Over 200 Presentation and Hands-On Lab Hours
Wednesday through Friday, October 9-11, 2013
Over 200 presentation and hands-on lab hours that describe and/or demonstrate successful applications of assistive technology for persons with disabilities will be held during the three days of the conference.
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accessible instructional material
8am-9am
Accessible Apps and Custom Styluses
12:30pm-1:30pm
AIM in Action! 2013 Update From the National AIM Center
12:30pm-1:30pm
AIM to Start Early: Implementing Accessible Materials with Young Children
8am-9am
Boardmaker and Common Core State Standards: Giving All Students Access to Instruction
3:30pm-4:30pm
Buy Accessible: What That Means and Why It Matters
2pm-3pm
Chromebooks, Chrome Web Store and Accessibility
12:30pm-3pm
Create Your Own Core Content Accessible iPad Activities! (Two Block Session)
9:30am-10:30am
Dan and Mo: Wild and Free Again!
2pm-3pm
How Do I Read Textbooks on an iPad?
12:30pm-1:30pm
Individualizing Classroom Content for iPads and Androids
9:30am-10:30am
Low Tech AT 4 Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Cognitively Disabled (CD)
8am-9am
n2y: Connecting to the Common Core with Interactive Lessons and Data
9:30am-12pm
Providing Students the Tools They Need for Lifelong Reading Success: Bookshare Lab (Two Block Session)
11am-12pm
Support for Students with Print Disabilities: Access to the Common Core Curricula
12:30pm-1:30pm
Supporting Independence, Generalization and Inclusion with Visual Learning Technology
8am-9am
Switch Access for the iPad and Android
9:30am-10:30am
Threading Accessibility Through iPads, Androids, Computers and the Web
12:30pm-1:30pm
Tools You Can Use
3:30pm-4:30pm
Using Tablets and Robots to Engage Children with Disabilities in STEM
assessment
8am-9am
AAC Apps Evaluation Tools: Making the Best Choice for the Best AAC Voice
2pm-3pm
Access is Everything! Switch Access for AAC
12:30pm-1:30pm
Alternate Assessment and Classroom Suite 4
12:30pm-1:30pm
Assistive Technology: It Isn't One Size Fits All
9:30am-12pm
Facing the Challenges of Access with Students Who've Had Less Than Successful Experiences (Two Block Session)
9:30am-10:30am
How Special is Special Education!
11am-12pm
Mounting Solutions: An Essential Ingredient for Communication and Access Success
9:30am-10:30am
Sorting Through Carrying Cases for iPads and Other Tablets
9:30am-10:30am
The New Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Assessments: What You Need to Know
augmentative communication
8am-9am
A Holistic Solution for People with Aphasia or Apraxia: Lingraphica Speech-Generating Devices, Apps and Online Services
12:30pm-1:30pm
AAC Consideration: Initial Referral to Implementation and How Our District Makes It Work
9:30am-12pm
AAC Groups: How to Build Social Competencies (Two Block Session)
3:30pm-4:30pm
Bringing AAC Home: Professionals and Parents Working Together
9:30am-10:30am
Building a Core Vocabulary Classroom: From No-Tech to High-Tech
8am-9am
Communicating at a Variety of Levels with iPad AAC Apps
8am-9am
Current Models, Methods and Practices for Training and Supporting Communication Partners
3:30pm-4:30pm
Data Collection in AAC: Gathering Performance and Outcomes Evidence
12:30pm-1:30pm
Don't Just Customize, Personalize: Unique App Implementations for Unique Learners
9:30am-10:30am
Easy and Effective Ways to Communicate and Participate with AAC Apps on iDevices
8am-9am
Getting Up to Speed With the Cool New Features Of Proloquo2Go 3
12:30pm-1:30pm
Helping Individuals with Aphasia Reengage in Life
11am-12pm
How Do I Request My Needs: Using Communication Applications on iPad
11am-12pm
Implementation Strategies and Building Fluency for Modeling with PODD: Open Forum
2pm-4:30pm
Integrating Eye Gaze Technology into Conversations and Literacy Learning Experiences of Girls with Rett Syndrome (Two Block Session)
8am-9am
Introduction to Proloquo4Text: AAC on iPad and iPhone for Literate Users
9:30am-12pm
LAMP Words for Life: An AAC Vocabulary for Use Across Abilities, Environments and Platforms (Two Block Session)
8am-9am
Let it Grow: Enhancing Augmented Communication From Where You Are With What You Have
2pm-4:30pm
Modifying Technology to Meet the Evolving Needs of the Client with a Progressive Disorder (Two Block Session)
12:30pm-1:30pm
MyTalk and iPad: Spanning Challenges, Disciplines and Cultures
11am-12pm
Picture All the Ways to Use Pictello!
2pm-3pm
Supporting AAC Through Therapy Materials, Professional Development and Data Collection
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Presentation Categories
- accessible instructional material
- assessment
- augmentative communication
- autism
- cognitive development
- curriculum development / modifications
- differentiated instruction
- early childhood development
- functional living skills
- inclusion / cooperative learning
- keyboard alternatives
- language development
- learning styles
- literacy
- mathematics
- professional development
- research
- response to intervention
- screen alternatives
- seating / positioning / mobility
- technology integration
- transition
- universal design for learning
What participants have said
This conference gave me the opportunity to learn and grow in my weakest areas and have leading experts in the field as my instructors.
~AT Consultant
The time I've spent at CTG each year has been well worth it now that my son is finally finding a way to communicate his wants, needs and opinion.
~Parent
The Closing The Gap Conference was beyond exceptional as many of the sessions that I attended answered the Communication needs we are experiencing.
~Director of Communications

