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Building AT Capacity in Schools for DHH and VI Students

Overview

Assistive Technology: Building Capaci-TREE is a collaboration between the Problem-Solving/Response to Intervention Technology and Learning Connections (PS/RTI TLC), Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired (FIMC-VI), and the Resource Materials and Technology Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (RMTC-D/HH) discretionary projects in Florida. In this interactive and engaging session, participants will receive information and resources for the recommendation, selection, and implementation of assistive technologies for students with IEPs, including and specifically for those who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) and visually impaired (VI). Assistive technologies specific to populations of students who are D/HH and VI will be investigated. 

Session Disclosure: This session will focus on resources and case studies from the  Assistive Technology: Building Capaci-TREE program, a collaboration between Problem-Solving/Response to Intervention Technology and Learning Connections (PS/RTI TLC), Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired (FIMC-VI), and the Resource Materials and Technology Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (RMTC-D/HH) discretionary projects in Florida. There will be little or no reference to resources developed outside of this project. 

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify and define at least one characteristic of professional roles in the application of assistive technology (AT).
  2. Define and provide at least three examples of assistive technology (AT) for standards-based instruction.
  3. Discuss at least two ways to use data well to relate the key points of assistive technology consideration to standards-based instruction.

Primary & Secondary Strand

Vision & Hearing Technologies

Target Audience

  • Accessibility Professional
  • Administrators
  • Alternative Media Specialist
  • AT Specialists
  • Communication Specialist
  • Consultants/Trainers
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Disability Services
  • Educators
  • Instructional Technologist
  • Media Specialist
  • Speech-Language Pathologists
  • Special Education Educators
  • Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
  • Teachers of the Visually Impaired
  • Visual Impairment Specialists

Experience Level

Intermediate

Primary Life Cycle Addressed

Birth - Pre K; Elementary - Secondary (K-12); Higher Education

Session Delivery Format

Live stream presentation on November 30, 2022, from 4-5 pm EST

Continuing Education Credits

For Satisfactory Completion and Continuing Education information, please visit: ATIA Learning Center CEUs

ASHA CE Information:
Live Event: Start date of ASHA CEUs offering: November 30, 2022
Recording: Start date of ASHA CEUs offering: December 19, 2022

ASHA CE Approved Provider. ATIA. Intermediate Level. 0.10 ASHA CEUs

This course is also offered for the following CE Provider Credits:
ACVREP; IACET
For: 0.10 CEU Units or 1.0 CEU Hours.

Speaker/s:

Dr. Tara Jeffs

Problem-Solving/Response to Intervention Technology and Learning Connections Project, Assistive Technology Support Services Coordinator

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Tara Jeffs is part of the Technology & Learning Connections (TLC). She is excited to be a part of Florida’s Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) through the Problem Solving/Response to Intervention Project at the University of South Florida. She has taught undergraduate and graduate level university courses for over 20 years and her career experiences bring a wealth of expertise focusing on the infusion of assistive and emerging technologies in the classroom. Tara has written more than 30 articles and book chapters and has disseminated knowledge and research in the area of assistive and emerging technologies and online learning through more than 100 presentations at state and national conferences over the past 20 years. Her primary research areas include implementing assistive and emerging technologies in general and special education classrooms and facilitating universal design for learning.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Salary from employment
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
Presenters are employed by Florida Department of Education Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services and content is reviewed by local and/or state-level administration for publication or presentation statewide.

Sherry Conrad

Resource Materials and Technology Center for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Deaf Education and Training Specialist

BIOGRAPHY

Sherry J. Conrad is a Deaf Education and Training Specialist with RMTC-D/HH. Sherry holds a BA in Elementary Education from Florida Atlantic University and a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in severe and profound disabilities from Florida State University. Her education experiences include 2 years as an educational interpreter, over 15 years as an itinerant teacher for students who are, and 2 years as a staffing specialist. Sherry’s current professional concentrations focus on strategies and interventions for students who are deaf and hard of hearing with significant cognitive disabilities, itinerant teaching, and IEP development and compliance.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Salary from employment.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
Presenters are employed by Florida Department of Education Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services and content is reviewed by local and/or state-level administration for publication or presentation statewide.

Andrea Wallace

Resource Materials and Technology Center for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Deaf Education and Training Specialist

Biography

Andrea Wallace works at the Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired (FIMC-VI) as a Statewide Educational Specialist for the Visually Impaired and part-time at Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind as a transition teacher. She has taught youth with visual impairments for over 10 years in a variety of settings. She started her career as an orientation and mobility specialist and Transition program coordinator at a Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Her additional experience includes working as an itinerant teacher of students with visual impairments for Pinellas County Schools, as well as a transition and children’s program teacher at Pinellas Lighthouse. Andrea has also taught as an adjunct professor for the Florida State University Visual Disabilities Satellite Program. At FIMC-VI, Andrea provides technical assistance, educational workshops and trainings for parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, and anyone who works with children who are visually impaired.

Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Salary from employment

Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
Presenters are employed by Florida Department of Education Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services and content is reviewed by local and/or state-level administration for publication or presentation statewide