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LID Updates

May 2024

LID UpdatesMay 2024

Upcoming Events Upcoming Events

Low Incidence Disabilities

  • June 17th - Online Work Time (hybrid, come & go session)
  • June 18, 25, & July 2nd - Building a Foundation for Supporting Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (virtual training, must attend all 3 days to receive credit)
  • July 31st & August 1st - Low Incidence Disabilities Conference (in-person)
  • August 14th, 21st, & 28th - Building a Foundation for Supporting Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (virtual training, must attend all 3 days to receive credit)

Active Learning Trainings

  • June 3rd - Active Learning Supervisors Roundtable (hybrid session)

Assistive Technology

  • June 4th - Empowering Educators: Elevating Instruction with Technology - Creating Accessible Digital Content for All Learners
  • June 4th - Empowering Educators: Elevating Instruction with Technology - Using AI in the Classroom Timesaving Hacks for Teachers
  • June 6th - Empowering Educators: Elevating Instruction with Technology - Community Referenced Instruction Practical Ideas for Students with Complex Access Needs
  • September 12th - Seriously Wild about Assistive Technology (in-person)
  • November 13th - Adapting Early Literacy for all Communication Needs (in-person)
Virtual mini-conference empowering educators: elevating instruction through technology featuring presenter Ayo Jones. June 4, 2024 AM Session Assistive technology: the key to inclusive instruction, creating accessible digital content for all learners. PM session using A I in the classroom time saving hacks for teachers. June 6, 2024 AM session community referenced instruction practical ideas for students with complex access needs. PM session differentiating instruction with digital tools for special populations amplifying thinking routines for all learners. Limited to 40 people per session. Register soon! bit dot L Y / 3 capital U capital O v capital Y 3 capital L

Visual Impairments/Orientation & Mobility

  • June 18th - Braille Boot Camp
Event Information

Caring for Every Mind: A Mental & Behavioral Health Conference

When?

Tuesday, Jun 25, 2024, 09:00 AM

Where?

Curtis Culwell Center, Naaman Forest Boulevard, Garland, TX, USA

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Please join Region 10 for our first-ever Caring for Every Mind Mental and Behavioral Health conference. This event promises to be memorable, with national and local presenters sharing their knowledge around mental health and related topics. The event will feature daily keynotes with additional breakout sessions diving further into topics such as supporting mentally healthy schools and classrooms, technology and mental health, stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and more! The conference is open to all in education.

Exclusive Offer: Unlock access to all three days (June 25th -27th) of the conference for just $25 by using promo code “R10Care.” But don’t wait—this special offer is only valid until May 31, 2024!

Click here to register.

Thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you there!

Free Online Training Resources

TEA Learn

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TSBVI Online Learning

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Event Information

Low Incidence Disabilities Conference

Registration is now open for the 2024 Low Incidence Disabilities Conference! This year's conference will be July 31st and August 1st.

When?

Wednesday, Jul 31, 2024, 09:00 AM

Where?

L I D Conference July 31st to August 1st. Keynote speaker. Photograph of young man with glasses smiling. Chris Nikic is an amateur triathlete who became the first person with Down syndrome to finish an ironman triathalon in 2020. call for presenters! the region 10 low incidence disabilities conference is an annual summer event for teachers, paraprofessionals, related service providers and administrators to come learn strategies and resources for working with students with complex access needs, sensory impairments or significant cognitive disabilities. breakout session proposals are currently being accepted. registration link bit dot ly / 4b5 capital L 5f capital J proposal form link bit dot ly / 3w95 capital I c 3
Breakout Session Proposal Window Extended

Consider sharing strategies that work for your classroom with your fellow educators by presenting a session at this year's conference. Possible topics for breakout sessions include (but are not limited to):

  • setting up learning stations
  • collaborative classroom teams
  • inclusion for students with complex needs
  • classroom and campus community building
  • grading and aligning instruction to enrolled grade-level through prerequisite skills
The registration fee is waived for educators who are selected to present a breakout session during the conference.

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Online Courses

Texas SPED Support currently has 21 self-paced courses available related to working with students with significant cognitive disabilities and complex access needs, including Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for Students with Complex Access Needs.

Seven of these courses offer free coaching or support after completing the online portion. The courses with coaching available are:

  • Building a Foundation for Supporting Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
  • Classroom Organization, Schedules, and Positive Behavior Supports (Effective Practices)
  • Designing and Supporting Instruction (Effective Practices)
  • IEPs and Instruction (Effective Practices)
  • A Step Towards IEP Quality and Rigor
  • Supporting Communication (Effective Practices)
  • Teamwork and Transitions (Effective Practices)

To sign up or get more information about this free support: complete this coaching request form to schedule a brief pre-coaching meeting with me. If you need signing up or completing any of the courses, please email me at cathryn.king@region10.org or join the June Online Work Time session.

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Catie King

Low Incidence Disabilities/Assistive Technology Consultant

Email: cathryn.king@region10.org
Website: region10.org/programs/low-incidence-disabilities-lid
Location: 904 Abrams Road, Richardson, TX, USA
Phone: 972-348-1590

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