Date: 01/21/2025 Time: 4:00-5:00 Location: internet Type: Webinar
Description
Myths and Facts Surrounding Assistive Technology Devices and Services 2024 document from the US depart of Education has provided further guidance on assistive technology according to IDEA. Please attend or watch the recordings of our AT Chatter: Facts and Myths to prepare yourself for this hour-long webinar.
Where, when and how to add AT and AAC to build a strength-based IEP?
Writing IEPs is exhausting, and not knowing if you are documenting AT correctly in an IEP can be stressful. This webinar will, while not the most exciting part of what we do, help you have a better understanding of how to have AT/AAC documented and connected throughout the IEP. In this hour-long webinar, we will discover the history behind why we write IEps the way we do. We will look at AT considerations, when UDL becomes AT, and how to ensure the Present Levels, assessments, goals, and accommodations/state testing are all connected. Examples of what and how to write goals, AT services, and devices will be shared. This presentation will explore the 2024 release of the Myths and Facts Surrounding Assistive Technology Devices and Services document as it pertains to writing AT into the IEP.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the history of deficit-based IEPs and how to move toward writing strength-based IEPs
2. Describe how and where to write AT/AAC into an IEP
3. State the areas in the IEP where AT/AAC not only build off each other but are also connected
Presenters
Sharon Redmon, M.S., Ad.Ed. AT, ATP
Sharon Redmon is a SpEd and GenEd teacher with over 20 years of experience. She holds a Masters of Science degree in Adaptive Education: Assistive Technology and an Assistive Technology Practitioner (ATP) license from RESNA. Sharon’s passion for AT and especially AAC began with her first teaching job in WI where she became involved in WATI and continues today as a leader in the WI AAC Network created by an AAC Communicator. Sharon has been an AT specialist for a WI and WA school district, ECSE teacher (low incidence population), SPED/ABA/Autism coordinator/teacher, high school and kindergarten teacher and now ATP in private practice. Her classroom experience in WI, WA and overseas schools, has given her a unique perspective on how UDL, AT, and AAC intertwine. She is excited to be back in Washington State and working with individuals of all ages and abilities to access communication and their environment.
Contact
Email Sue Wright at the SETC office
Zoom Link
Clock hours for this webinar and others in this series are available from ESD105 for a small fee. The following Professional Development Enroller link provides more information about clock hours: https://www.pdenroller.org/cwu/catalog/165361