AOTA

Speaker(s): Judith Schoonover, Assistive Technology Specialist, Loudoun County Public Schools and Sally Norton-Darr Assistive Technology Specialist Loudoun County Public Schools

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 Live Broadcast Date: March 17, 2015

Earn 1 Contact Hour

Overview:
Developing multi-modal materials to introduce or extend literacy experiences sets the stage for literacy success. Alternative ways to organize, display and arrange, interact and respond to information produces greater understanding of concepts. As a complement to books, theme-related materials can be centered on specific competencies such as self-help, social skills, fine motor, gross motor, emotional, early math/literacy, categorization/matching, etc. Scaffolds created or displayed with “everyday technologies” such as mobile technology, commonly used software, web-based tools, and classroom manipulatives provide a multitude of creative opportunities in which learners can thrive.

Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will name five or more “everyday technologies” that can be implemented to produce or scaffold information for diverse learners.
2. Participants will name five or more electronic resources that can be accessed immediately to begin or continue to extend literacy experiences.
3. Participants will name three ways to represent print in an alternative manner.

Speaker Bio:
Judith Schoonover, MEd, OTR/L, ATP, FAOTA is an occupational therapist and former elementary school teacher. She is certified as an Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) by RESNA and is a founding member of the Loudoun County Public Schools Assistive Technology Team. Judith has worked in schools for more than 38 years. She has authored articles and chapters, and presented on the topics of school-based occupational therapy, transition, literacy and assistive technology nationally. She is the Vice President of the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association, and has served as the communication liaison for the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Early Intervention and School Special Interest Section. She has participated on several National Association of Directors of Special Education (NASDE) workgroups pertaining to Response to Intervention (RtI) Transition, and Virtual Schools. Judith is a frequent ATIA presenter and serves as a strand advisor for the Assistive Technology for Improved Function strand. Currently, Schoonover represents AOTA on the National Joint Committee (NJC) for the Communication Needs of Persons with Severe Disabilities, and participates on AOTA's Transition and RtI Workgroups. Locally, she has volunteered for Loudoun Therapeutic Riding Foundation since 1998.
Sally Norton-Darr, MS, CCC-SLP, is an assistive technology trainer for Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia as well as a nationally certified speech-language pathologist. She enjoys her work in the public schools and has fun presenting internationally, regionally, and virtually to diverse audiences on a wide range of low to high-tech strategies, interventions, and solutions. Sally also the co-author of the ISTE publication: The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools.

End Date: 9/30/17