CDCI and Affiliates Events

JUNE 15, 2009

Universal Design: Inclusion for All
Presentation by Alan Parks, Director of College Success Programs, University of Maine. Followed by a Vermont panel representing inclusion interests of people with disabilities, students, workers, and international community menbers.Refreshments and conversations to follow. Presentation and panel will have sign language interpretation. Mann Hall Auditorium, Trinity Campus, UVM. June 15, 4-6 pm. Click here to download a PDF.

JUNE 22 - AUGUST 7, 2009

ISE Summer Online Course: EDSP 228: Advanced Methods and Curriculum in Intensive Special Education
3 Graduate Credits through the University of Vermont. Online Course using Blackboard. Instructor: Ginny Iverson.

Course Description: This course will provide participants with the knowledge and skills needed to design, implement and evaluate quality specialized instruction. Participants will utilize evidence-based practices, including advanced specialized instructional methods and universal design principles, to create individualized instructional programs for students with very unique learning profiles. They will also learn a process for designing Positive Behavior Support Plans for students with highly challenging behaviors. Methods for delivering specialized instruction in inclusive school and community environments will be offered. All instructional plans will be designed within a framework that promotes dignity and respect towards the student and his/her family. Participants in this course will continuously reflect on their practice in order to support their commitment to high student achievement, preparation, inclusive practices, advocacy and self-determination.

For more information, please contact Ginny Iverson at virginia.iverson@uvm.edu or Tim Fox at timothy.fox@uvm.edu

OCTOBER 2009

Vermont State I-Team Fall HOW-TO Trainings
Successful Practices for Including Students with Intensive Needs (including multiple disabilities, deafblindness, severe autism and learning impairments).

Main Presenters: Ginny Iverson and Tim Fox

October 2, 2009: The Equinox, Manchester, VT
October 6, 2009: Doubletree Inn, Burlington, VT
October 9, 2009: Stone Grill, Morrisville, VT
October 13, 2009: Woodstock Inn, Woodstock, VT

Additional information and directions for our new online registration will be available this Fall. If you have questions please contact: Tim Fox (timothy.fox@uvm.edu)

DECEMBER 2009

Vermont State I-Team Winter HOW-TO Trainings
Successful Practices for Teaching Literacy to Students with Intensive Needs (including multiple disabilities, deafblindness, severe autism and learning impairments).

Main Presenters: Tammy Loomis and Mary Ellen Seaver-Reid

December 4, 2009: The Equinox, Manchester, VT
December 8, 2009: Doubletree Inn, Burlington, VT
December 11, 2009: Stone Grill, Morrisville, VT
December 15, 2009: Woodstock Inn, Woodstock, VT

Additional information and directions for our new online registration will be available this Fall. If you have questions please contact: Tim Fox (timothy.fox@uvm.edu)

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