SLN Foundations Participants Share!

Thanks to the newly created Special Learning Needs Foundations groups that met at Lincoln Land College and at the Pui Tak Center for your participation and insight into how to best meet the needs of our adult education students! 

Please post below your application exercise using one strategy for student-centered teaching. Please share how your students benefited from this activity. Please also share any suggestions you have for other teachers as they plan to incorporate your idea. Check back to read other participants experiences. 

Illinois Assistive Technology Program

The Illinois Assistive Technology Program (IATP) is the non-profit organization designated as the Statewide AT Program funded under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as amended. IATP’s lead agency is the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Rehabilitation Services.

IATP provides the following core programs:
Assistive Technology Demonstrations
Assistive Technology Device Loans
Assistaive Technology State Financing
Assistive Technology Reutilization

IATP also provides Information and Assistance, Training and Technical Assistance on a variety of AT topics, as well as, collaborates with state agencies and disability organizations statewide to improve and expand policies and practices to include greater access to and funding for AT.

For more information, visit their website at: https://www.iltech.org/

Special Learning Needs Training Opportunity - Please Share with Colleagues!

The newly created Foundations of Special Learning Needs focuses on informal assessments and instructional strategies to address special learning needs and effective instructional practices for all. It is a shortened training opportunity that can give basic knowledge of addressing special learning needs.

This hybrid training will meet once in-person for a half day and will contain two online training components with application exercises. Thanks to the two hosts for these sessions: Pui Tak and Lincoln Land. Participants can chose to attend at one location.

Dates:

Self-paced online – August 27, 2018 – October 12, 2018                                 

In-person Day: Friday, October 19, 2018 9:00am – 12:30pm  Pui Tak Center

Self-paced online – August 27, 2018 – October 5, 2018

In-person Day: Friday, October 12, 2018 9:00am – 12:30pm  Lincoln Land Community College 

The Foundations training, as well the Institute to Credential Special Learning Needs Resource Specialists, are part of the ICCB Instructional Staff Professional Pathways for Special Learning Needs. Successful completion of the Foundations training will provide credit towards completion of the Institute. Foundations training can also be completed as a stand-alone module.

Visit the PD Portal for applications and for more information: 

http://www.excellenceinadulted.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Application-18-SLN-Foundations-Pui-Tak-Center.pdf

http://www.excellenceinadulted.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Application-18-SLN-Foundations-Lincoln-Land.pdf

Questions should be addressed to Sarah Goldammer at sgoldam@siue.edu