Boosting Student Success: Integrating Assistive Technology Across the Educational Life Span

Feb 14, 2024 03:30 PM Eastern Time 

Join this engaging leadership panel to gain insights into the assistive technology (AT) guidance released by the U.S. Department of Education in January 2024. The guidance package focuses on promoting and ensuring greater access to assistive technology (AT) for students with disabilities. Assistant Secretary Wright-Gallo will present the core tenets of the guidance. Leaders from the Office of Special Education Programs and the Office of Education Technology will participate in the discussion highlighting resources for students with disabilities and the practitioners, teachers, parents, and caregivers who educate and support them. Register Today

Facilitator: Lindsay Jones, CEO, CAST 

Featured Speaker: Glenna Wright-Gallo, Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education 

Key messages will be provided by Valerie Williams, Director, Office of Special Education Programs, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education and Roberto Rodríguez, Assistant Secretary, Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, U.S. Department of Education.

Panelists: Anita Vermeer, Education Specialist, Office of Special Education, U.S. Department of Education – Zac Chase, Digital Equity Impact Fellow, Office of Education Technology, U.S. Department of Education 

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The Government Accountability Office—a nonpartisan agency that conducts research for the U.S. Congress—has been asked to conduct a survey on child care accessibility.

If you would like to share your experience accessing child care, please take a few minutes to complete one of the following surveys:

Are you a parent or guardian who has a disability? Take THIS SURVEY

Are you a parent or guardian of a child with a disability? Take THIS SURVEY

If you are interested in joining a panel discussion on Travel Training at the 2024 Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT) International Conference, held August 4-7 in Denver, please contact Lessie.Henderson@godcgo.com

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Travel Training Instructor

Participants will be provided with the knowledge and skills to provide quality travel training to older adults, people with disabilities, and others in their communities. The certification program teaches travel training instructors essential, practically-relevant skills, including: performing a successful trainee assessment, customized trip planning, environmental barrier examination, task analysis, training strategies, street crossing skills, boarding/alighting processes, compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), and much more.

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‘Life From a Different Perspective’ is a four-part online class featuring authors with disabilities.

When: February 5th, February 19th, March 4th and March 18th from 6:30-8:30pm 

Where: Politics & Prose Bookstore.

Details and registration here

Don’t miss out on applying for the Autism Society of Maryland’s

 Autism Hiring Program for Winter 2024! Applications are due January 15, 2024 for all three program sites in Howard, Montgomery and Anne Arundel Counties.    

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Please note:

There is also a new LinkedIn page for the Autism Hiring Program: all applicants and employers please like and follow for updates and exciting news: Autism Hiring Program – An Initiative of the Autism Society of Maryland

The Autism Hiring Program advances workplace neurodiversity and acceptance, connecting businesses to an untapped workforce of skilled Autistic adults and targeting jobseekers not supported by existing systems.

Created in 2021 by the Autism Society of Maryland, it addresses the needs of Autistic adults who have high-level, marketable skills but have struggled to secure and maintain desirable employment. On the business side, it connects employers to this competent, capable workforce, improving their bottom line while creating a more inclusive and neurodiverse work environment.

If you have questions please contact Linda Hoyt at linda.hoyt@autismsocietymd.org or call 410-290-3466.