Introduction to iOS7 Switch Access

This is a Tools for Life Network partner CREATE and Center 4 AT Excellence collaborationExperience switch accessibility like never before using iOS7 and Blue 2! With one or two switches, connected via Bluetooth, users with significant physical disabilities can easily access an iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch. By running and interfacing with iOS7, you can do tasks like using an Alternative Augmentative Communication (AAC) app, writing e-mails, browsing the internet, watching a video, or listening to music. Every app, every screen item, is now accessible!
 
Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2014Time: 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST
Registration: NoneAccommodations: All handouts for live webinars will be posted the day before the webinar. Handouts typically consist of the complete Power Point presentation, as well as any additional resources presenters make available. Access to handouts is available in the Tools for Life webinar archives.

In partnership with AMAC, access this webinar: https://amacusg.adobeconnect.com/tflswitch012114/To sign on, choose the option "Guest" and add your name and organization.
Earn Credits for Your Participation!
CEU’s are Approved and will be offered and administered through Georgia Tech Professional Education
To receive your credit verification form, please send an e-mail with the type of credit you are requesting and include the name and date of the webinar, your full name, organization, email address, and date of birth (DOB) to Liz Persaud atliz.persaud@gatfl.gatech.edu. 

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Tobii Products Mini-Workshop

Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Time: 9:00am -11:00am
Location:
Poplar Conference Room
Midlands Center, 8301 Farrow Road
Columbia, SC

Presenter: Wayne Jones ll, Regional Sales Consultant, Tobii Technology

Description:
Learn about Tobii’s newest communication products, the Tobii I-Series and the Tobii Tablet. This workshop will provide an overview of the features and design of the New Tobii I-Series and Tobii Tablet. The I-Series devices let you take and share photos, surf the web, play games, access regular computer applications and control the environment around you. These are the most advanced purpose-built speech-generating device for those with communications challenges.

Space is limited to 15 participants. 

Cost:  Free, but pre-registration is required.

To register for this workshop:

• Complete the Tobii Products Mini Workshop online registration form.
• For questions, call Will McCain at (803) 935-5004 or Lydia Durham at (803) 935-5263 or 800-915-4522.

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Free Webinar in Collaboration with CREATE/Center 4 AT Excellence:

This is from the Georgia’s Assistive Technology Act Program, Tools for Life

Join Us for a Free Webinar in Collaboration with CREATE/Center 4 AT Excellence:

Interactive Whiteboards and Inclusive Classrooms

Thursday, April 4, 2013
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EST

Presenters: Pat Satterfield, Center 4 AT Excellence and Diane Talbert, Unified AV Interactive Whiteboards and Inclusive Classrooms

Are you looking for a way to turn your technology investment into an immediate teaching tool? Then be sure to join this session on SMARTs interactive whiteboards, Document Cameras, Response Sets and the SMART Table. The tools are the first step to teaching with 21st century technology, but you need more than just hardware. Join us for a live product webinar where you can see the technology in action and ask your burning questions about how these tools can help you engage all students in your instruction!

Instructions on How to Access this Webinar
Click this link to join the meeting: http://atia.adobeconnect.com/tflinc040413/
To sign on, choose the option "Guest" and add your name and organization. Please use the URL above as it is unique to this webinar.

Never attended an Adobe Connect webinar before? Test your connection:
http://atia.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

Get a quick overview:
http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview

Earn Credits for Your Participation!

CEU’s will be administered through Georgia Tech Professional Education
To receive your credit verification form, please send an e-mail with the type of credit you are requesting and include the name and date of the webinar, your full name, organization, email address, and date of birth (DOB) to Liz Persaud atliz.persaud@gatfl.gatech.edu

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Assistive Technology Resources for Math and Science

Assistive Technology Resources for Math and Science

February 20, 2013 - 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Assistive technology is needed for all parts of the curriculum and, in this workshop, resources will be shared that can help in the areas of math and science.  Many of these resources can be used in conjunction with interactive white boards. Some of the programs we will focus on are online calculators, interactive websites, and programs that will motivate students in these areas. iPad apps that have been shown to be successful for students who need help with math and science will be demonstrated. 

All trainings are located at:
Pee-Dee Education Center
520 Francis Marion Road
Florence, SC 29506
843-661-1815

Please register for workshops by e-mailing Valeska Gioia atvgioia@ed.sc.gov.

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Gizmos and Gadgets Training

Gizmos and Gadgets Training

Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location:
Disability Action Center, Inc.
136 Stonemark Lane
Suite 100
Columbia, SC 29210

Presenters: Dori Tempio, Mary Alice Bechtler, and Carol Page    

Description: Learn about the latest in Assistive Technology in time for the holidays! Come out and test the latest gadgets and get many ideas for daily living equipment that will increase your independence! This training is being offered by DAC and the SC Assistive Technology Program.

Cost:  Free, but pre-registration is required.

To register for this workshop: 
Contact Dori Tempio, DAC Training Coordinator at 803-779-5121, ext. 126 ordtempio@dacsc.org

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Assistive Technology Training at Georgia Tech

Please Join Us for a Training

 Making Augmentative and Alternative 

Communication (AAC) a Reality: From 

Assessment to Funding

 Hosted by: Tools for Life, Georgia’s Assistive Technology Act Program

Wednesday November 14, 2012
9:00AM to 4:00PM
Georgia Tech Centergy Building - 3rd Floor Hodges Room
75 Fifth Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30308

Click here for directions.

This session will address current approaches and challenges to providing appropriate augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services to people with complex communication needs, especially those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. During this time we will also discuss strategies for addressing funding barriers specifically in Georgia. 

PRESENTERS:

• Amy S. Goldman, Co-executive Director of the Institute on Disabilities, Director of the Pennsylvania Initiative on Assistive Technology, University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Temple University
• Naomi Walker, Program Director, Georgia Advocacy Office

AGENDA:

9:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM           
Welcome and Introductions - Carolyn Phillips and Liz Persaud, Tools for Life
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM         
Background; Communication Bill of Rights
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM        
Functional communication:  Implications for assessment and intervention
11:30AM - 12:00PM          
Providing appropriate services to people with complex communication needs, especially individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM         
Break for Lunch on Your Own
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM          
Making Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) a Reality - Funding Speech Generating Devices – Amy Goldman, Temple University and Naomi Walker, Georgia Advocacy Office
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM          
Resources for learning more about AAC
2:50 PM - 3:50 PM          
Tools for Life Assistive Technology Device Demonstrations and Show & Tell - Carolyn Phillips and Martha Rust, Tools for Life
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM          
Wrap up and Training Evaluation - Carolyn Phillips, Tools for Life

SPEAKERS:
Amy S. Goldman is the co-executive director of the Institute on Disabilities, University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Temple University. She directs Pennsylvania’s Initiative on Assistive Technology, the Commonwealth’s “Assistive Technology (AT) Act” Program and other statewide assistive technology-related programs and services. As a licensed speech-language pathologist, Amy’s career has focused on the area of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and especially, access to AAC for people with developmental disabilities. Amy is the immediate past chair of the steering committee of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Special Interest Group on AAC.

Naomi Walker, J.D., is an attorney with the Georgia Advocacy Office (GAO).  She has worked for 17 years with the Assistive Technology program (PAAT) at the GAO.  In this capacity, Naomi has worked with and on behalf of individuals who are in need of equipment, including augmentative communication devices.  She has guided people so that they can be their best advocates and worked towards breaking down barriers for people.

If you have any questions about this training, accommodations or need more information please contact, Liz Persaud at liz.persaud@gatfl.gatech.edu or 404-385-6573.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Tobii Communication Products Mini-Workshop

Tobii Communication Products Mini-Workshop  

Come see the new Tobii Sono Suite Communication Toolkit! - a set of informal tools used to determine the most appropriate Sono Suite page sets for people with communication disorders. You will see the newest Sono Suite Products. In addition, we will be showing the new features of Tobii Communicator 4.7! All attendees will be entered into a drawing to win a free copy of Tobii Communicator software.

Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: 

Midlands Center, Poplar Conference Room

8301 Farrow Road, Columbia, SC

-Turn into the gate at Midlands Center onto Azalea Avenue

-Stay on Azalea Avenue into the Center - pass Crape Myrtle Drive on the left

-See a street sign on the right that says "Evergreen Ln"

-Turn left opposite the sign into the parking lot of the Poplar Building

-Go in the tan metal door beside the ramp

-The Poplar Conference Room is on the left, room B104

Presenter: Wayne Jones II

Registration: Registration will be taken at the door

For questions, call Will McCain at (803) 935-5004 or Lydia Durham at (803) 935-5263 or 800-915-4522.

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