TRI's Amy Parker at 2015 TASH Conference
Dec 2, 2015 to Dec 4, 2015
Celebrating 40 Years of Progressive Leadership
Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, Portland, OR
TRI's Amy Parker will be participating in two presentation at this year's TASH Conference, "An Online Community to Support Individuals with Complex Communication Needs" and "Open Hands, Open Access: Online Training for Educators of Individuals with Deafblindness."From the conference website - "This year’s theme, 'Celebrating 40 Years of Progressive Leadership,'
acknowledges TASH’s 40 years of generating change within the disability
community and anticipates a brighter, more inclusive future for people
with disabilities in all aspects of life. Each year, the TASH Conference
impacts the disability field by connecting attendees to innovative
information and resources, facilitating connections between stakeholders
within the disability movement, and helping attendees reignite their
passion for an inclusive world.
Presentations:
An Online Community to Support Individuals with Complex Communication NeedsAlexandria Cook
- Oregon Health & Science University
Amy Parker
- Coordinator, National Center on Deaf-Blindness
Charity Rowland
- Oregon Health & Science University
Family members and professionals who support individuals with complex communication needs (CCN) are often challenged in finding high quality, accessible resources in local communities. To address this need, a free, virtual Communication Matrix (CM) community has been launched. The CM Community includes many features that users will find useful in supporting individuals with CCN. Attendees will be introduced to this open and unique use of technology as an intervention for professionals and family members that provides just in time tools to support people with CCN.
OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the session, participants will be able to a) Describe 3 benefits of participating in communities of practice b) Connect with professionals and parents from around the country to learn from and help them in their work supporting individuals with CCN. c) Identify 2 resources available on the Communication Matrix Community of Practice that improve the participant?s practice.
Maurice Belote - Project Coordinator, California Deaf-Blind Services
Julie Maier - Educational Specialist, California Deaf-Blind Services
Amy Parker - Coordinator, National Center on Deaf-Blindness
Practitioners
and family members who support students with deaf-blindness often
struggle when it comes to accessing local resources to meet the needs of
this unique population. Open Hands Open Access (OHOA) is a federally
funded online training initiative developed by the National Center on
Deaf-Blindness designed to provide free, high quality, relevant learning
materials to support interveners (i.e., 1:1 paraeducators with
specialized knowledge/skills in deaf-blindness) and other team members .
We will provide an overview of the national movement for interveners as
a related service and OHOA, including a demonstration of available OHOA
modules and details on national training cohorts.
OBJECTIVES:
1.
Participants will learn the outcomes for students with deaf-blindness
who receive support from effective, well-trained interveners and the
national movement for designating this role as a related service under
new authorization of IDEA.
2. Participants will learn the rationale and
need for 1:1 paraeducator support for some students who are deaf-blind
and the specific roles and responsibilities of an effective intervener
including: using interpretation to provide access to the student?s
educational environment and curriculum ; effective collaboration with
other practitioners and family members; facilitating interactions and
relationships between the student who is deaf-blind and others; and
promoting the student?s positive self-identity, independence and
self-determination skills.
3. Participants will gain knowledge of an
available, fully accessible, and innovative system for training
paraeducators and other educational team members using online learning
platforms.
4. Participants will gain knowledge of how to access Open
Hands Open Access for individual training or for professional
development designed for schools and local educational agencies and
learn of the professional development results of hosted training modules
led by the state deaf-blind projects in several states over the past
two years.
5. Participants will gain knowledge of practical tips that technical assistance providers or trainers may use to increase engagement and learning with adult participants, thereby increasing effective support to students with deaf-blindness.
Click here for more information about the 2015 TASH Conference.
Location
1401 SW Naito Pkwy
Portland, OR 97201