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This conference (hosted by Spectronics) focuses specifically on “inclusive learning technologies” – technologies designed to advance independent achievement for people with disabilities and/or students with learning difficulties. It includes sessions looking at these technologies in the following three interest streams.
*What do we mean by “struggling students”? Here we are talking about students who are in Regular Ed settings but are struggling to keep up with the reading, writing or organisational tasks required of them. These students may be struggling because of learning difficulties. Alternatively, they could be one of the growing number of ESL (English as a Second Language) students in our schools and post-secondary institutions.
Click here to download details of the exciting Preliminary Conference Program!
| Pati King-DeBaun is a Speech Language Pathologist, based in the USA, who has specialised in communication for children with severe disabilities. Pati speaks and consults in a variety of classrooms internationally on the topics of interactive communication, augmentative communication, and early literacy for children with disabilities. Pati is known for her hands-on and practical work with children and the use of case and video samples in her instruction. She has written numerous articles and published materials on the topic of augmentative communication and early literacy skills for children with disabilities. She has worked with numerous universities world wide teaching courses and seminars on emergent literacy, communication development and disabilities.
Pati has been instrumental in developing a wide range of innovative literacy and communication materials for children with disabilities. |  |
| Kelly Fonner, MS is a self-employed consultant and trainer in the areas of assistive and educational technology. She has been working with individuals with disabilities in the USA since the mid 1970’s and with technology since 1983. Her experiences have been as a teacher assistant, teacher, instructional media specialist and assistive technology consultant in early childhood, preschool and school age programs. She has consulted to university and adult programs concerning access to technology by persons with disabilities. She speaks internationally on a wide range of topics including technology integration, curriculum testing and accommodations, computer access, literacy, library access, assessment and implementation strategies, and the current “hot topic” of Universal Design for Learning. Kelly was the popular Keynote Presenter at the Spectronics Inclusive Learning Technologies® Summer School in 2004. We have been asked many times to “bring Kelly back” – so 2008 is Kelly’s year to return! |  |
| Scott Marfilius is an Assistive/Educational Technology Consultant based in the USA. He is a teacher specialising in working with students with intellectual impairments and/or learning disabilities. For the past 15 years, he has been involved in implementing assistive technology at various levels – within integrated classrooms through to district-wide system changes. His business partner is Kelly Fonner and together they make a dynamic team presenting joint workshops! Like Kelly, Scott has a particular skill in presenting “practical applications” of the features of many assistive technologies for students from primary school through to post-secondary settings.
As Scott was so popular as a Keynote Presenter at our Inclusive Learning Technologies® Winter School 2006, he will also be a great addition to our lineup of presenters at our 2008 conference! |  |
