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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10/10/2013
9:30am-10:30am
A Moment in Their Shoes: A Lifetime of Learning
Date:
Thu, Oct 10, 2013
from
9:30 am -
10:30 am
Location: Atrium 6
Category: autism
Format: lecture
Subject Level:
All
Computer Level:
Beginner
Description:
There are many people with autism that have come into my life and have taught me so much! I will share these special people's stories, what I learned from them, and then how I used this to teach others. There are some videos included. This session should not only inspire everyone, but also provide some solid basis for what we do, how we do it and why we do it! You will leave with some ideas on strategies for working with a child with autism, have higher expectations and have hope for a bright future!
Presenters:
Mo Buti
10/09/2013
11am-12pm
Alphabet Soup: A to Z Strategies for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Date:
Wed, Oct 09, 2013
from
11:00 am -
12:00 pm
Location: Atrium 4
Category: autism
Format: lecture
Subject Level:
Beginner
Computer Level:
Beginner
Description:
It's as simple as 1, 2, 3, and A, B, C! In this session, through the use of demonstration, visual aids and audience participation, Karen and Mo will provide simple strategies that they have found to be successful in dealing with children and autism. You can implement them today and see the immediate gains when working with your students. Strategies will be shared that promote learning for all. Providing structure and organization in the classroom on a student's level of understanding can help to alleviate or moderate problems that arise. This lecture focuses on some innovative, outside-the-box techniques you can use today to help a child with autism learn new skills and form meaningful, caring relationships. Come join the fun! 26 great ideas and 26 giveaways! It's as easy as learning your alphabet.
Presenters:
Karen Barineau
Mo Buti
10/11/2013
8am-9am
Demonstration of Apex Spectrum Guide: Innovative Online Program to Treat Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Date:
Fri, Oct 11, 2013
from
8:00 am -
9:00 am
Location: Atrium 2
Category: autism
Format: company-affiliated demonstration
Subject Level:
All
Computer Level:
Beginner
Description:
Discover Apex Spectrum Guide, an innovative, online autism treatment program that combines advanced Internet software technology with proven best practice intervention. This session will focus on a demonstration of the product to professionals on how to teach children with autism communication and cognitive and behavioral skills. Participants will have the opportunity to review all features of the system, including how to conduct an assessment, organize and plan lessons, teach various goals in the program, address and eliminate interfering behaviors as they arise in real life and access and read progress reports and graphs. Participants of this workshop will learn the key features of our breakthrough Internet software technology that will enable them to enhance their treatment interventions.
Presenters:
Betty Crea Davidson
10/09/2013
12:30pm-1:30pm
Five Things to Consider When Developing AAC Systems for Children with Autism
Date:
Wed, Oct 09, 2013
from
12:30 pm -
1:30 pm
Location: Atrium 8
Category: autism
Format: company-affiliated demonstration
Subject Level:
Intermediate
Computer Level:
Intermediate
Description:
Children with autism present unique needs and interests and often require direct intervention to ensure that they reach their full potential and participate to the greatest extent possible. While deficits in communication and social skills development often exist, many children with autism possess numerous strengths that enable them to successfully use augmentative communication systems. When strategies are chosen correctly, a well-developed communication system can increase participation, support language and literacy learning and provide positive behavior supports. Through video examples and demonstration, this presentation will highlight five considerations to make when identifying the most appropriate AAC supports for children with autism.
Presenters:
Stephanie Ekis
10/10/2013
8am-9am
Get Your Body Moving: Experiences with Gesture-Based Learning Using Xbox Kinect
Date:
Thu, Oct 10, 2013
from
8:00 am -
9:00 am
Location: Atrium 7
Category: autism
Format: demonstration
Subject Level:
All
Computer Level:
N/A
Description:
Research shows that the best learning environments are those in which the students are engaged, active and moving. In 2012, Loudoun County Public Schools implemented a number of Xbox Kinect consoles for students with disabilities, primarily in programs for students with autism. Participants in this session will learn about the positives and pitfalls of the implementation process, as well as the progress made by students using the technology. The session will include a discussion of technical and environmental considerations, account creation, avatar generation and customization, games selection, online collaboration and communication (using Avatar Kinect), training and support and case studies describing specific IEP goal progressions and comparisons. Let's play!
Presenters:
Christopher Bugaj
Karen Dietrich
Tara Jeffs
10/09/2013
12:30pm-1:30pm
Living, Learning and Laughing with Visual Supports
Date:
Wed, Oct 09, 2013
from
12:30 pm -
1:30 pm
Location: Plaza 2
Category: autism
Format: lecture
Subject Level:
Intermediate
Computer Level:
Intermediate
Description:
Development of visual supports has evolved from the days of one-size-fits-all picture symbols to a plethora of current options. A parent and therapist (both OTRs and ATPs) reflect on the rapid changes in the use of technology to develop individualized visual supports for a young man with autism. The subject is now 19 and successfully living in a group home. The subject has used visual supports for 17 years, ranging from black and white picture symbols to his current picture symbol library of 10,000 images. His use of visual schedules, PECS, Aided Language Stimulation, adapted reading material, social narratives and video priming are highlighted with the use of the computer and iPad.
Presenters:
Silke Hamilton
Rosemond Seligson
10/10/2013
3:30pm-4:30pm
Please Behave! The Importance of Self-Regulation
Date:
Thu, Oct 10, 2013
from
3:30 pm -
4:30 pm
Location: Atrium 4
Category: autism
Format: demonstration
Subject Level:
Intermediate
Computer Level:
Beginner
Description:
We may all know someone with autism who exhibits challenging behaviors. Why do these behaviors occur? How can these students learn when their behavior is escalating? How can other students learn during this? In this session, you will learn about the importance of teaching your students to be able to self-regulate and some strategies to do this. The goal is to teach the student to start, stay and be able to return to a calm state when needed. This session will provide a tremendous amount of information to help our students to do just that. This session will be packed with information and resources!
Presenters:
Mo Buti
10/09/2013
3:30pm-4:30pm
Solving The Social Skill Puzzle: Virtual Reality and Tech Solutions for ALL
Date:
Wed, Oct 09, 2013
from
3:30 pm -
4:30 pm
Location: Atrium 8
Category: autism
Format: lecture
Subject Level:
Intermediate
Computer Level:
Beginner
Description:
This session provides interactive, innovative and practical technology-based solutions for the struggling learner, as well as the student with a disability. Participants will learn about identifying, organizing, selecting and integrating useful apps; specific technology-based solutions for common learning, behavior and social/emotional challenges; and the way others are identifying and integrating technology into the lives of those with disabilities.
Presenters:
Sean Smith
10/11/2013
11am-12pm
The Next Steps: Making Digital Literacy Accessible
Date:
Fri, Oct 11, 2013
from
11:00 am -
12:00 pm
Location: Plaza 1
Category: autism
Format: company-affiliated demonstration
Subject Level:
All
Computer Level:
N/A
Description:
As an award-winning thought leader and innovator in the autism education community, Michele McKeone, M. Ed focuses on increasing transition outcomes for students with autism by teaching marketable, digital life skills through a one-of-a-kind interactive curriculum. Michele demonstrates her best practices, motivating teachers to implement technology in the classroom to support students. Working to continually raise the bar on the educational landscape and level the playing field for students, Michele founded Autism Expressed, an online interactive curriculum designed to teach digital literacy, and the goal is to serve as the catalyst of an innovative tool for cognitive and social development for this generation of adolescents with autism and those who come thereafter.
Presenters:
Michele McKeone
10/09/2013
8am-9am
The Sound of Autism: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things!
Date:
Wed, Oct 09, 2013
from
8:00 am -
9:00 am
Location: Atrium 4
Category: autism
Format: demonstration
Subject Level:
Beginner
Computer Level:
Beginner
Description:
Come "listen" to an hour of sharing my favorite strategies and resources for programming for students with ASD. Participants will leave this fast-paced session with numerous examples of technology, including some of my favorite apps, websites, curriculums and strategies specific to meeting the unique learning and behavioral needs of students with ASD. This "show and tell" comes to you from 30 years of working in the field of autism and sorting through a plethora of strategies and resources along the way. An interactive Web-based resource will be created and shared so that participants can also add their personal favorites because it's all about spreading the word!
Presenters:
Susan Stokes
10/09/2013
2pm-4:30pm
Visual Supports for Improving Social Communication Skills in Children with Autism: From Evaluation to Treatment, Using Two iPad Apps (Two Block Session)
Date:
Wed, Oct 09, 2013
from
2:00 pm -
4:30 pm
Location: Edina
Category: autism
Format: company-affiliated demonstration
Subject Level:
Intermediate
Computer Level:
Intermediate
Description:
Social skills development can be a slow, splintered and challenging process for young children with autism. Bridging the gap between readiness to learn and actual performance is crucial for social communication development. Service providers need to integrate social communication goals into treatment for more developmentally appropriate, functional "teachable moments." Tech-based lesson plans facilitate self-regulation and language development. They involve "whole body" learning, emphasizing the visual modality. Attendees will be introduced to the Socially Speaking Assessment Protocol App and the TalkRocket Go App, both of which can be used for customizing social communication and curriculum/IEP goals for young children with autism. They will learn developmental prerequisite skills to consider and suggested strategies to methodically use these two iPad apps to teach specific skills.
Presenters:
Tony Gross
Alex Levy
Penina Rybak
10/10/2013
3:30pm-4:30pm
Watch and Learn: Video Modeling for Young Children
Date:
Thu, Oct 10, 2013
from
3:30 pm -
4:30 pm
Location: Atrium 7
Category: autism
Format: demonstration
Subject Level:
All
Computer Level:
Beginner
Description:
The purpose of this presentation is to increase the participant's knowledge of the evidence-based practice of video modeling and to get him/her excited and confident enough to try it! Participants will receive easy-to-use charts/forms that will aid them in determining which type of video modeling to choose, planning for filming, collecting data, etc. We will provide the participants with information from multiple case studies, including video documentation of how the child performed before and after the use of video modeling. Basic editing techniques will be demonstrated. Research on the use of video modeling will be highlighted. Participants will walk away with the knowledge they need to start using these exciting strategies in their homes, classrooms and community.
Presenters:
Sarah Murray
Brenna Noland
10/09/2013
12:30pm-1:30pm
Whet Your APPetite with a Bountiful Menu of Social Skill Teaching Options
Date:
Wed, Oct 09, 2013
from
12:30 pm -
1:30 pm
Location: Atrium 4
Category: autism
Format: company-affiliated demonstration
Subject Level:
Intermediate
Computer Level:
Intermediate
Description:
Explore the world of social learning apps. Tap into the true power of these programs with engaging and customizable intervention techniques. Learn to manage and fully utilize apps to make your social therapy tools portable and to build a successful generalization program for your students.
Presenters:
Laurie Jacobs
What participants have said
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
I attended all five days — it was awesome!
~Speech Pathologist
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
