Videos

Let's discuss the importance of cybersecurity education in the classroom and explore some best practices for teaching these essential skills to students in todays Popup Practice. Check the Popup Practices playlist here on YouTube organized by category on the AEDY website: https://aedy.pattan.net/popup-practices

This keynote session highlights Megan's 'Don't Limit Me!' video, which received nearly 400,000 hits on YouTube. As an adult with Down syndrome, Megan addresses teaching special students the 'right way' - by teaching them independence, respect, and holding them to high standards. Megan discusses her careers as a fashion model, public speaker, event planner, entrepreneur, and, now, TV celebrity. Kris Bomgaars talks about her journey as a single mother. To better understand and navigate the educational system, Kris became a special ed teacher, herself. She has been instrumental in helping Megan grow up to be independent and follow her dreams.

Participants will learn what learning is, what the basics of our cognitive architecture are (how our brains receive and process information and how it is stored as knowledge) and what helps and hinders learning. We will then discuss a number of guiding principles for effective, efficient, and enjoyable (i.e., successful) learning as well as a few principles often used in math, that have time and again been shown not to work.

Mathematics content is highly compressed in the early grades. Recent research links difficulties with mathematics proficiency to concerns with acquiring early numeracy skills. However, students who are provided a strong foundation in early numeracy have increased likelihood of later success in mathematics applications in school and work. In this presentation, evidence-based practices (EBPs) will be highlighted and demonstrated across mathematical progressions.

The PaPBS' Coaches Day is specifically designed to support Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) school-wide and program-wide PBIS coaches. Through participation in PAPBS Coaches' Day, PBIS coaches at all levels will enhance their skills to provide coaching supports to their respective PBIS team(s) for initial and sustained implementation, working toward fidelity. PBIS Coaches will participate in sessions customized to their role (program-wide or school-wide), developmental level(s) of students they serve (early childhood, elementary, secondary) as well as level of coaching experience (ranging from new to experienced).

This session will focus on interconnections between oral language and literacy development across the grades from kindergarten through high school. Topics will include implications for identifying typical development, difference, and disorder using standardized tools followed by curriculum- based language assessment and intervention. Classroom- and curriculum-based approaches for combining general education instruction and special education intervention, with an emphasis on communicating through writing, will be introduced.

Sometimes the most well researched and carefully implemented strategies just don't “stick.” What accounts for disconnect we often see between research and practice? What might make a difference? Over 15 years, 50 national organizations came together to address common challenges through the IDEA Partnership at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE). The lived experience of their members led to a focus on the human side of practice change. In this session, we will explore Leading by Convening (LbC), a blueprint for authentic engagement written entirely by stakeholders, which includes tools that are ready-to-use in your work.

This webinar is a starting guide intended for Orientation and Mobility Specialists interested in learning the basics of Sendero Group's Seeing Eye GPS App. The following topics are covered: · Benefits of Accessible GPS · Frequently Asked Questions · Downloading, Purchasing, and Upgrading the App · App Basics: Accuracy, Maps, Basic Functions · Getting Started: Screen Layout, Function Buttons · App Functions: Location, LookAround Mode, Points of Interest (POIs), and Routes · Practicing with the App: Learn How to Create Various Routes and Save your own Points of Interest (POIs). · Helpful Tips to get the most out of Seeing Eye GPS

This session will focus on an Implementation Debrief. Teams will identify what barriers they encountered and how they resolved those barriers to the implementation of the integrated lesson-planning process and universal instruction using UDL. Team Exemplar/Showcasing will focus on what they have accomplished and implemented during the Fall semester.

This training will provide an overview of built-in accessibility tools, Mac operating system X features, and common productivity tools that can be useful to students with high-incidence disabilities (e.g., dyslexia, learning disabilities). The program will also include discussion and demonstration of third-party tools that are available at low or no-cost to serve the same purposes. Participants will also find the information useful for incorporating Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approaches to their instruction and supports.