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Improving Math Success for Students with Disabilities: A Round Table Discussion

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This webinar will focus on learning strategies, accommodations, and course substitution procedures that Disability Resource Offices can use to improve math success for students with a number of types of math-related barriers, including students in disability groups such as SLD, ADHD, TBI, PTS, Intellectual Disability (ID), Language Impairment (LI) and Autism spectrum. The panelists represent community college and four-year university perspectives (both open enrollment and admissions-based institutions) and will review relevant OCR rulings on accommodations and substitutions. Time will be reserved for Q&A.

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Description

This webinar will focus on learning strategies, accommodations, and course substitution procedures that Disability Resource Offices can use to improve math success for students with a number of types of math-related barriers, including students in disability groups such as SLD, ADHD, TBI, PTS, Intellectual Disability (ID), Language Impairment (LI) and Autism spectrum. The panelists represent community college and four-year university perspectives (both open enrollment and admissions-based institutions) and will review relevant OCR rulings on accommodations and substitutions. Time will be reserved for Q&A. Because AHEAD allows sharing webinars within an institution, this webinar will be an excellent resource to view with math faculty (or share the recording later).

Contributors

  • Paul Nolting

    Dr. Nolting has helped students with disabilities for 30 years. He has consulted with over one hundred campuses on disability issues. He has publications, and authored books on disabilities and math. He has presented at 25 conferences for AHEAD and PTI and was the keynote at many state AHEAD conferences. His last two books are Mathematics and Disability Handbook focusing on helping SLD, ADHD, TBI, PTS, ID, LI and Autism and My Math Success Plan study skills workbook. The workbook is for students with disabilities and Wounded Warriors to improve their math study skills and understand how their process deficits affect math learning. Last, he was the main coordinator and presented at the four Math National Math Summits co-sponsored by AMATYC and NOSS. His international presentations were in Kuwait at Gulf University of Science and Technology.

  • Aimee Stubbs

    Aimee Stubbs is the Associate Director of Accessibility Resources Broward College in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, a two-year institution. She has a bachelor’s degree in Specific Learning Disabilities, a master’s degree in Varying Exceptionalities, and an Education Specialist Degree in Counseling. Prior to working for Broward College, she worked at St. Petersburg College, Before that, Aimee worked for the Pinellas County School System for 15 years with varying exceptionalities students. She taught academic subjects and Learning Strategies. She last years at Largo High School was being a Guidance Counselor an Intern Supervisor for the University of South Florida and a district trainer for Conflict Resolution and Non-Violent Crisis Prevention Intervention. Aimee joined the St. Petersburg College Disability Resources team in March of 2008. She spent 5 years as a Disability Resources Specialist and taught Career and Life Planning courses. Then Aimee became Director of Accessibility Services in January of 2015, and currently serves as co-chair of the Pinellas Interagency Networking Council for Students, the Bridging the Achievement Gap Advisory Board, the Ridgecrest 360 Initiative, Delta Kappa Gamma Key Women Educators Organization, and is the current President of the Florida Association on Higher Education and Disability. Aimee has earned numerous awards and nominations, including CEC Rookie Teacher of the Year, Largo Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Educator Award, Disney American Teacher Recognition.

  • Craig Levins

    Craig Levins earned a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Antioch University, a Bachelor of Arts form Elmira College, and a Certificate of Advanced Assistive Technology Applications from California State University at Northridge. Craig has 24 years of higher education experience within the accessibility field and as an adjunct professor of Psychology. Craig joined Broward College in 2017 where he currently holds the role of Associate Vice President for Institutional Accessibility & ADA Coordinator. In this role he serves as the college’s ADA Coordinator and oversees the Accessibility Resources, Electronic Information Technology and Assistive Technology Departments, as well as the college’s Neurodiverse programs. Craig is the sitting president for Florida AHEAD and has been a member of AHEAD since 2000. Prior to his arrival in Florida, Craig worked within the State University of New York System where he served on the executive board of the NY AHEAD affiliate and served on multiple committees and consortiums throughout the state.

  • Michelle Shaw

    Michelle Shaw earned her Bachelor of Arts in Education and Visual Arts & Master’s in Education in Curriculum and Design with an emphasis in Exceptional Student Education at Florida Atlantic University. She has been working in disability services for 17 plus years. She has extensive experience in many areas of disability office operation including testing, volunteer coordination, consulting, assistive technology, ClockWork database admin, and has served as the Director for seven years. She has been an active member of the Association on Higher Education And Disabilities (AHEAD) and the Florida AHEAD group since 2005, and is the current President-Elect of Florida AHEAD. Michelle has presented on a variety of topics at the National AHEAD Conferences in 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. She has been active and presented at the Independent Colleges and Universities Compliance and Ethics Consortium at Lynn University since 2018. Topics include Emotional Support Animals versus Service Dogs, How to Track your Data Confidentiality, Working with Athletes with Disabilities, Importance of Closed/Live Captions, and Working with Students on the Spectrum. She has also been an Adjunct faculty member in the College of Education since 2003.

October 25, 2022
Tue 2:00 PM EDT

Duration 1H 30M

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