Issue 20 | May 2025
Special Education Technology
Center
Inclusive Insights & Access Tips
Strategic Support for Inclusion: Planning Ahead with SETC
As the school year winds down, it’s the perfect time for districts to plan intentionally for a more inclusive, accessible, and affirming year ahead. At SETC, we view technical assistance as more than support—it’s a strategic roadmap for building capacity and sustaining meaningful inclusion. Whether you’re just starting or deepening your inclusive practices, SETC is here to partner with you. Our 2025–26 offerings provide a range of opportunities for educators, related service providers, and school teams to grow and implement best practices.
We’re continuing popular series like AAC Collaboration Corner, and introducing AAC Open Mic Office Hours and Planting the Seeds of AAC. Monthly learning circles will focus on Comprehensive Literacy for All, alternative access, inclusive education, and AI in education. Our book studies will feature UDL Leadership, Elevating Educational Design with AI, and Neurodiversity Affirming Schools, offering space for reflection and application. Live and virtual trainings include AAC for Paras and Teachers, Teacher-Para Partnerships, AAC and AI, and Comprehensive Literacy for All retreats (links to come- stay tuned). New this year, SETC will offer coaching services to support real-time implementation in AAC, literacy, and inclusive instruction—building confidence, collaboration, and sustainability. Let SETC be your partner in creating schools where all students thrive. Technical assistance isn’t just support— it’s your roadmap to inclusion.
In this issue
- Strategic Support for
Inclusion - Mark your calendar
- Educators Learn Best from
Each Other - SETC Testimonials
- Book nook
Mark your calendar
Community of Practice Series
- 5/8: AAC Collaboration Corner: Beyond
Binaries: The Intersectionality of Race
and AAC Use - 5/13: Communication Workgroup:
Blending Perspectives on Vision, Speech
& Motor - 5/16: AT Chatter: Parent & Caregiver
Perspectives on Supporting students
with Autism - 6/5: AAC Collaboration Corner: Creating
a Culture of Communication: Building
AAC Affirming Schools
Awe and Wonder Podcast Series 6
- Current season available now!
More Leaders & Change Makers
Asynchronous Classes
NEW — just in time for summer! Starting in
July, SETC will offer six different asynchronous courses, all available for clock hours!
- Accessible Content for All: Building
Equity & Engagement with Tech Tools - Unlocking Literacy for Students with
Disabilities- Series & Conventional - AI & Curriculum Adaptation: Merging AI
& Curriculum to Personalize Learning - AT in the Schools: Intro, AT
Consideration, AT Assessment - Communication for Complex Needs:
The Keys to Success (Deafblind focus)
Educators Learn Best from Each Other
Have a practical idea that supports diverse classrooms? We want to hear from you! Share your story for a chance to be featured in an upcoming SETC newsletter or on our social media. Plus, include your email and you could win a $25 gift card!
Celebrating your feedback
Participants have shared amazing feedback about
their experiences with SETC retreats, classes,
webinars, and podcasts!
“The Clicker sets on the CLFA Book Collection site are a treasure, and I remind teachers all the time about that.”
“The [free Clicker] trial was crucial to our process. We really needed the evidence and real-life examples of its use in our schools for the funding to materialize for it. Thank you SETC!”
“I really appreciated the virtual retreat… All of the links to videos, podcasts, instructional materials, goal-setting, and progress monitoring, etc., were incredibly valuable.”
“Thank you so, so much for providing these trainings, and for sharing your knowledge so widely. I’ll definitely be attending more of your conferences!”
Book nook
“Are You My Mother?” is a beloved classic—perfect for celebrating Mother’s Day. It’s also a great tool for teaching core vocabulary and yes/no questions. Bonus: Clicker Sets are available to support writing activities!
For older readers, check out ” Emmanuel’s
Dream“—the inspiring true story of a boy from Ghana who challenges perceptions of disability. His powerful message: disability is not inability.