ONLINE COURSE ON BUILDING SCIENCE AND MATH FOUNDATIONS IN STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO BEGIN SEPTEMBER 28 Here's a great way to earn three Continuing Education Units and enhance your resume. Become more valuable to your institution with the information you'll learn in EASI-SEM, an online course on science, engineering and math access for students with disabilities. The next class begins. September 28. The course, which is offered through email, focuses on the barriers faced by students with disabilities and the accommodations and strategies that will helps students with disabilities work and study in the technical fields. The material is aimed at service providers, teachers, administrators, and it is also helpful for parents. Too many students with disabilities reach college without the foundational background they need in math, science, or adaptive technology. Without these basic foundational skills, students often fail in meeting their college core requirements in science and math, and they don't get the opportunity to decide if they'd like to major in the technical fields. LEARN ABOUT: *Attitudinal Barriers by Faculty and Employers *Laboratory Access Barriers, Inaccessible Workstations and Instruments *Difficulties Using Scientific and Mathematical Notation and Graphics. *Hardware and Software Solutions *Teaching Strategies FEATURES OF EASI-SEM *Offered Through E-mail (all you need is a regular e-mail account). *Includes Class Discussion With Colleagues Throughout the Country. *One-on-one Contact with Instructor. *Material is Designed for Service Providers, Faculty and Students. Get the latest information on teaching strategies and hardware and software solutions that can help you or your students get access to the fields of science, math and technology. EASI's online course is four weeks long and offers three continuing education units. All materials - including three videotapes and manuals and the book "Information Access and Adaptive Technology," are included in the $195 tuition. The next course begins on September 28, 1998. For more information, contact: Carmela Cunningham at: Phone: (562) 983-5155 Fax: (562) 983-5157 or [log in to unmask] or check http://www.rit.edu/~easi This EASI online course was developed with a grant from the national Science Foundation. Learn Online. It's EASI. Get info and a registration form http://www.rit.edu/~easi/workshops/semsyl.html