AT Myths and Facts: A Review of the Federal Guidance
In this session, participants reviewed the Department of Education's guide on assistive technology myths and facts. Participants identified these myths and facts and learned how to leverage to advocate for their students and help them become future self-advocates.
Speaker
Sayard is a speech language pathologist and an assistive technology professional. Her work spans from directly building capacity with a large cooperative south of Chicago (SWCCCASE) to adjunct instructing in the University of Illinois at Chicago AT Certificate Program as well as the College of DuPage SLPA Program. She has spoken at many conferences locally and nationally on topics of AAC and Assistive technology. Her main interests are in transition, processes in AT, adoption of technologies, and capacity building. Sayard is enjoying the summer with her husband and two children while training for her first marathon (Chicago, 2024!) Sayard is an Adjunct Instructor - University of Illinois AT Certificate Program.
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Who this course is for
Every minute is written for working clinicians, educators, and families. You walk away with real-world tools to try with your next learner, not abstract theory.
Speech-Language Pathologists
Occupational Therapists
AT Specialists
Educators
After this course
What you’ll walk away with.
You leave with concrete skills and frameworks you can apply in your next session, classroom, or family visit, not just ideas to think about later.
Earn your CEUs
Attend the full course and pass the post-session assessment at 80% or higher. Your 0.1 ASHA CEUs are reported to ASHA when you opt in on the assessment.
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You’ll be able to
Locate and access the Myths and Facts document for use and to share with others.
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You’ll be able to
Identify the 28 presented Myths and Facts, and how to leverage them as teaching moments.
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You’ll be able to
Identify three uses of the Myths and Facts document.
The full 1 hour
Your learning path.
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Introduction
2 minutes - 2
Introduction of Myths and Facts Document and it's layout
4 minutes - 3
Section 1: Myths 1 - 8
10 minutes - 4
Section 2: Myths 9 - 18
10 minutes - 5
Section 3: Myths 19 - 22
8 minutes - 6
Section 4: Myths 23 - 26
8 minutes - 7
Section 5: Myths 27 - 28
8 minutes - 8
Possible Uses and Benefits for the Document
5 minutes - 9
Q&A
5 minutes
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