FULL TITLE:
Why Aren’t You Paying Attention: Influences and Outcomes (Session 1 of 3)
SPONSORED BY:
Idaho State Department of Education (SDE)
EVENT ORGANIZER:
For more information, contact: Tessa Trow at ttrow@uidaho.edu
DATE:
April 26, 2022
RECORDING:
https://idahotc.com/Resources/View/ID/1055
DESCRIPTION:
Session 1: Foundations, Facts, and Fun
This first session will provide foundational information on attention including facts about the attention system of the brain and discuss how those facts apply to children with more significant disabilities. Participants will learn about different kinds of attention and have an opportunity to look at their own attention.
Session 2: "How Do You Know I am Paying Attention?"
Session 2 will provide information on the kinds of things that influence attention. Participants will see a variety of videos that demonstrate children with significant disabilities in instructional settings and discuss the strategies they can use to understand how, when, and why a child is paying attention.
Session 3: Distractions, Interruptions, and the Myth of Multi-tasking
The final session will demonstrate additional factors that influence attention including distractions, interruptions, and multi-tasking. Participants will learn how and why distractions and interruptions can impact learning for children with significant disabilities and discuss how changes in a classroom or other environments can make a difference in a child’s attention and learning.
PRESENTER:
Robin Greenfield, Ph.D. is the former director of the Idaho Project for Children and Youth with Deaf-Blindness. The project provides consultation and training to teachers and families of infants, toddlers, children, and youth who have a combined vision and hearing loss. Dr. Greenfield has been a classroom teacher in both general and special education. She has conducted presentations on a variety of topics related to children who are deaf-blind and have additional disabilities at the state, national, and international level. She has conducted a study in the area of stress and children who are deaf-blind and produced a series video facts sheets and booklets on a variety of educational topics. Her major interests are in the areas of attention and stress in children with significant disabilities as well as helping adults with dementia to participate in art programs.
CREDIT:
This course is available for Summer 2022 inservice credit through the University of Idaho (UI). Enrollment for this course opens May 27, 2022 and closes June 24, 2022. 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.