Accessibility

Upcoming Events

• Imaginative play – a Platform for Learning in Young Children with Hearing Loss

  
  • July 17, 2018 - July 18, 2018
    9:00 am - 4:00 pm

  Do you work with young children with hearing loss and their families? Do you support young children with hearing loss in a childcare. Preschool or kindergarten? Are you interested to know what you can do to include more purposeful play as a basis for learning?

• Teaching and Learning Strategies for Students Who Are Blind/Visually Impaired in the Sensorimotor Stage of Development

  
  • July 26, 2018 - July 27, 2018
    9:00 am - 4:00 pm

  Participants will demonstrate an understanding of the unique needs of the students with visual impairments and multiple disabilities at the sensorimotor level of development and how these students can be taught meaningful routines which become a foundation for learning new concepts.

• Positive Strategies to develop the mental health of children and adolescents who are deaf or hard of hearing

  
  • August 3, 2018
    10:00 am - 4:00 pm

  This course is targeted to teachers and professionals that are working with students that are deaf or hard of hearing in both primary and secondary schooling. If you are looking to develop strategies for working with their students who are at risk of developing mental health issues this course will provide you with a variety of positive psychology tips and practical ideas to implement in your classroom/setting.

• Accessible STEM - Special Interests and Messy Robots

  
  • August 17, 2018
    9:00 am - 4:00 pm

  In this one day hands-on workshop participants will explore ways that they can make STEM teaching and learning activities accessible as well as the gaming options for students who require alternate access options.

• Untangling the Code - Braille Mathematics Primary K-6

  
  • August 20, 2018
    9:00 am - 4:00 pm

  This workshop will identify all relevant principles essential in having a true understanding of Braille transcription of mathematical material K – 6. It will address the various Braille code signs and modes and give a comprehensive understanding of why things are brailled as they are when an almost identical item is brailled differently.