Children with autism especially have challenging behaviors that can be perplexing and confusing. Understanding these behaviors and being able to decode what your students need are vital skills for any teacher.
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Top Webinars of 2015
In 2015 edWeb.net hosted 300 webinars – from gaming and code to literacy and art, we explored so many topics in education this year. Check out our list of the top ten attended webinars in 2015!
Convincing Your Admin to Invest in EdTech
Join us as we help with questions administrators consider about the “when, how, who, and what” of new programs.
edWeb welcomes Monarch Center for Autism as a sponsor of the Teaching Students with Autism community
edWeb.net is delighted to announce that Monarch Center for Autism has joined the consortium that sponsors Teaching Students with Autism, a free professional learning community (PLC) where educators can share information to help support the needs of students with autism.
Current & Emerging Technology for Individuals with Autism: Building Communication & Education Skills
Please join us for a webinar that focuses on current and emerging technologies that impact learning and communication.
Providing Group Instruction for Students with ASD: Have a Plan!
In this webinar, attendees will discuss challenges for educators providing instructional opportunities while also ensuring that all learners have meaningful participation.
Sexuality Education for Students with Autism, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
Participants in this webinar will learn what sexuality education content is important to teach, and how to teach such content.
Tools & Apps to Implement a Visual Language Teaching Model
Attendees of this webinar learned about the Visual Immersion Program by exploring its core beliefs: the 7 functions of communication, foundational tools, emerging familiarity, and emergent understanding. Participants learned about assistive technology tools, including low-tech versus high-tech, foundational apps/devices, emerging familiarity apps/devices, and emergent understanding apps/devices.
Preparing Students with Significant Intellectual Disabilities for the Workforce
Students with disabilities leave school and go on to opportunities that include competitive employment. Unfortunately the vast majority of students with intellectual disabilities are unemployed (Institute for Community Inclusion, 2012). Recent directives from the federal government suggests that states are not doing enough to prepare students with intellectual disabilities to gain employment after leaving high school.
5 Ways to Use Apps for Autism: Moving from Low Tech Visual Tools to High Tech Supports for Lifelong Success
All of a sudden. . .POOF. . .it seems like everyone has a tablet. Using iPads (smart phones and other devices) have become a “big deal” for individuals on the autism spectrum – but there must be more than Angry Birds or Candy Crush. This webinar focused on 5 key skill areas that apps can help preschoolers, school age and adults participate in life activities working toward achieving more independence.