Maine Access to Inclusive Education (MAIER) Webinar Offerings

Fri Apr 5 17:12:04 EDT 2024

Maine Access to Inclusive Education (MAIER) Webinar Offerings
Contact:

Sarah K. Howorth, Ph. D., BCBA-D

Associate Professor of Special Education

Special Education Graduate Program Coordinator

Director, Maine Access to Inclusive Education(MAIER)

Director, PEERS® Lab @ UMaine

sarah.howorth at maine.edu<mailto:sarah.howorth at maine.edu>

Webinar 1:
MAIER Webinar Registration - "High Leverage Practice to Promote Inclusion for Students with IDD and Complex Needs."

Join MAIER<https://umaine.edu/maier/> and the two exceptional speakers. The sessions will provide a well structured content on different pedagogies and how high leverage practice to promote inclusion can be conducted by developing strategies that promote inclusiveness and principles for students with IDD and Complex Needs.  Participants will learn new strategies and inclusive approaches necessary for assisting students with IDD and Complex Needs and how to provide intensive supports for students regardless of dis/ability. The session will help the participant to develop action points and strategies necessary in incorporating cultural practices into teaching and learning process.

Robert Pennington PhD BCBA-D is the Director of the Center of Excellence on Inclusive Practice for the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence. He has over 30 years of experience working with individuals with disabilities, their families, and teachers and has published over 90 articles, book chapters, and books related to working with persons with ASD and intellectual disability. Robert is passionate about the dissemination of research-based practice and has provided hundreds of refereed and invited presentations to researchers, practitioners, and families, and served on numerous advisory committees, editorial boards, and leadership roles. His current research interests involve behavior analytic communication instruction, expanding students' repertoires in written expression, and improving educational programming for students with severe disabilities.

Monique Pinczynski is a first generation doctoral student at the University of North Carolina Charlotte in Special Education. She was previously a classroom teacher in Henderson, NV where she taught students with autism and extensive support needs as well as students with learning disabilities. Monique earned her B.S. and MEd. in Special Education at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where she also attained her Board Certified Behavior Analyst certification. Her research interests include implementing evidence-based practices with students with autism and extensive support needs with a focus on communication as well as supporting teachers in this area.

When/Where: Online Zoom meeting (link provided once you register). The new date is Tuesday, April 4th 4:00 pm. The session will be recorded.  Click the link below to register.
                https://forms.gle/4tFura7Q4dyZNBp7A

Webinar 2:

  *   " Multilingual Speech and Language Development."
This presentation will give participants an understanding of how multilingual people learn and develop in two or more languages. We will cover multilingual development, expected interaction between the languages and their respective cultures, and discuss myths and realities on bilingualism/multilingualism. The session will clarify different concepts which will describe bilingual/multilingual language development across all domains of language, list ways in which there can be interaction between the languages (cross-linguistic influence) and cultures (cross-cultural interactions) and Identify myths about bilingualism/multilingualism

When/Where: Online Zoom meeting (link provided once you register). Tuesday, April 9th 3:30 - 4:30 pm. Click the link to register:  https://forms.gle/bSis1vqmoysT2i6v9

Webinar 3:

  *   "Multi-Tiered Systems of Support & The Role of the SLP."
This presentation will give school-based participants ideas for including and re-envisioning the role of the speech-language pathologist in the multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) framework. SLPs have knowledge of language and literacy and can be harnessed as crucial partners in the early identification of learning challenges. The session will expatiate on MTSS and identify the tiers of intervention, List ways and opportunities for SLPs to support teachers and interdisciplinary team members in early identification of learning challenges and Identify ways to balance the SLP's role and responsibilities
When/Where: Online Zoom meeting (link provided once you register). Tuesday, May 14th, 3:30 - 4:30pm. Click here to register:  https://forms.gle/nKWxceXY7dMDvbJn9

Webinar 4:

  *   "Building Relationships with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Families."
This presentation will provide participants with tools and ideas for building relationships with CLD families through use of the Funds of Knowledge framework and cultural brokers. We will seek to understand what biases we may carry that may influence how we establish these new relationships and how to mitigate their influence. The session expatiate the ways that implicit bias may influence perceptions and beliefs about other cultures, Identify methods for recognizing and mitigating bias and Describes the Funds of Knowledge framework and define the role of the cultural broker
in establishing new relationships with families.

Meet our Facilitator:   Desi Peña, MA, CCC-SLP (she/ella) is a bilingual speech-language pathologist, who has worked with pediatric populations in Maine since 2018. Her clinical areas of interest are multilingual development and disorders, culturally responsive evaluation and intervention, and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Since 2020, she has served as a faculty mentor for the NH-ME LEND program and has presented on the topic of multilingualism to a variety of agencies, organizations, and also at conferences, including the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's National Convention.

When/Where: Online Zoom meeting (link provided once you register), June 6th, 3:30 - 4:30 pm.

Click the link below to register: https://forms.gle/Uq74fHzERAvypoxh9

Jane Armstrong (she,her,hers)
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) State Specialist
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023
Email: jane.armstrong at maine.gov<mailto:jane.armstrong at maine.gov>
Phone: 207-446-3294
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