Date: 05/03/2023 Time: 12:00-1:00 Location: internet Type: Webinar
Description
Description
Are you struggling to connect the dots between education frameworks, such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and your role in embedding technology? How can technology support students with disabilities along a continuum of tiered intervention? Join educators throughout Washington state and nationally to discuss how technology can be woven through these frameworks to support inclusive learning. Participants will gain resources and ideas to share within their districts to help build an understanding of how inclusive technology and assistive technology are integrated into MTSS.
Learning Objectives:
- Compare and contrast how technology supports students as part of UDL, MTSS, and Inclusive Practices in education.
- Discuss how technology can support a student with disabilities as a universal support in general education and as a special education service.
- Identify at least one resource from this session that increased your knowledge about how technology can be embedded as an inclusionary practice within your district.
Presenters
Kristin Leslie, ATP, MAT, OTR/L
Kristin Leslie is the Director of the Special Education Technology Center (SETC), a statewide program supporting educators and parents of special education students, ages 3 to 22, in Washington State. With over 26 years of experience as an occupational therapist, Kristin has presented statewide and nationally on topics such as alternative access to AAC, built-in accessibility features, Accessible Educational Material, and Universal Design for Learning. In her current role, she collaborates with school districts to integrate assistive technology, artificial intelligence, and culturally responsive practices within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework. Under her leadership, SETC addresses systemic barriers to learning, focusing on students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. As she partners with state and national leaders to transform education, Kristin values creativity and flexibility, recognizing that there are multiple pathways to fostering authentically inclusive learning environments.
Rose Racicot, MS, OTR/L
Rose is an OT and Assistive Technology Specialist in Bellevue School District and at the Special Education Technology Center at CWU with 34 years of experience. Her passion is to help school districts and educators implement Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to create inclusive classrooms for all students to succeed. Rose facilitates learning experiences on UDL, literacy support software, educational iPad apps, and accessibility features across platforms at the local, state, and national level both in-person and through remote learning.
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