Oops!  I also want to sign up for the free sessions this month.  I will log 
into the site and sign me up.  Thanks again.

Terry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Prof Norm Coombs" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 4:34 PM
Subject: LD and Adaptive Tech, Web Conference Series


> EASI four-part fee-based Web Conference series:
> Learning Disabilities and Adaptive Technology
> August 8, 15, 22 and 29 all at 2 PM Eastern
> Registration info and a registration link are at the bottom of this email
>
>
> Session 1: Learning Disabilities - Adolescents and Adults
>
> Noel Gregg, Ph.D.
> Director & Distinguished
> Research Professor
> University of Georgia Regents Center
> for Learning Disorders
> 331 Milledge Hall
> Athens Georgia, 30602
> Office (706) 542-4589
> Email:   [log in to unmask]
>
>
> 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.
>
> Session 2:              K-12 through Transition:  One Size Does Not Fit 
> All
>                         Pene Chambers
> Director, Information Systems
> Department of Special Education
> Kennedy Krieger Institute
> Office (443) 923-4590
> Email:   [log in to unmask]
>
>
> 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.
>
> Session 3:      The Way to Go? :  Learning Disabilities and Customized
> Employment
> Carolyn Phillips, Manager
> Georgia Department of Labor/VR Tools for Life Program
> Vocational Rehabilitation Program
> 1700 Century Circle B-4
> Atlanta, Georgia 30345
> Voice: 1-800-497-8665                                           Email:
> [log in to unmask]
> 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
>
> Session 4:      The Matrix:  Incorporating Universal Design for Learning 
> in
> a Post-secondary setting for Student with Learning Disabilities
>
> Christopher M. Lee, Ph.D.
> Director, AMAC, University System of Georgia
> 337 Milledge Hall
> Athens, Georgia 30602
> Office (706) 542-4589
> Email:      [log in to unmask]
>
> 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.
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> Registration for these 4 hour-long presentations is $150 and you can 
> register online at:
> http://easi.cc/forms/ldconf.htm
> Read about 2 one-hour, free Web conferences on Podcasting and on 
> accessible tablet computer technology
> http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
> These conferences are sponsored by EASI (Equal Access to Software and 
> Information)
>
> Norm Coombs