AOTA

Speaker(s): Mike Marotta, AT Specialist, Consultant AT/Edtech and Mystie Rail Executive Director Assistive Technology of Alaska

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Live Broadcast Date: February 12, 2015

Earn 1 Contact Hour

Overview:
Join us as we discuss how to utilize the UDL framework as the foundation to apply the same principles during transition and on into the employment sector. While businesses and people with disabilities sometimes encounter serious challenges as they seek to implement inclusion strategies, as AT practitioners we can assist to overcome those hurdles with robust and creative practices. During this session, we will highlight successful strategies and give real-life examples that can be implemented by businesses of all sizes to create a more inclusive workplace. We will explore the three areas of UDL: Multiple Means of Engagement, Representation, and Action and Expression and provide practical examples for workplace accommodation solutions. These examples will fall across the technology continuum: from no-tech strategies to low tech to high tech solutions.

Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will learn about the three principles of UDL and how to apply these principles in the employment arena.
2. Participants will learn practical methods to assess and process the challenges in work experiences or training settings.
3. Participants will gain an understanding of the importance and how to design programs that are accessible to as many transition aged youth and adults as possible from the start – even before disability-specific information is available.

Speaker Bio:
Mike is a RESNA Certified Assistive Technology Professional and an AT / EdTech Consultant. Mike is also the Co-Owner of MAK Technology Solutions, Inc. Previously, Mike was a national trainer for California State University at Northridge (CSUN), providing practical and in-depth training to professionals interested in specializing in assistive technology. Currently, he provides Assistive Technology assessments and trainings for consumers, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and companies throughout the country.. Mike is also the Immediate Past President of NJCART. The New Jersey Coalition for the Advancement of Assistive and Rehabilitation Technology (NJCART) is a non-profit organization established in 1987 to promote the appropriate applications of technology for individuals with disabilities, assure access to resources and provide continuing education to its members and the community at large. Learn how to become involved with this group by visiting the website - www.njcart.org.

Mystie Rail is the Executive Director of Assistive Technology of Alaska (ATLA), a statewide project based in Anchorage. She began working in the special education and accessible technology field in 2000. Since that time, she has developed both her technical and management skills to oversee the only state and federally funded, comprehensive assistive technology project that provides complete wraparound services to Alaskans of all ages. As an “AT Evangelist” she has spoke at conferences and trainings around the nation delivering an uniquely Alaskan perspective on overcoming barriers to providing assistive technology services throughout the largest state in the US.

End Date: 9/30/17