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State I-Team “How To” Workshops

Literacy for All: How to Enhance Access to Literacy Learning for Students with Complex and Challenging Disabilities

Presenters: Mary Ellen Seaver-Reid and Tammy Loomis (Vermont I-Team Educational Consultants), and others.

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

All Workshops 8:30 – 3:30

(If you register for the conference and later find that you cannot attend, please cancel online or contact Louise Lynch so that we may ensure continued discounts for groups and for parents.)

Lunch & refreshments provided, please register early if you have special accommodations

Preregistration is required

For registration questions contact: Louise Lynch louise.lynch@uvm.edu At (802-656-7122)
For Workshop content contact: Mary Ellen Seaver-Reid mary.seaver-reid@uvm.edu

Individual Registration – $120
Register as a Team (at least two people) – $100
Family members of a child on an IEP – Free

Who Should Attend: Family Members, General Educators, Special Educators, Related Services Providers, Administrators, Paraeducators, Community Services Providers, and anyone interested in supporting students of all ages from birth to adult with challenging and complex disabilities (e.g., autism, multiple disabilities, cerebral palsy, deaf-blindness). Participants are strongly encouraged to attend as teams and may complete activities on behalf of a particular student.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

In this interactive, activity based literacy workshop, participants will examine their definition of literacy and how it relates to the traditional view of literacy. The acquisition of literacy skills has a significant impact on quality of life, such as increasing independence, self-esteem, as well as access to a variety of opportunities and activities. Literacy is for everyone and must be designed with each student’s unique characteristics and needs in mind.

Literacy, in its multiple forms, is highly valued in our society and access to literacy instruction is mandated in the 1997 reauthorization of IDEA. Research indicates a need for teacher training in the area of literacy instruction for students with significant disabilities.

Targeted outcomes for participants:

• Enhanced definition of literacy
• Understanding the impact that literacy has on quality of life, independence, acceptance, and access
• Understanding the relationship between language, communication, and literacy
• Awareness of strategies and tools for increasing access to and participation in literacy instruction for students with significant disabilities
• Increasing access to and participation in inclusive literacy activities.
• Assistive technology supports
• Team time to plan one learning outcome to enhance a student’s literacy learning.

For a PDF of the Conference, Click Here

Last modified October 21 2009 09:57 AM