Tennessee Association for Assistive Technology Conference 2017 (TAAT)

Date/Location:

November 30- December 1, 2017, Franklin, TN

Description:

Students are being introduced almost daily to new technologies in the classroom, many of which may serve the special needs of our students with physical, intellectual, and/or learning disabilities.  Technology access continues to increase and evolve, modifying the scope of what can be considered an ‘assistive technology’. Educators and clinicians working with this population must receive regular professional development training to learn to use these tools to modify the environment and the curriculum.  Now in its 12th year, the TAAT Conference has annually offered 46 hours of instruction over one and one-half days to teachers, administrators, therapists and technology specialists from across the state. 

Speakers:

List of speaker can be found at: http://www.taat.org/new-page/

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Identify technologies that can be used to provide alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) supports to students with speech and language impairments
  2. Describe potential uses of commercially available tools and programs as assistive technologies
  3. Understand and describe the importance of using technology supports for students with physical and/or cognitive disabilities that affect learning
  4. Modify academic instruction and related materials using a wide range of assistive technology strategies and commercially available tools to support students with special needs
  5. Identify tools or programs that can be used to create visual supports for children with speech and language impairments or intellectual disabilities
  6. Identify student groups who might benefit from specific technologies

CEUs

This activity is offered for up to 1.0 CEUs (10.0 hours of instruction). To register for CEUs:
  1. Download, and complete the following forms.
  2. Save the files names: 171201_TAAT_Lastname-Firstname
  3. Send both files to ceus@aacinstitute.org
  4. CEU certificate will be sent after submitting the two forms

Note: If any difficulty is encountered in using this form, write to ceus@aacinstitute.org to request an alternative file format.