FULL TITLE:
Developing Meaningful Educational Programs for Students with Multiple Disabilities and Complex Communication Needs - (Session 1 of 3)
SPONSORED BY:
Idaho State Department of Education (SDE)
EVENT ORGANIZER:
For more information, contact: Robin Greenfield at rgreen@uidaho.edu
DATE:
November 2, 2021
RECORDING AND HANDOUTS:
https://idahotc.com/Resources/View/ID/988
DESCRIPTION:
This series will provide information on understanding a child’s readiness for learning and the development of receptive and expressive communication systems together with overall child specific educational program planning.
Session 1: Setting the Foundation - Availability for Learning, Biobehavioral States and Student-Centered Assessment
Session 2: Pre-Symbolic Communication Development and Responsive Approaches to Alternative and Augmentative Communication
Session 3: Implementation - Collaborative Educational Program Development and Functional Routines
Presenter bio: Chris Russell is the Project Coordinator for the New York Deaf-Blind Collaborative, and has experience as a classroom teacher and Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI) working with children who have visual impairments and additional disabilities including deaf-blindness. Chris specializes in severe and multiple disabilities including deaf-blindness, cortical visual impairment, curriculum adaptations for children with visual impairments and additional disabilities, and instructional strategies supporting communication development for children with pre-symbolic communication. He has the Perkins-Roman CVI Range Endorsement, and conducts training in CVI Characteristics, Phases, Assessment and Intervention across NY state and nationally for professionals and families. He also serves as co-instructor for Perkins E-Learning's online course, Cortical Visual Impairment, and is adjunct faculty at Hunter College, CUNY, in the graduate programs for Blindness/Visual Impairment, and Childhood Special Education: Severe/Multiple Disabilities.
CREDIT:
This course is available for Fall 2021 inservice credit through the University of Idaho (UI). Enrollment for this course opens November 1, 2021 and closes November 12, 2021. UI registration instructions are located inside the accompanying online course. Enroll in the online course at idahotc.com/lms.
SPECIAL NEEDS:
If you need special accommodations (e.g., wheelchair access, sign language interpreter), then please contact the event organizer listed above.