Web Conference 4-part Series: Learning Disabilities and Adaptive Technology
The dates for the series will be October 5, 12, 19 and 26 all at 2 PM Eastern
Registration is $150: Register at:
http://easi.cc/forms/ldconf.htm
Part 1 Learning Disabilities - Adolescents and Adults
Presenter: Noel Gregg, Ph.D. Director & Distinguished Research Professor
University of
Georgia Regents Center for Learning Disorders This first presentation in a
series of four
focusing on learning disabilities will present an overview of learning
disabilities and the
adolescent /adult population. Several individual profiles will be used to
investigate defining
individual attributes, assessment issues, and effective learning
strategies. The similarities and
differences observed with learning disabilities related to instructional,
testing, and work
strategies will be emphasized. The need for understanding the heterogeneity
across the
population will be highlighted.
Part 2: K-12 through Transition: One Size Does Not Fit All
Presenter: Pene Chambers, Director, Information Systems
Department of Special Education
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Technology affords flexibility and can accommodate unique and diverse
individual needs and
interests without compromising goals and objectives. Use what you have
better. You will learn
where and why to access books and text from the web as well as what to do
with the text to
make it more accessible and usable. You will learn about ways to alter
standard applications,
including Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and use technology in non-expected
ways. Included
will be information about altering and using standard word processing
programs including how
and why to create templates and create forms. You will also learn how and
why to use
PowerPoint as an organizer and to make non-linear presentations. Other
strategies and less
normal application combinations will be included.
Part 3: LD and AT in Post-secondary Education
Presenter: Carolyn Phillips,
Manager, Georgia Department of Labor/VR Tools for Life Program Vocational
Rehabilitation
Program Customized Employment gives power back to individuals, families,
employers and
community stakeholders. Participants will be exposed to unique profiles of
individuals with
learning disabilities who have benefited from the concept of customized
employment because it
fosters flexibility, individuality, unique strengths and desires and a
partnership with the natural
community.
This presentation will show that working across local, state, federal and
international domains advances the opportunities for persons with disabilities
to increase their access and participation in employment and daily life. This
presentation will also address key concepts with customized employment: self
determination, zero exclusion criteria, interest based assessment,
individualized job development, integrated and linked employment, choice-based
options for, and user friendly access to, assistive technology
Part 4: The Matrix: Incorporating Universal Design for Learning in a
Post-secondary setting for
Student with Learning Disabilities Presenter: Christopher M. Lee, Ph.D.
Director, AMAC, University System of Georgia
This presentation will explore how disability services are evolving within
the post-secondary
environment. The scope of disability services has changed as a result of
access to alternative
media and more effective ways of linking accommodations, modifications, and
AT to individual
student profiles. With better informed staff and more innovative options
students should be
receiving better services. If so, then why are retention and graduation
rates for students with
disabilities so low? Are students utilizing these innovative
services? This presentation will offer
participants insight on how students in post-secondary settings are
accessing and using assistive
technology services, how post-secondary systems are incorporating universal
design for learning
models, and will highlight innovative systems that are linking and
expanding to others outside of
network partners and creating a service-driven Matrix.
Note, in September there is another 4-part fee-based Web conference series
on making
Podcasts and Vodcasts accessible and also 2 free Web conferences:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
Also, EASI's online, month-long, instructor-led courses have been
significantly enhanced and
revised. In September the course is Barrier-free Information Technology,
and this course will
count towards the Certificate in Accessible Information Technology:
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
Again, you can register for the LD and Accessible Info Tech Web conference
series
http://easi.cc/forms/ldconf.htm
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EASI October Online Course Barrier-free Web Design (part of the Certificate
in Accessible Information Technology)
http://easi.cc/workshops/easiweb.htm
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