in Reading, Writing and Math
Opportunities for learning academic content is essential for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Functional skills can be taught as part of any academic lesson. This workshop will explore instructional and access strategies for literacy, math and science concepts for students with significant cognitive disabilities
Cost: FREE
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October 22, 2014 2:00pm CDT - 45 minutes
Title: Introduction for Practitioners to AbleNet's New Assistive Technology Support Services
As part of the IEP planning process, IDEA mandates that the assistive technology (AT) needs of students be considered, yet the selection and implementation of AT continues to be a significant challenge for districts around the country. This webinar will introduce teachers and practitioners to the new Assistive Technology Support Service from AbleNet, a comprehensive program designed to help school districts meet the AT needs of identified students. This year-long program of support includes help with conducting AT assessments, providing product trials, delivering on-going support with technology implementation, and documenting AT utilization. This webinar will provide an overview of the program, as well as a look at AbleNet’s Learning Management System, an online tool for teachers and administrators, to support and document effective implementation practices.
Cost: FREE
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October 28, 2014 12:00pm CDT - 60 minutes
Title: Classroom Suite Activity Exchange
Since the early 1990s people have been creating and sharing activities using Classroom Suite. This session is an overview of the Classroom Suite Activity Exchange. In the Activity Exchange, there are over 4,500 activities currently available to download for FREE. And, there are new activities being added almost every day. Activities about holidays, the seasons and activities aligned to Common Core standards are very popular. The Activity Exchange is a huge and wonderfully useful resource that truly enhances the application of Classroom Suite. The Activity Exchange is free to join. The strategy for the effective use of the Activity Exchange is to download selected activities and import them into Classroom Suite. Learning how to search for activities, download them and then use the activities within the Classroom Suite
Cost: FREE
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October 29, 2014 11:00am CDT - 60 minutes
Title: Positioning for Access
This webinar will present positioning strategies to optimize access, focusing on providing a stable and functional posture. Access methods include direct, switch and voice, as well as mouse and joystick. Targeted positional changes may be required to determine or optimize an access method for successful assistive technology use. A series of case studies will be used to illustrate these principles.
Cost: FREE
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October 30, 2014 3:00pm CDT - 60 minutes
Title: Sorting through AAC Options (Apps / Devices): Making Educated Choices
After you evaluate an individual who would benefit from AAC options, how do you decide which AAC solution best meets the individual’s functional communication needs? This webinar provides resources to help you decide what the optimum solution is, whether it is an AAC App or an AAC device. AAC TechConnect has developed a set of evaluation forms which can not only assist you in identifying what communication functions to consider, pros/cons of Apps / Devices, but also a list of required features to consider. These forms will be discussed and offered to participants as well as access to an online clinical tool (AAC Apps and AAC Device Assistant) that will do the work of searching through required features you have identified and then give you popular options of either AAC apps or AAC devices to consider in a side-by-side comparison chart.
Cost: FREE
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