Bonus pamphlet will be sent to anyone registering for Train the Trainer in 
December. It provides tips for computer support staff on relating to 
students with disabilities.

Train the Trainer has been significantly updated and also enriched with new 
multimedia. Participants will be expected to download both demo versions of 
adaptive software or free support software and spend part of almost every 
lesson actually acquiring hands-on experience.
Computer technology has the potential to provide the most level learning 
space and working space in history for people with disabilities. However, 
many users arrive on campus or at work with inadequate training on this 
technology. Either the K-12 system failed to provide them with the 
appropriate tools and training, or they may have only recently received the 
disability. They will need help in identifying the technology that will 
enable them to achieve more independence and need training to use it 
effectively. Your institution will need to have someone equipped to provide 
this training. The information in Train the Trainer will provide a staff 
person with the know-how to provide this support. EASI believes that such 
support requires a joint effort between the trainer and the trainee. While 
the trainee needs help to get started on using complex adaptive 
technologies, after an initial introduction, EASI believes that the trainee 
has the responsibility to become a skilled user independently.
  The task of the trainer is made difficult because he or she will need to 
have at least a beginner's skill on several different adaptive technologies 
and have a broad understanding of various disabilities to provide such 
people with what they will need to know to get started on using today's 
information technology. This course will provide that broad, basic 
learning. The trainer may also need to provide a beginner understanding of 
adaptive technology to other staff such as lab assistants and librarians.

Those registering for the December presentation will get a bonus pamphlet 
for computer support staff with tips on how to relate to users with 
disabilities.

Read more and register online at http://easi.cc/workshops/train.htm
Non-member registration is $350 and member registration is $280
(Some scholarships are available http://easi.cc/scholarship.htm )



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It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.  Christopher Reeve
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Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students 
with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html


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