Videos

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.

Improved communication between home and school, increased access to student grades and assignments, and sharing resources to support student learning are all ways in which technology can be used to link families to school. During this webinar, members of a Local Educational Agency (LEA) along with PaTTAN educational consultants will share their implementation strategies using available technology resources and tools.

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.

Once acquired, skills need to be maintained in order to move forward with learning. Dr. Paul Riccomini shares insight into why maintenance practice is crucial and effective practices aligned to research.

This training will lead participants through the Team Initiated Problem-Solving (TIPS) model that will help to make Tier 2 meetings more efficient and your intervention systems more effective. We'll briefly cover the meeting foundations and spend the majority of the time discussing critical components such as precision problem statements, goals, decision rules, solution development, and fidelity.

What is meant by the term “college and career readiness” for all students? What are critical components of a three-tiered model of college and career readiness and dropout prevention for all students? How would secondary transition for students with disabilities be integrated into a tiered model? This webinar explores a conceptual approach for preparing all students for post-secondary education/training, employment, and participation in a global society.

This session will cover instructional tips from professionals working with students with VI, deaf or HOH, or deafblind and is based on a compilation of journal articles related to this topic. This session will look at the correlations of physical activities and how they affect a student’s home life. Interviews from parents of students who have VI, are deaf or HOH, or deafblind will be shared. Real-life examples of skill demonstrations and physical activities will be presented. The importance of the team approach in educating the student will be examined along with strategies when working with interpreters or interveners. Participants will have firsthand experience of the physical activities using sensory loss simulation.

In this second installment of the EFSLMP Workforce Webinar Series, Gail, Genni and Karen continue to discuss strategies and tips to help you reach your goal of a high performing workforce. This session focused on activities and strategies after the initial orientation process. The discussion included tips for how to create an ongoing workforce development and training strategies, conduct meaningful evaluations and create teams that support continued development of highly performing staff.

While at the National Autism Conference, Dr. Tim Vollmer discussed establishing cooperation when interacting with students with autism.

Social initiation and communication deicits are hallmarks of autism. Mand training provides a method to teach children to ask for what they want and to initiate interactions with others. This session will discuss the basic principles and procedures of teaching children to make requests. It will include techniques to establish motivation, teach children to approach other people, and to develop a broad range of effective requesting behaviors.