AJE Seeking Submissions from Local Artists and Designers for the IDEA Accessibility Project
AJE is delighted to share that we have received funding from the DC Developmental Disabilities Council to support a new project here – the IDEA Accessibility Project.
The IDEA Accessibility Project will transform the the procedural safeguards provided to families annually into short and simple whiteboard animation art videos in English and in Spanish. Those whiteboards will also be available in both digital and physical format.
AJE is now accepting proposals from individuals interested in the creating those whiteboard animation art videos. A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP) is available here.
Submissions of interest, including a cover letter, portfolio samples, hourly or per item rate, references and cost estimate must be received by information@aje-dc.org by midnight April 26th, 2021. Submissions should use “IDEA Accessibility Project” as the subject line for their emailed
submission.
Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA)
The EALA was launched in March 2020 after schools across the country transitioned to remote schooling. It began as an initiative created by Brooklyn LAB Executive Director Dr. Eric Tucker, the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS), the nonprofit InnovateEDU, the Digital Promise Learner Variability Project and ISTE.
The EALA has a vision of equity for all learners and has grown to become an uncommon alliance of more than 70 organizations that represent voices from a diverse range of communities, including disability advocacy, parent, special education, civil rights, and K-12 nonprofit education organizations. The digital hub has had close to 1 million hits, and the resource library averages 30,000 searches weekly. EALA partners have formed teams to produce groundbreaking guides to the use of tools in the cloud and video conferencing that make educating students remotely easy and effective. They have also built new resources dedicated to supporting students and school communities affected by trauma, including on challenges emerging at the intersection of disability and race in public schools.
Check out their resource library HERE!
Cultural Competency Training Research
In order to provide appropriate and effective assessment and instructional activities, teachers are encouraged to develop their cultural competency. Although speech-language pathologists (SLPs) receive training on the linguistic features of non-mainstream dialects of English, such as African American English (AAE), less is known about teachers' training, beliefs, and pedagogical knowledge surrounding this topic.
If you are interested to learn more about this please click here : Research Article
Juvenile Justice Webinar
Event to be held at the following time and date:
Thursday, April 29, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (EDT)
Dr. Amado's Webinar: Using Person Centered Practices Support
Practicing behavior analyst for over 50 years. He was an early adopter of positive behavior supports and person centered practices. After working as a clinician, entrepreneur, expert witness, government policy advisor, and university medical school clinical professor, he migrated, in his retirement, to consulting with human services agencies to create person centered positive support cultures.
May 26th, 2021, 12:00 PM EST
Register:
The Americans with Disabilities Act National Network (ADANN)
ADANN, a NIDILRR funded grant program, will be hosting the ADA State of the Science virtual conference in the afternoons of April 13th - 15th, 2021. The conference will highlight recent research related to successes and challenges in fulfilling the promise of the ADA.
Day 1 will focus on Employment and Economic Self-Sufficiency, Day 2 will focus on Community Development and Planning, and Day 3 will focus on Access and Inclusion. Days will last for 3 hours and 30 minutes.
The conference information can be found at https://adata.org/2021-ada-state-of-science ,including a link for registration as well as agenda for each of the conference days. You can register 1, 2 or all 3 days to attend the sessions of interest. There is no cost to register, and this conference is free and open to anyone. If you think other colleagues, or anybody else, would be interested in this conference, please feel free to forward this information to others.
Do your students struggle to access telehealth services using school issued technology?
AJE can help DC families access their doctors and other health care providers remotely. If your students need a device or internet access to access healthcare, please see the applications below.
A recent blog posting at the BOOST Cafe, discusses four things that promote meaningful participation in afterschool programs that can be implemented immediately. As youth return to afterschool programs after a year of isolation it is imperative to provide opportunities for learning that are meaningful. Programs should look to implement these four things:
- Leadership
- Youth as helpers
- Use portfolios to help participants reflect on their progress and accomplishments
- Plan a project that will benefit the community
Read the entire article here.
Helpful Links for Homeless Children & Youth
