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UDL and Math Tools Webinar

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EST, February 15, 2018   |   Organized by: Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA)

Description

Date/Time: Thursday, February 15, 2018 3:30 - 4:30 PM Eastern Time Zone

Location: Webinar

Description: Do you work with students who struggle to write math concepts and show their work? Whether you work with students who write using SGDs, use keyboarding or dictation, math concepts present a challenge in teaching/supporting math instruction for some students with significant physical disabilities. Explore the principles of UDL, particularly as related to math, and explore a variety of tools to improve student access to the content.

Learning Objectives

  1. By examining case studies and examples, participants will be able to apply principles of UDL to math expression tasks.

  2. Participants will be able to list and describe 3-5 tools for writing/expressing math concepts (numbers, symbols, operations).

  3. Participants will be able to differentiate between the features of 3-5 math tools to match features to target student needs.

Strand

Education/Learning - Birth-21 includes Severe Multiple Disabilities

Target Audience

AT Professionals, Educators, Family Members, Individuals with Disabilities, OTs

Experience Level

Intermediate

Registration

  • Webinar Type - Live Broadcast

  • Webinar Code - AT18-WEB03-LB

  • Fee - $39

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  • If you require special accommodations to access the Live Broadcast or Archive Recording webinars,  please submit a written description of your needs to webinars@atia.org




Melissa Mulvey

Senior Consulting Therapist; Speech-Language Pathologist Cotting School

Melissa works for Cotting Consulting, an outreach program of Cotting School. She provides services to students and teams in local school districts. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Fitchburg State University in the Graduate and Continuing Education Department and has been teaching there part-time for many years in both traditional face-to-face classes and classes with online components. Melissa's background as a speech-language pathologist brings a strong language foundation to her intervention with students and teams. Melissa developed and directs Talk2U AAC Program, a summer enrichment program at Cotting School for ‘tweens and teens who use AAC. Melissa is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, holds licenses with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and Division of Professional Licensure, and is certified as an Assistive Technology Professional through the Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America.

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