"Adam Johns (@adamjohns) and Adam Davis (@HerestoPandsPen.) from Wheelhouse Workshop (@wheelhousews) drop into the studio to talk about how they use D&D to help kids and adults practice social skills and make friends. "
"Inquiry-based teaching is a pedagogical approach that invites students to explore academic content by posing, investigating, and answering questions. This approach puts students' questions at the center of the curriculum, and places just as much value on the component skills of research as it does on knowledge and understanding of content. "
"The ASF Communication Training Series takes all of the hours of great communication workshops and breaks them down into small, digestible parts so that you and your individual with AS can reach her/his greatest communication success at any age. Using web-based teaching, the Series is designed to be sequential and you can join at any time and proceed through the training at your child's pace of learning." A list of webinars, by topic, is here: http://www.angelman.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ASF-CTS-My-Webinar-Log-by-Topic.pdf
"The Transition Toolkit contains all of the resources needed for planning and hosting a Transition Institute that will create a memorable, high quality learning experience for deaf-blind teens. The Toolkit is a repository of information, tools and resources that serve as a model for hosting a workshop for deaf-blind teens ages 14-22 and their families."
Every student has the right to be as successful as possible. There are strategies and tools available within your school and on the Internet that can help students develop to their full potential. Allow us to share the power of these tools and strategies through our Assistive Technology Workshops. These workshops are designed for your school and delivered at your school.
PACER provides information, support, workshops, and referrals to both families and professionals.
PACER provides puppet programs on disability awareness, abuse prevention, and bullying prevention.
PACER's Simon Technology Center provides software, adaptive devices and training to help children and young adults with disabilities learn to communicate through technology.
PACER provides programs for Native American, African American, Hispanic/Latino, Somali and Southeast Asian communities. Many of our publications have been translated into Hmong, Somali and Spanish.
PACER's Family-to-Family Health Information Center provides a single source of information, including resources and support, for families whose children have disabilities and complex health care needs.
Through the Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers, PACER offers consultation and technical assistance to the over 100 parent centers across the nation funded under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Its work affects the 7 million children with disabilities across the nation.
Other programs focus on employment, grandparents, housing and bullying prevention.
The ASF Communication Training Series takes all of the hours of great communication workshops and breaks them down into small, digestible parts so that you and your individual with AS can reach her/his greatest communication success at any age.
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