Handouts

This session will focus on an overview of multi-modal Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), including no-tech, light-tech, and high-tech communication systems. The emphasis will be on considerations for selecting, designing, and implementing studentcentered communication systems for learners with dual sensory loss and a range of multiple disabilities.

Presenter: Christopher Russell

This session will provide an overview of functional skills and considerations for identifying meaningful child-centered activities for children with multiple disabilities. Participants will gain practical information on instructional models, appropriate curricular models and goals, adapting the general education curriculum, and specific practices in planning routines, activities, and goals (task analysis, activity skills matrix, and prompt hierarchy).

Presenter: Christopher Russell

A variety of technology options exist to assist children with hearing loss. This course will focus on options available that are based on degree and type of hearing loss for hearing aids, FM systems, and cochlear implants. Current hot topics in pediatric audiology will also be discussed and include management of minimal and unilateral hearing loss, middle ear implants, single-sided deafness, expanding cochlear implant candidacy, auditory brainstem implants, and wireless connectivity.

Presenter: Carmen Hayman, AuD, CCC-A, CISC

These PowerPoint presentations accompany the two-part webinar series titled The Language Instruction Educational Programs in MTSS - Policy and Practices for Charter Schools. Part 1: ESSA Policies and Practices for Language Instruction Educational Programs, November 2, 2017. Part 2: Best Practices for Instruction and Assessment for English Learners, December 1, 2017.

Presenter: Ana Sainz de la Peña/Francine Dutrisac/Paula Zucker

These handouts are for the PowerPoints for the webinars focusing on current standards for engaging families and communities as partners in student learning/academic achievement. 1. Family Commun - webinar held on 10/25/17 2. Addressing EL's Career and Readiness Skills - webinar held on 1/18/18

Presenter: Ana Sainz de la Peña/Francine Dutrisac/Paula Zucker

This 3 hour workshop will prepare participants to complete the Schoolwide Evaluation Tool (SET). The SET is used as an assessment tool to determine level of implementation at the Universal level of Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support Program.

Presenter: Laura Rutherford - Devereux

2017 Academic MTSS Implementers Forum Welcomes STEM: Innovation, Implementation and Evolution in PA_ This year, the MTSS Academic Initiative welcomes STEM! School practitioners K-12, administrators and families will have multiple opportunities to engage in meaningful professional learning sessions across ALL disciplines, including science, technology and engineering! Attend this year's forum to gain deep content, move forward with sound implementation across the tiers and expand your continuum of data-based decision-making tools and evidence-based practices.

Presenter: Multiple presenters

This advanced workshop presents assessment procedures for using response to intervention (RtI) as part of a comprehensive evaluation for students who display deficiencies in mathematics and/or written expression. What constitutes sufficient data for the determination of specific learning disabilities (SLD) in these areas in terms of level of performance and rate of improvement will be discussed.

Presenter: Multiple presenters

Missing just two days of school a month, puts a child’s high school graduation at risk. Students with regular attendance are more likely to graduate. This session will help participants to become familiar with a Multi-Tiered System of Support around attendance. Albert Gallatin High School will share their experiences around installing supports at each of the three tiers. They will also share ideas around engaging families and the community in supporting attendance. Additionally, resources from Attendance Works, a national and state initiative that promotes awareness around chronic absence and attendance, will be shared.

Presenter: Multiple presenters

Gain strategies to increase family and community involvement in middle and high schools by focusing on teen-appropriate activities linked to student achievement for all students and other indicators of success in school. This includes engaging the teens—themselves—in conducting partnership activities. Research on family engagement in secondary schools will be summarized.

Presenter: Multiple presenters