Events in October 2020

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Category: General 1:00 PM: Bridging the Distance: Accommodations and Technology for Overcoming Remote Learning Challenges for Students with ADHD

1:00 PM: Bridging the Distance: Accommodations and Technology for Overcoming Remote Learning Challenges for Students with ADHD


For students with ADHD and learning disabilities, a return to remote learning will resurface familiar and frustrating challenges as they navigate online learning platforms and the demands of digital classrooms. In this webinar, students, teachers, and parents will learn about the most effective accommodations and tech tools to support students with ADHD and learning disabilities as they make the most of a weird new school year.

Meet the Expert Speaker:

Brian S. Friedlander, Ph.D., is an associate professor of education at the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, NJ, where he coordinates graduate programs in special education and teaches graduate courses in assistive technology.  A school psychologist with expertise in the area of assistive technology, Brian has a passion for using all kinds of technology in his professional work.

Friedlander consults to many school districts in the State of New Jersey and has taught thousands of educators how to utilize the tools and methodologies of mind mapping to improve learning in the classroom.  He is also a consultant in private practice in the area of assistive technology and maintains an active blog at http://assistivetek.blogspot.com.

He is co-author of Engaging the Resistant Child Through Computers and author of several laminated reference guides, including Assistive Technology: What Every Educator Needs to KnowInstructional Technology for 21st-Century SkillsiPad: Enhancing Learning & Communication for Students with Special Needs, and Autism & the iPad: Strengthening Communication and Behavior.

 

Bridging the Distance: Accommodations and Technology for Overcoming Remote Learning Challenges for Students with ADHD

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Category: General 9:30 AM: Learning Disabilities Association of Illinois 2020 Virtual Conference

9:30 AM: Learning Disabilities Association of Illinois 2020 Virtual Conference


The Learning Disabilities Association of Illinois has a whole day of great virtual sessions planned for Saturday, October 3, 2020 beginning at 8:30 a.m., Central Time with our opening keynote being presented by Matt Cohen, nationally known speaker and Attorney at Law on Writing Appropriate IEPS and 504 plans during this difficult time. Other sessions will be on ADHD, Depression, and Anxiety, Games for Learning, English Learners with Learning Disabilities, and Children Who Become Aggressive. Click on the button for more information and to register.

Learning Disabilities Association of Illinois 2020 Virtual Conference

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Category: General 4:00 PM: INCLUDEnyc: Advantages of Remote Early Intervention Evaluations - (en espanol)

4:00 PM: INCLUDEnyc: Advantages of Remote Early Intervention Evaluations - (en espanol)


Join Madeline Maldonado, LCSW-R, Clinical Social Worker and Evaluator for Early Intervention, to learn the similarities, differences, and overall advantages to conducting EI evaluations remotely.

INCLUDEnyc: Advantages of Remote Early Intervention Evaluations - (en espanol)

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Category: General 10:00 AM: INCLUDEnyc Online: Introduction to Transition Planning

10:00 AM: INCLUDEnyc Online: Introduction to Transition Planning


Get to know the basics of transitioning into postsecondary life for students with disabilities, including changes in disability law, planning, procedures, evaluations, and next steps.

INCLUDEnyc Online: Introduction to Transition Planning

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