Overview

Participants in this session will receive information and participate in discussion related to tools and resources for designing a learning environment that is not only accessible, but also provides opportunities for student choice. Tools, resources, and strategies will be shared that can be implemented immediately.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe at least two laws, rules, or statutes related to assistive technology implementation in learning environments.
2. Identify at least three scenarios in which low-tech and high-tech tools could be provided as an accommodation.
3. Recommend at least two tools, resources, or strategies that improve accessibility to a learning environment, as they relate to a student or client profile.

Strand(s)

Vision & Hearing Technologies

Target Audience

Accessibility Professional; ADA Coordinator; Administrators; AT Specialists; Caregivers; Communication Specialist; Consumers/Individuals with Disabilities; Consultants/Trainers; Curriculum and Instruction; Disability Services; Educators; Faculty/Instructors - Higher Education; Family Members; Instructional Technologist; Media Specialist; Occupational Therapists; Paraprofessionals; Rehabilitation Counselor; Speech-Language Pathologists; Special Education Educators; Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing; Transition Coordinator; Vocational Rehabilitation

Experience Level

Introductory; Intermediate

Primary Life Cycle Addressed

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

Session Delivery Format

In-person presentation with recording

Course Schedule

This course was given at the ATIA 2024 Conference on Thursday, January 25 from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Continuing Education Credits

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

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

Recorded Session: This course is offered for 0.05 ASHA CEU Units or 0.5 ASHA CEU Hours per ASHA guidelines.

Speaker/s:

Kori Gedris

Putnam County School District, Itinerant Teacher for the Deaf-Hard of Hearing

Biography

Kori Gedris has been the itinerant Teacher for students who are Deaf-Hard of Hearing in Putnam County Florida for ten years. Prior to working with the DHH population, she worked in a separate class setting with students who had significant cognitive disabilities and taught using alternate achievement standards to the general education standards. Kori has been involved in administering and/or supervising the administration of the Florida Alternate Assessment in her district since 2008. Additionally, she was the 2023 President of Florida Educators of students who are Deaf-Hard of Hearing, FEDHH.

Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
I receive a salary from Putnam County School District as per my employment as an Itinerant Teacher for the Deaf-Hard of Hearing. I also received financial benefit of waived conference fees and travel expenses related to the Florida Educators of students who are Deaf-Hard of Hearing, FEDHH, conference as a member of the Board 2022-2024.

Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: No

Cara Wilmot

Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, NRSC, STEM Academy Coordinator

Biography

Cara Wilmot is the National Technical Institute for the Deaf(NTID) Regional STEM Center (NRSC) Florida STEM Academy Coordinator. She has a dual bachelor's degree in Deaf Education and Elementary Education from Flagler College. Her master's degree is in Exceptional Education from the University of North Florida (UNF). She is currently a UNF Project SPIDERS OSEP grant scholar pursuing her doctorate in Educational Leadership. She has 25 years of expertise in Deaf Education with specialties in the areas of Reading Intervention, Transition, Itinerant Services, and Expanded Skills.

Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Salary from employment.

Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: No