Overview
Does your district need to develop or fine tune your district procedures to be sure the AT services provided strategic and sustainable? In this session, participants will learn to Establish where they want to go by evaluating current practice, considering successful strategies and needs; Plan what strategies will create a change in practice in those areas where there is a need, Implement the strategies, evaluate the outcomes, and Chart a course for the next cycle of implementation. Connect with leaders who have faced similar challenges and hear about actions they have taken to overcome barriers and improve services to students.
Learning Objectives
- Identify four components of a sustainable change system.
- Describe two needed strategies for determining areas of improvement in AT services.
- Discuss the importance of eight QIAT indicator areas in developing a change system.
Primary Strand
Education & Learning: Early Intervention – 12/Higher Education
Secondary Strand
Leadership
Target Audience
- Accessibility Professional
- ADA Coordinator
- Administrators
- AT Specialists
- Alternative Media Specialist
- Caregivers
- Communication Specialist
- Consumers/Individuals with Disabilities
- Consultants/Trainers
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Disability Services
- Educators
- Faculty/Instructors - Higher Education
- Government/Non-Profit Agencies
- Instructional Technologist
- Media Specialist
- Occupational Therapists
- Physical Therapists
- Rehab Therapists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Special Education Educators
- Teachers of the Visually Impaired
- Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Transition Coordinator
- Visual Impairment Specialists
- Vocational Rehabilitation
Experience Level
Introductory
Primary Life Cycle Addressed
All
Session Delivery Format
In-person presentation with live-stream
Course Schedule
This course was given at the ATIA 2022 Conference on Thursday, Jan 27: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM (EST)
Continuing Education Credits
For Satisfactory Completion and Continuing Education information, please visit: ATIA Learning Center CEUs
This course is offered for the following CE Provider Credits:
ACVREP; AOTA; IACET
For: 0.10 CEU Units or 1.0 CEU Hours.
Start date of ASHA CEUs offering: June 15, 2022 for Introductory Level 0.05 ASHA CEUs.
End date of ASHA CEUs offering: March 31, 2023
This course was approved by CRCC for CRC CEUs and was included in the ATIA 2022 Virtual Event series. The ATIA 2022 Virtual Event CRC series offering was available from January 25, 2022 through January 24, 2023.
Speaker/s:
Joan Breslin Larson, M.Ed.
Breslin Larson and Associates, Independent Consultant
Biography
Joan Breslin Larson, M.Ed. is an independent consultant on issues relating to AT. Her work has a particular focus on policy, leadership and developing effective teams to improve services for assistive technology in special education. She was formerly a supervisor for services for students with low incidence disabilities at the Minnesota Department of Education and as an AT and UDL specialist. She has worked in AT for over 30 years, as an independent consultant, in a school setting, and at the state education agency. Joan lives in Minnesota, and is the parent of three adult children, one of whom had an IEP. Joan Is a member of the QIAT Leadership Team and receives royalties from sales of 2 publications related to QIAT.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
I receive consulting fees from independent consulting work. I receive royalties from CAST Publishing.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
Joan Breslin Larson is a member of the QIAT Leadership Team
Diana Carl, M.A.
Independent Consultant
Biography
Diana Foster Carl, M.A., is an independent consultant who has more than 40 years of experience in various capacities in special education as well as in leadership roles in national, statewide, and regional organizations and boards. Diana, whose background is as a licensed specialist in school psychology, is a former Director of Special Education Services at Region 4 Education Service Center in Houston and was the lead facilitator of the Texas Assistive Technology Network (TATN) for twelve years. She contracted with CAST as the Special Projects Coordinator for the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials and the previous national centers at CAST related to accessible materials. Diana is a founding member of the Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology (QIAT) and a co-author of Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology: A Comprehensive Guide to Assistive Technology Services and The QIAT Companion: A Just in Time Resource for Implementing the Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology. Diana’s daughter has cerebral palsy and uses a power wheelchair for mobility.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Fee from speaking - AT TIES Together Conference, Oregon; publishing royalties as an author of two QIAT books
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
Member of the leadership team for the Quality Indicators in Assistive Technology (QIAT)