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This "hands-on" lab will be a continuation of the morning workshop titled Configuring and Teaching AT Tools for Complex Computer Access. Knowing how to integrate systems is critical to creating more efficient and independent learning environments for students with complex bodies. The most commonly available powered chairs, with computers and on-screen keyboards, will be available to allow participants to work with the remote programmers, joysticks, and alternative head array access for use with the computer, using "Bluetooth" access, as well as wireless and hard-wired access. The presenters will focus on mouse emulation, directed mouse access, as well as scanning in this session. In this "lab" experience, the presenters will focus on both configuring the equipment and teaching its use.

Assistive technology removes barriers and increases access for students with disabilities. Assistive technology includes a wide range of devices, as well as services to support the selection, acquisition, and use of AT devices. AT consultants play a crucial role in these services.

Educational interpreters are called upon to interpret physical education classes, team sports and classroom content that may include sporting events. The setting for these events is extremely varied, including the classroom, gymnasium, athletic fields, swimming pools and stadiums. To provide quality interpretations that meet the needs of the student athletes who are deaf or hard of hearing, knowing the sign vocabulary associated with that sport is not enough. Setting up the plays, defense, offense and strategies is vital to provide access to the information and to enable the student to participate and perform to the best of her ability and potential. Participants will discuss and practice not only the vocabulary associated with sports, but also the discourse structures that may be used by the PE teacher or coach.

Join Ron Logan as he talks with a group of parents who also happen to be PaTTAN consultants and hear how they have managed the past few months with their families and work. Hear some of the challenges they have worked through, the difficult conversations they’ve had the and joys that that they’ve experienced. Listen to this roundtable discussion for tips, hints and reminders that we are all in this together.

Join Ron Logan as he talks with a group of parents who also happen to be PaTTAN consultants and hear how they have managed the past few months with their families and work. Hear some of the challenges they have worked through, the difficult conversations they’ve had the and joys that that they’ve experienced. Listen to this roundtable discussion for tips, hints and reminders that we are all in this together.

Discover the impact of RENEW as a tier 3 intervention for students at risk of dropping out. Gain an understanding of the four phases of RENEW, the training required, and hear a high school team share their experience of installing and implementing RENEW. Center for RENEW Implementation | https://iod.unh.edu/projects/resilience-empowerment-and-natural-supports-education-and-work-renew PaTTAN | https://www.pattan.net/Multi-Tiered-System-of-Support/Behavior/Featured-Topics/RENEW

Would you like to learn more about how effective PBIS and instructional practices can be integrated in the math classroom in 20 minutes or less? If so, check out this behavior byte that addresses how PBIS and effective math instruction complement one another to help every student reach success.

PaTTAN Behavior Initiative consultants provide a quick list of tips to consider as educators engage in providing virtual learning experiences These include: using virtual backgrounds, opportunities to respond, engagement strategies and virtual incentives.

This installment of Behavior Bytes highlights the work of Dr. Tim Knoster. This byte contains an excerpt from Dr. Knoster’s 2019 session entitled Preventive Classroom Management: Positive Behavior Support in the Classroom! You will receive a review of three critical elements designed to improve student academic and behavioral outcomes in the classroom setting. You can find the full session here. Dr. Tim Knoster is a professor at the McDowell Institute for Teacher Excellence in Positive Behavior Support in the College of Education at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. The McDowell Institute emphasizes the translation of research on multi-tiered systems of support—most specifically, positive behavior intervention and support—into practice in schools. Dr. Knoster has also served as Executive Director of the International Association for Positive Behavior Support since its inception in 2003. Dr. Knoster (or Tim, as he prefers) has been involved with preservice and in-service teacher training for more than 30 years. He has worn many hats throughout his career, including the role of an instructor of undergraduate and graduate courses, a classroom teacher in the public schools, Director of Student Support Services and Special Education, and Principal Investigator as well as Program Evaluator on federal projects focused on classroom and student-centered behavior intervention and support. Dr. Knoster has extensive experience in providing professional development for classroom teachers and has been the recipient of numerous awards for his endeavors in this regard. He has extensively published and provided training for educators and staff from various child-serving systems in the application of positive behavior support in schools and community-based settings. According to Brookes Publishing, “Dr. Knoster has an uncanny ability to help teachers interpret the research literature on behavioral matters in a way that enables them to translate that same research into practical strategies and approaches in their classrooms.

"This installment of Behavior Bytes highlights the work of Dr. Kathleen Lane. This quick byte is an excerpt from Dr. Lanes 2019 session entitled Supporting School Success! You will receive a quick review three strategies designed to improve student outcomes. You can find the full session here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10q1shKXwIE .” Kathleen Lynne Lane is a Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research. Dr. Lane’s research interests focus on designing, implementing, and evaluating comprehensive, integrated, three-tiered (Ci3T) models of prevention to (a) prevent the development of learning and behavior challenges and (b) respond to existing instances, with an emphasis on systematic screening. She is currently President of the Council for Exceptional Children Division for Research (CEC-DR). She is the co-editor of Remedial and Special Education and Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions. Dr. Lane has co-authored 11 books and published over 200 refereed journal articles and 40 book chapters.