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Join Us for a 3-Day Virtual Workshop!

AT Considerations for Deafblind Students

Day 1: Needs Assessment for Technology, presented by Dr. Ting Siu

Description: Low tech, high tech, access or assistive? With so many options for technology, this workshop will introduce a Needs Assessment process for matching technology to students’ needs and how to gather relevant data for IEP and instructional planning. 


1.5 ACVREP Credit Hours

October 28, 2024

11:00AM - 12:30PM AKST

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Day 2: AT Show and Tell for Learners with Deafblindness Throughout the School Years, presented by Leslie Romeo

Description: Instructional strategies for supporting literacy and numeracy concepts will be presented for deafblind students throughout the academic continuum. A range of low- to high-tech options will be shared, along with a guided discussion on how to bridge academic and functional skills while working collaboratively with families and school teams.


1.5 ACVREP Credit Hours

October 29, 2024

11:00AM - 12:30PM AKST

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Day 3: Switch-Based Learning, Getting Started and Beyond, presented by Bruce McClanahan

Description: For students who depend on switches for active learning, it can be an adventure to overcome logistics and plan for meaningful instruction! This workshop will provide guidance and resources on how to get switches set up with Chromebooks and iPads, and how to level up instruction beyond simple cause and effect activities.


1.5 ACVREP Credit Hours

October 30, 2024

11:00AM - 12:30PM AKST

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RID Certified ASL/English Interpreting and Closed Captioning will be provided

Dr. Yue-Ting (Ting) Siu is a teacher of blind and low vision students (TVI) and coordinates the Northwest Center for Assistive Technology Training (CATT-NW) at the WA State School for the Blind (WSSB). She loves working with students of all ages with visual impairments and additional disabilities, including deafblindness. Her mission is to advance teachers’ proficiency with access technology, promote innovations in multimedia accessibility, and motivate a new generation of “techie TVIs”. Ting is the author of the textbook Access Technology for Blind and Low Vision Accessibility (2020), available from APH Press. Connect with her on Facebook @yuetingsiu or @cattnw and follow CATT-NW on Instagram or Youtube @cattnorthwest 

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Leslie Romeo is a Teacher of the Visually Impaired and Access Technology Trainer for the CATT-NW program. Leslie is a credentialed teacher in California, Oregon, and Alaska. She is currently an instructor at San Francisco State University and North Coast School of Education special education credentialing programs. Leslie is passionate about accessible STEAM education and assisting underserved and rural communities with blind and low vision students of all ages and abilities.

Bruce McClanahan is an assistive technology consultant for blind and low vision students, including blind and low vision students with complex learning needs. He has worked as an assistive technology consultant for the state of Washington, supporting all assistive technology in use by all blind and low vision students statewide. Bruce has worked as a teacher of the visually impaired in Marshalltown, Iowa. He has a Masters in the Education of the Visually Impaired from the University of Arizona and Orientation and Mobility certification from San Francisco State University. Bruce regularly presents at CSUN and at AER International and state conferences. Bruce has written training manuals on the APH Chameleon 20, APH Mantis Q40, and JAWS that are used nationwide.

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This training is brought to you by the Alaska Deafblind Project, CATT-NWSESAOSEP.

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The contents of this webinar were developed under a grant from the Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.