TRI's Amy Parker Helps TASH Celebrate 40 Years of Progressive Leadership
December 29, 2015
TRI's Amy Parker participated 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.
Amy Parker's Participation:
An Online Community to Support Individuals with Complex Communication Needs
Alexandria 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 were 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.
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.
This session provided 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.
Participants gained 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.
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