This session will include different areas of technology: -Computers: Will provide an overview and practice of software. -Low Technology: Will provide examples of resources to use in the classroom. -Communication: Will provide an overview of communication devices.

*You must attend BOTH sessions to get credit. Partial credit will not be given.* Group Facilitator(s) will work with each team of classroom teachers, resource teachers, paras and specialists to develop individual student schedules and work systems and to help these educators modify classroom academics. The team will plan and create adapted materials in relationship to curriculum and IEP objectives. Assessment procedures and on-going modifications will be discussed between team members. NOTE: Please bring computers, Boardmaker, student/classroom schedules and other materials that you would like to develop/adapt.

Boardmaker Plus V.6 is loaded with new features including "Symbolate," reading text aloud with highlighting, new templates, new sample boards, "Shuffle" to make Bingo activities, and Boardmaker does it in 44 languages.

We will learn some new features of Intellitools Suite Version 4 and how to create some simple activities for your students. Let your students explore writing with the support of visuals and auditory feedback. Develop vocabulary templates for motivating learning in your classrooms. We will also demonstrate how to set up your students with word prediction.

This workshop will be repeated on 3/11/1010. Great class for beginners or experienced computer users. Come away with knowledge of software, hardware, websites, and resources to make you a better teacher and expand your ways of teaching with technology. Presenters will explain features and techniques to help students learn. Participants will get hands-on experience with resources and a great option for follow-up knowledge to take home.

This is a repeat of the 10/15/09 workshop. Great class for beginners or experienced computer users. Come away with knowledge of software, hardware, websites, and resources to make you a better teacher and expand your ways of teaching with technology. Presenters will explain features and techniques to help students learn. Participants will get hands-on experience with resources and a great option for follow-up knowledge to take home.

Come and learn the features of Microsoft Word and Mac OSX that will make your life and work by your students easier. Some of the features to be shown: Text to Speech, Englarged Cursor, Setting Styles, Readability Statistics, Spell and Grammar Help, Abbreviation Expansion. Beginners to Mac welcome.

This session will provide sensory strategies in the school environment. It will also give an overview and working knowledge of sensory processing. We will discuss how Sensory Integrative Dysfunction presents in children.

Come with an idea and leave with a story to share with your students. Participants will learn: 1)The basics of how to use Power Point to make books, social stories or puzzles 2)Record the text with your voice or have your students record it later 3)Add sounds 4)Use pictures from your camera or the Internet 5)Make cause-effect power points your students will love. Participants will receive a website list to find more fun Power Points activities.

Your students can complete their work on a computer! Learn how and make your job easier! Learn how to use Acrobat to help students create legible complete work sheets. Every school has the equipment to scan teacher´s worksheets and make it into a PDF. Then using Acrobat Professional or higher amazing features you can add form fields to allow students to type in their answers on any computer and print or send the completed task to the teacher. Topics include: 1)Have the PDF read aloud to the student. 2)How audio comments and responses can be added by teacher or student. 3)Create fields designed for multiple types of responses. 4)Reuse and redo as needed for new students.

This session will cover different modules in mental health. Strategies, resources and collaborative problem-solving will be included.

This session will cover different modules in mental health. Strategies, resources and collaborative problem-solving will be included.

This session will cover different modules in mental health. Strategies, resources and collaborative problem-solving will be included.

This session will cover different modules in mental health and focus on Attachment Disorders and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Strategies, resources and collaborative problem-solving will be included.

Nebraska and Kansas Summer Institute focusing on children with significant disablilities including those with or without sensory impairments; first of 3 day session: "EMERGENT LITERACY FOR STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES: A PROJECT-BASED APPROACH" This 3-day presentation addresses children ages 3-21 with significant cognitive impairments and their literacy needs.

Nebraska and Kansas Summer Institute focusing on children with significant disablilities including those with or without sensory impairments; 2-day session: Thursday, July 16: "A WALK IN MY SHOES and PARENT EXPECTATIONS ACROSS THE AGES" and Friday, July 17: "PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING USING PATH AND MAPS"

Note: This conference for audiologists only. Conference for educational audiologists.

*For staff working with students with hearing impairments. Conference for staff working with students with hearing loss.

*For those working with students with hearing impairments. **MUST REGISTER WITH SNRP OFFICE Designed for families, early interventionists, classroom teachers, deaf educators, interpreters, speech therapists, and audiologists wishing to learn about supporting the well-being of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

This district flex session will provide an update about measurable IEPs, graphing/charting tables, assessments and team/department planning.

This district flex session will provide an update about measurable IEPs, graphing/charting tables, assessments and team/department planning. *Please bring laptops.

This district flex session will provide an update about measurable IEPs, graphing/charting tables, assessments and team/department planning. *Please bring laptops.

This district flex session will provide an update about measurable IEPs, graphing/charting tables, assessments and team/department planning. *Please bring laptops.

This district flex session will provide an update about measurable IEPs, graphing/charting tables, assessments and team planning.

Mac OSX "AT User Account" - Mac System Adaption for Print Disabled Students Starting in the 2009-2010 school year, all newly reimaged Mac computers at LPS have special user account - "AT", (Assistive Technology). In this account, all "Voice Ouput" function of OSX are enabled. Students can have the computer read the print material - simple sentence to the entire book - to them, make the computers talk words as they type as well as changing screen appearance to fit their special needs. In this course, we will explore specific activities we can use for the students in this account.

Mac OSX "AT User Account" - Mac System Adaption for Print Disabled Students Starting in the 2009-2010 school year, all newly reimaged Mac computers at LPS have special user account - "AT", (Assistive Technology). In this account, all "Voice Ouput" function of OSX are enabled. Students can have the computer read the print material - simple sentence to the entire book - to them, make the computers talk words as they type as well as changing screen appearance to fit their special needs. In this course, we will explore specific activities we can use for the students in this account.

This district flex session will provide an update about Measurable IEP´s, Progress Monitoring tools and graphing/charting techniques. Bring laptops to session.