Location: Heartland AEA Johnston Regional Education Center
Activity Number: DL017692111501
Instructor: Cynthia White-Botello, Special Education Consultant, Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
Target Audience: Teachers, parents, associates, administrators and AEA staff who work with students whose intellectual, conceptual and functional skills are in the 0 to 2-year range of development. The assessments and interventions require a great deal of collaboration in order to determine how the materials should be applied for a given student, so it is recommended a student’s learning partners – parents, school and AEA staff - attend the training as a team.
Description: Course participants will be provided an overview of research-based assessments and interventions to support instruction for students with visual impairments and significant additional disabilities including deafblindness. These instructional strategies consist of multiple trials, slower pacing, clutter reduction, materials presented within the zone of proximal development, scaffolding, decreased stress, highly structured learning activities, increased motivation and active participation. This fall, the course will be offered as a multi-session opportunity (5 half-day sessions), with time in between sessions for practice, collaboration, coaching and feedback. Participation in the April 1st overview will help course participants determine whether the assessments and interventions are a match for the needs of their students.
If you have any questions, contact Keri Steele, Regional Director/Assistant Director of Special Education, at ksteele@heartlandaea.org or ext. 14372.
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