Many child care providers work with children who have disabilities or special needs. Each child is different, and each delay or disability will require different modifications. Child care providers should gather as much information as you can about the child and the disability, and learn about typical modifications that can...
This webinar is the second of a 3-part series focusing on study skills by CTD and the PACER Center. Learning for students can be enhanced with tools that engage them with information in a multisensory manner, a combination of 2 or more senses such as visual, auditory, vestibular (movement), or...
Librarians discuss ways in which 3D printing can be a crucial part of personalized learning. They cover how this medium can be incorporated into various school subjects, and what to keep in mind when considering 3D printing for your curriculum. https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2018/02/tcea-2018-how-incorporate-3d-printing-any-lesson-plan
The University of California, Davis, hosts events that raise awareness toward certain issues, one of them being the Disability Awareness Symposium. This Symposium is held annually in conjunction with the Accessibility Technology Fair. Some of the major issues they wish to bring to light are anxiety and accessibility. This ensures...
Part of Virginia Commonwealth University's (VCU) Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, the VCU Autism Center for Excellence provides many resources and opportunities for professional development for parents, teachers, and administrators, particularly when working with children and students with Autism. https://vcuautismcenter.org/
In higher education, discussions around accessibility often start with federal mandates and accommodations. This framing tends to cultivate a campus culture focused on accommodations, but "...accommodation is a reactive approach to provide access to an individual ... [whereas] UD processes are proactive approaches to ensure access for groups of potential...
This PowerPoint accompanies the webinar, Assistive Technology Trends with Kirk Behnke. As technology becomes more ubiquitous and readily available for everyone to purchase, we will explore some of the current and future general technology application trends that could be considered assistive technology. Some...
Stephen Hawking said "the future is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities." But what are those possibilities, you ask? Well, as technology becomes more ubiquitous and readily available for everyone to purchase, Kirk Behnke explores some of the current and future general technology application trends that could...
Many engineering departments, libraries, and universities are launching new initiatives to create makerspaces, physical spaces where students, faculty, and the broader community can gather and share resources and knowledge, work on projects, network, and build. In creating these innovative spaces we should apply principles of universal design to ensure the...
