Students with Additional Needs in Remote Learning Environments
Event Information
About this Event
Benetech, Bridge Multimedia and CAST are joining forces to bring you this very special "unconference" with support from the Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs and the Institute of Education Sciences. Throughout the day participants will have the chance to experience lightning presentations and panel discussions from field experts on how to support students with additional needs as they navigate distance learning and take on summer vacation in these turbulent times. If you are a student, parent or teacher, then this unconference is for you.
Agenda: Wednesday, May 20, 2020
11AM – 6:30 PM ET
Please note that all times are approximate and Eastern Standard Time
Unconference Welcome
11:00 -11:05 AM: Welcome with Ed Metz, PhD and Sarah Brasiel, PhD of IES
Opening Keynote
11:05-11:30 AM: Growing Up & Bouncing Back, The Revised 3 R’s for the Pandemic: Review, Recalibrate and Recover with Sarah Chumsky, Children's Media Consultant
Platforms for Accessible Remote Learning
11:30 – 12:20 PM Lightning Talks:
Distance Learning Platforms: Accessibility Tips and Practical Advice Rachael Sessler Trinkowsky, PhD, CRC, CATIS, UMass Boston School for Global Inclusion and Social Development
Universal Design for Learning and Remote Learning with Bill Wilmot of CAST
Infusing UDL in Virtual Environments with Matt Marino, PhD and Trey Vasquez, PhD, BCBA-D of University of Central Florida
Moderated by Jose Blackorby, PhD
Audience Q&A with presenters
Personalized Parent/Child Supports
12:20 - 1:20 PM: Panel Discussion featuring:
Uma Soman, PhD, D/HH
Amy Parker, EdD, COMS, B/VI
Frank Hughes, Adaptive PE
Aubrie Therrien & Nicole D'Angelo, Theatre & Music
Moderated by Matt Kaplowitz
Audience Q&A with Panel Participants
Curriculum Supports
1:20 – 2:05 PM: Lightning Talks:
Support Students with Learning Differences Online with Bookshare with Christine K. Jones of Benetech
WEGO-RIITE: Writing Efficiently with Graphic Organizers - with Anya Evmenova, Kelley Regan and Amy Hutchison of George Mason University
Attainment Curriculum At-home On the Web - 90-day free COVID-19 Relief Access with Megan Best of Attainment Company, Inc.
Moderated by Lisa Wadors, PhD
Audience Q&A with presenters
Math During Covid-19
2:05 – 3:00 PM: Panel Discussion:
Lina Shanley, PhD., University of Oregon
Mari Strand Cary, University of Oregon
Matt Nupen, Benetech
Moderated by Lisa Wadors, PhD
Audience Q&A with Panel Participants
Adapting for Disabilities
3:00- 4:00 PM: Lighting Talks
An Adjustable Seat for Learning: Technologies to Support Flexible and Accessible Remote Learning and Work with Luis Perez of CAST
ELL & LD STEM Activities with Fatima Elvira Terrazas Arellanes of University of Oregon
STEMIE: Promoting STEM At Home for Young Children with Disabilities with Jessica Amsbary, PhD., University of N.C. at Chapel Hill
Using the Be+ (Be Positive) App for Distance Learning with Kent McIntosh, PhD, of University of Oregon
Moderated by Wendy Sapp, PhD
Audience Q&A with presenters
Research Updates
3:55 – 4:30 PM: Lightning Talks
Biosensor Prediction of Aggression in Youth with Autism with Matthew Goodwin, PhD of Northwestern University and Harvard University
Access and Engagement to Education for Students with Visual Impairments During COVID-19 with Dr. L. Penny Rosenblum of the American Foundation for the Blind
Moderated by Wendy Sapp, PhD
Audience Q&A with presenters
Reaching Complex Students Through Collaboration on Distance Education
4:30 – 5:10 PM: Panel Discussion:
Gwen Sirmans, Parent
Erica McKinney, O&M Specialist & TVI
Christine Spratling, Deafblind Consultant
Deborah Taub, PhD
Jacqui Kearns, EdD
Moderated by Wendy Sapp, PhD
Audience Q&A with Panel Participants
Leveraging Accessibility for Remote Learning Success
5:10 – 6:00 PM Ed Tech Vendors Panel Discussion
Mike Tholfsen, Microsoft
Laura Allen, Google
Richard Ferrie, Savvas Learning Company
Moderated by Cynthia Curry
Audience Q&A with Panel Participants
Closing Keynote
6:00 – 6:20 PM: What Have We Learned About Learning?
Recalibrating the Student-Parent-Teacher-School Partnership with Richard Ellenson, AT innovator, creator of Tango AAC device, Talk Suite and Math Paper apps, and former CEO of the Cerebral Palsy Foundation
Unconference Wrap-up
6:20 – 6:30 PM: Final Remarks
Wrap-up with Tara Courchaine, EdD of OSEP and Kristin Kane of ACF Office of Early Childhood Development, U.S. Department of HHS