Can’t travel to the Regional or Local AT Trainings? Webinars offer a great way to participate in Infinitec’s free AT training from the comfort of your school or home. Professional development credit is issued for all live webinars. The date and time for each live webinar is listed after the webinar description. All participants registered will receive an archived recording.
Please contact Samantha Conklin with any questions. infinitecwebinars@ucpnet.org
This session will review an array of tools on various devices to support students reading, including Google, Microsoft, Apple/ iOS and Android. Demonstrations will include features of free, low cost, and for fee based options on various platforms and devices. Objectives: Participants will explore and discuss features of tools to support students with dyslexia and executive function needs, specifically focused on reading support.Participants will compare tools to support students with dyslexia and executive function needs, specifically focused on reading support.
Google Keep is a powerful, collaborative note taking and task management app that will help you and your students get organized. Students can make and share notes, create task lists, and much more in a visually appealing and functional way. Use Keep to annotate while performing online research and so much more! This hands on session will provide lots of ideas to get started with using Google Keep with your kids AND for your own professional uses. Objectives: By the end of this session educators will: Understand how Google keep can be used to focus on executive functioning skills in...
Do you work with students who display disruptive, even aggressive, behavior? The para needs a working understanding of why the student does what she does. This webinar explores six factors that lend insight into student conduct. Participants will gain knowledge regarding each of these six factors. Once the “the why” is understood, effective supports can be identified and implemented.
This session will review an array of tools on various devices to support students writing, including Google, Microsoft, Apple/ iOS and Android. Demonstrations will include features of free, low cost, and for fee based options on various platforms and devices. Objectives: Participants will explore and discuss features of tools to support students with dyslexia and executive function needs, specifically focused on writing support.Participants will compare tools to support students with dyslexia and executive function needs, specifically focused on writing support. Objectives:
Google Earth Voyager Stories are such a powerful resource when working with students! The images and street view access are high quality and provide realistic access for all kids. Visit schools in India and Nepal to teach students the concepts of compare and contrast. Follow Lewis and Clark's voyage to learn to closely read. Build and support perspective and a world view as you wander through various continents. We know that our kids need many options in how they demonstrate their learning. Use the Project tools to have students tell THEIR stories in Google Earth! In this session we will...
This webinar emphasizes the need for individuals using AAC to develop language and skills that support social and interactive communication. Narrative language development focuses on the skills used in interactive discourse and social communication. These are skills that can be developed through a process called “decontextualization” in which language used in storybook reading is learned and used in story re-reading/telling and play activities. It is also a key dimension of conversational or social communication and symbolic development that is needed for language using AAC.“Stories and Strategies” is a model of narrative language development that will be shared with participants. It...
Silos can be found everywhere in educational programs. Like farmers’ grain silos, they store and separate subjects, teachers, specialists and departments. If a conscious effort is not made to share the information they hold, silos can hold back change and Assistive Technology (AT) capacity building efforts. Collaboration and outreach enhance our AT program activities. This session will discuss specific strategies that educators can use to,open education's silos, build AT capacity and create effective interfaces between school programs that impact student AT use. Objectives: Participants will be able to Describe two benefits and two disadvantages of working in a “siloed” program.List...
Discover how the Developmental Writing Scale reframes how educational teams conceptualize and work with beginning writers of all ages, many with complex learning needs. In this two-part series, learn how this assessment tool helps professionals identify present performance levels, establish goals, design instruction, monitor progress, and evaluate programs. See how DWS data helps teachers and schools make significant changes in how they work with underserved and underestimated populations. Learn how to use the scale to assess early and emergent writing of students (from scribbles to paragraphs) and to develop word, sentence, and discourse level goals in alignment with state curricular...
eamwork is an essential part of almost every special education professional’s life. We all participate in IEP teams, classroom teams, eligibility and placement teams and specialized teams like AT teams. With so many teamwork opportunities, disagreements and, occasionally, conflict are inevitable and especially common in times of rapid change. This session will offer an overview of ideas that can help teams find common ground when conflict arises. Strategies introduced will include 1) differentiating disagreement from conflict; 2) identification of the elements of a crucial conversation; 3) self-assessment of reactions to conflict, and ; 4) ideas to help a team find...
Creating and using custom books and texts is a powerful yet often underused activity for teaching language and literacy to all learners, including those who use AAC. When we create custom texts with a learner, we can incorporate that learner’s interests, personal experiences, and ideas to deliver instruction that is personally relevant and highly engaging. In this session, you will explore how custom books and texts can be used as an engaging activity to support the language and literacy development of your students. Though custom books and texts can be created using either paper-based materials or digital options, this series will...
This session will review an array of tools on various devices to support students in the area of executive function and research, including Google, Microsoft, Apple/ iOS and Android. Demonstrations will include features of free, low cost, and for fee based options on various platforms and devices. Objectives: Participants will explore and discuss features of tools to support students with dyslexia and executive function needs, specifically focused on EF and research Support, including organization, focus, time management, note taking, reminders and scheduling, healthy screen time, and research tools.Participants will compare tools to support students with dyslexia and executive function needs,...
Self-determination and self-advocacy are the primary goals of transition planning in K12 special education. But are we specifically teaching high school students with disabilities to consider, choose and use assistive technology before they exit the K12 system for postsecondary settings? What knowledge, skills and beliefs would help them be more prepared? Find out in this webinar! We will help you interpret recent research on self-determination and quality indicators for AT in postsecondary education. We will also share a curriculum development project, sponsored by the federally funded Great Lakes ADA Center, that incorporates AT understanding and self-advocacy into the transition planning...
Most have had this experience: The more you understood where the student is coming from, the easier it was to help that kid. This is because understanding facilitates empathy and capacity to comprehend from the student’s point of view. Sometimes, behaviors that seem unusual, bizarre, or even frightening make total sense in light of conditions experienced at school, in the community, or at home. Join this webinar to learn about setting conditions, what they are and how you can assist the student as he travels through school, community, and home.
Self-determination and self-advocacy are the primary goals of transition planning in K12 special education. But are we specifically teaching high school students with disabilities to consider, choose and use assistive technology before they exit the K12 system for postsecondary settings? What knowledge, skills and beliefs would help them be more prepared? Find out in this webinar! We will help you interpret recent research on self-determination and quality indicators for AT in postsecondary education. We will also share a curriculum development project, sponsored by the federally funded Great Lakes ADA Center, that incorporates AT understanding and self-advocacy into the transition planning...
In this session, we will take an in depth, hands-on look at emerging technologies that can be used in the regular education setting and in the core content areas to assist our diverse learners. We will look at a variety of free resources that can have a positive impact on all students, specifically those that may need additional support in the classroom. Google Chrome Apps and Extensions have become a valuable learning tool for students that struggle with access to the general curriculum. We will look at many free options in Chrome. Tips and Tricks of using Google Workplace for...
Executive Functioning, including memory, time management, organization, and attention is a group of skills that every student utilizes throughout their entire day. When a student struggles with executive functioning, tasks in the classroom and out, including academic tasks can be difficult. This session will focus on an overview of executive functioning and the ways that assistive technology can help support students who struggle. Objectives:- Participants will be able to identify at least three ways that executive functioning deficits can cause students to struggle within the school setting.- Participants will be able to describe at least three assistive technology resources that can...
This session will focus on low-tech resources and tools to support students who struggle with executive functioning. From timers to fidgets and organizational systems, there are many low-tech and often low-cost resources available to help students who struggle with time management, organization, attention, or memory. Leave this session with ideas of how to use many readily available low-tech tools to support your students.Objectives:- Participants will be able to identify at least two tools to support students who struggle with each area of executive functioning.- Participants will be able to compare and contrast high and low tech assistive technology tools.
Many students have access to an iOS device such as an iPad or iPhone. There are many features built into the iPad or iPhone that can enhance reading and writing. For example, text can be read out loud to increase reading comprehension, and your voice can be used to input text on the screen. These features can make a difference for our students while attending school or learning at home. Come check out how the built-in tools of an iOS device can assist your child. You may discover a feature or two for yourself! Objectives:1. Participants will learn how to access...
This session will focus on how to use a contextualized approach to mathematics instruction that provides students with extensive support needs meaningful learning opportunities. Use of technology to enhance approaches will be shared with some approaches.Objectives:• Use contextualized mathematics approach to promote generalization and maintenance of meaningful mathematics skills for students with extensive support needs• Use 3P’s rule to make standards-based mathematics instruction feasible and meaningful for students with extensive support needs
In this session we will look at specific Chromebook Accessibility features as well as built in tools to help our diverse learners. It would be helpful to have a Chromebook in this session, but not necessary. Objectives: By the end of this session educators will: Name Google accessibility features to support diverse learners.Have a plan to introduce their students to the accessibility features built into Chromebooks.
In today’s classroom students have more access to technology than ever before. This session will focus on high-tech tools including extensions, apps, and devices that can be used as assistive technology to support students who struggle with memory, organization, time management, or attention.Objectives:- Participants will be able to identify at least two reasons why students may benefit from high tech assistive technology.- Participants will be able to identify at least three extensions or apps that can be used to support students who struggle with executive functioning.- Participants will be able to identify at least two devices that have features that...
The Developmental Writing Scale (DWS) is a powerful tool for beginning writers with complex learning needs that has sensitivity to measure discrete changes in writing quality and quantity from scribbles to paragraphs. During this second webinar in the series, participants will dive deep, learning how to use the scale to assess early and emergent writing of students (from scribbles to paragraphs) through practice scoring with their students’ writing samples. They will also learn how to develop two types of goals that are in alignment with state curricular standards – 1) student-friendly individual goals displayed for each student, and 2) IEP...
This session will focus on how to use the UDL framework to proactively plan meaningful mathematics instruction for students with extensive support needs. Research will be translated into practical strategies for supporting students to engage in problem solving in a way that leverages their strengths.Objectives:• Identify instructional variables that can be altered to increase or decrease challenge and support during math instruction• Explain how the UDL framework can be leveraged to increase student success in meaningful mathematics instruction
