Institute Designed for Educating All Students (IDEAS) 2013
June 3 – 6, 2013
Epworth by the Sea, St Simons Island
Georgia Department of Education’s Division for Special Education Services and Supports is proud to offer the IDEAS conference in partnership with Georgia Tools for Life, Georgia CEC and Georgia Sensory Assistance Project. The IDEAS Conference will offer a wide range of session topics and presentations that will address technical and functional perspectives for all educators who teach students with disabilities.
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Two sessions presented by GSAP include:
Making Calendar Systems Work
Description: Developing individualized, accessible schedules that are meaningful for students who have sensory loss and/or significant intellectual delays is a best practice strategy for improving behavior, communication, and literacy. But, it is a strategy often misunderstood or misused in classrooms. Martha Veto from the Georgia Sensory Assistance Project, and Diane Foster, graduate of the East Carolina Deafblind Intervener program and parent of a child who is deafblind, will share their experiences developing calendar systems. Topics include: how to get started, what makes it work, and a calendar planning tool to help participants make decisions about what a system for their own student might look like.
Detours, Construction Areas and High Occupancy Lanes: A team’s journey toward creating a child-driven program
Description: For 3 years, a team in Floyd County has worked together to create programming for a student who is deafblind. In this presentation, team members will share how they have come to work in new ways and learn new skills to build a team that collaborates on writing objectives, developing activities and adapting materials for a student who is deafblind. Team-developed forms used for planning and evaluation, adapted materials, and concept boxes will be shared, as well as new strategies such as using shared video clips to improve consistency and using distance technology to get input from experts outside the team.
Other Topics of Interest
- Assistive Technology & Accessibility
- Behavior & Classroom Management
- Common Core Curriculum: UDL & Curriculum Integration
- Education/Learning Strategies & Instructional Technologies
- Parent/Family Engagement
- Policies, Procedures & Practices
- Sensory Impairments
- Transition
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