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Tuesday June 27, 2023
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269866
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Incorporating Inclusion into The Classroom
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Quad (Concho/Nueces/Pecos/Rio Grande Rooms)
ASHLEY MOHESKY will share her story as a former general education student with cerebral palsy. Although she excelled in general education, her educational success did not come without its hardships. Her presentation will not only provide her story, but also aid in assisting educational personnel in learning ways to incorporate inclusion in the classroom for students with disabilities, in order to give them the tools to not only succeed in education, but also in the world.
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Day 1 - Keynote Speaker (AM)
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125/200
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Tuesday June 27, 2023
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270258
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GET TO KNOW YOUR LSSP - A VALUABLE RESOURCE WITHIN YOUR SCHOOL
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Concho Room
Presenter: KRISTI COOK .... You have likely heard about LSSP’s before, but may not fully understand the role that they play on your campus. Learn about the ways in which your district’s Licensed Specialist in School Psychology (LSSP) can promote a functional and healthy school through providing skilled supports for our students and teachers.
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Day 1 - Breakout Session 1 (PM)
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13/34
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Tuesday June 27, 2023
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270278
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ALP & GLP: WHAT ARE THEY AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT?
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Llano Room
Presenter: DEBBIE MARTIN .... Everyone processes language and turns out there is MORE than one way to do it! In this session, we will learn the differences between analytic & gestalt language processing. You will be able to identify a student’s language processing style; state the stages of gestalt language processing; and learn strategies to support all language learners.
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Day 1 - Breakout Session 1 (PM)
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22/34
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Tuesday June 27, 2023
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270274
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WORKING WITH PARENTS: HOW TO HANDLE "HARD-TO-HANDLE" PARENTS!
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Mesquite Room
Presenter: MONICA DIAZ .... There is no cookie-cutter solution, magic pill, or annual subscription available to help you build relationships with the parents and families you serve. Families and parents bring different experiences and challenges into our schools and classrooms that we might have never encountered. In this session, you will learn how to build partnerships with parents, how to listen so parents tell you what is really going on, how to talk to parents so they listen to you, and how to hold effective parent conferences that will help prevent problems before they happen, and how to reach difficult parents and turn them from "hard-to-handle" to easy-to-handle parents.
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Day 1 - Breakout Session 1 (PM)
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35/34
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Tuesday June 27, 2023
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270259
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APPLYING A TRAUMA INCLUSIVE APPROACH: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CLASSROOM
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Nueces Room
Presenter: LISA SOMBERO .... Addressing the importance of a Trauma Inclusive approach to trauma and how trauma and adverse childhood experiences might impact student's behaviors in the classroom.
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Day 1 - Breakout Session 1 (PM)
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35/34
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Tuesday June 27, 2023
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270261
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PAX (COMMUNITY TOOLS)
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Rio Grande Room
Presenters: ALEX NIETO and ALEX ROBLES .... In this training, the Region 15 PAX Team will present the Community Tool: PAX Behavior Games for campuses to use.
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Day 1 - Breakout Session 1 (PM)
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1/34
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Tuesday June 27, 2023
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270442
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GET TO KNOW YOUR LSSP - A VALUABLE RESOURCE WITHIN YOUR SCHOOL
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Concho Room
Presenter: KRISTI COOK .... You have likely heard about LSSP’s before, but may not fully understand the role that they play on your campus. Learn about the ways in which your district’s Licensed Specialist in School Psychology (LSSP) can promote a functional and healthy school through providing skilled supports for our students and teachers.
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Day 1 - Breakout Session 2 (PM)
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1/34
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Tuesday June 27, 2023
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270448
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ALP & GLP: WHAT ARE THEY AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT?
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Llano Room
Presenter: DEBBIE MARTIN .... Everyone processes language and turns out there is MORE than one way to do it! In this session, we will learn the differences between analytic & gestalt language processing. You will be able to identify a student’s language processing style; state the stages of gestalt language processing; and learn strategies to support all language learners.
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Day 1 - Breakout Session 2 (PM)
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10/34
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Tuesday June 27, 2023
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270447
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WORKING WITH PARENTS: HOW TO HANDLE "HARD-TO-HANDLE" PARENTS!
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Mesquite Room
Presenter: MONICA DIAZ .... There is no cookie-cutter solution, magic pill, or annual subscription available to help you build relationships with the parents and families you serve. Families and parents bring different experiences and challenges into our schools and classrooms that we might have never encountered. In this session, you will learn how to build partnerships with parents, how to listen so parents tell you what is really going on, how to talk to parents so they listen to you, and how to hold effective parent conferences that will help prevent problems before they happen, and how to reach difficult parents and turn them from "hard-to-handle" to easy-to-handle parents.
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Day 1 - Breakout Session 2 (PM)
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37/34
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Tuesday June 27, 2023
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270444
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APPLYING A TRAUMA INCLUSIVE APPROACH: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CLASSROOM
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Nueces Room
Presenter: LISA SOMBERO .... Addressing the importance of a Trauma Inclusive approach to trauma and how trauma and adverse childhood experiences might impact student's behaviors in the classroom.
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Day 1 - Breakout Session 2 (PM)
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39/34
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Tuesday June 27, 2023
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270446
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PAX (COMMUNITY TOOLS)
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Rio Grande Room
Presenters: ALEX NIETO and ALEX ROBLES .... In this training, the Region 15 PAX Team will present the Community Tool: PAX Behavior Games for campuses to use.
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Day 1 - Breakout Session 2 (PM)
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13/34
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270466
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ANXIETY, DEPRESSION & ANGER, OH MY! - A COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL CRASH COURSE ON HELPING YOUR STUDENTS
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Concho Room
Presenter: GREGORY HICKEY .... In managing anxiety, approach over avoidance is key. With depression, we know that small changes in our outlook and motivation matter. With anger, we wish our students would pause and reflect before choosing to act. But, how can we apply these concepts in schools? What practical tools do educators have at their disposal that can help students approach what makes them anxious in such a way that it doesn’t overwhelm? What can we do to help kids struggling with depression and anger management? In this session, we’ll explore best practices for helping our students understand and manage their most challenging emotions and, in turn, make more responsible, prosocial choices.
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 1 (AM)
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43/40
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270553
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COME, READ WITH ME: COMMUNICATION AND SHARED READING
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Llano Room
Presenter: DEBBIE MARTIN .... A student’s language skills serve as the foundation for both aspects of reading ability and language comprehension. Shared reading is a reading experience that occurs between an adult and students at the emergent reading level as they read a book TOGETHER. Learn how to conduct a shared reading lesson and learn strategies which increase reading AND communication skills.
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 1 (AM)
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10/40
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270543
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CIRCLE UP: RESTORATIVE PRACTICE
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Nueces Room
Presenters: REGION 15 CIRCLE UP TEAM .... Come and learn about how to introduce circles into your classroom or small groups to build community, learn, and help resolve any issues that arise in the classroom. This method can be used for Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 interventions at your campus.
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 1 (AM)
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16/40
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270548
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AUTISM, BRAIN RESEARCH AND BETTER OUTCOMES FOR SCHOOL, HOME AND COMMUNITY
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Pecos Room
Presenter: LAYNE PETHICK .... This session will discuss how recent brain research in autism can help us develop better supports and interventions for our students. Ideas, activities, and strategies will be the focus of this session to provide better learning, behavior, inclusion, and support for all students with autism. Topics covered regarding autism and the brain will include: learning outcomes, behavior outcomes, behavior change, trauma, mental health, screen time, classroom implications, home and community implications, and much more. Participants should be prepared to discuss interventions and supports that go beyond the standard autism practices of the past 30 years, be open minded and ready to have some fun while they learn.
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 1 (AM)
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42/40
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270552
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SENSORY INTEGRATION AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE CLASSROOM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Rio Grande Room
Presenter: JEAN ANN OWENS, PT .... Jean is an experienced physical therapist that is sensory integration certified and has had many years working in schools with special needs and typical classroom settings, infants in an NICU setting, infants, toddlers, and children in an outpatient setting. She will give you an understanding of what sensory integration is, how sensory integration dysfunction can impact your classroom, and why it is important to understand it and address it. Hopefully by the end of the session you will be able to begin to identify basic sensory integration dysfunction and have some strategies to apply to your entire classroom to make the learning environment for all students successful.
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 1 (AM)
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21/40
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270557
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THROUGH MY LENS
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Concho Room
Presenter: NOEMI UCUK .... Exploring best practices for communicating with students and families living in poverty. Adapting our views to understand what students are facing outside of the classroom that affects their attendance and behavior in the classroom.
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 2 (PM)
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14/34
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270613
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AVOIDING POWER STRUGGLES WHEN FACED WITH DEFIANT BEHAVIORS
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Mesquite Room
Presenter: LISA SOMBERO .... Avoiding power struggles in the classroom by broadening the area of assessment and intervention when faced with defiant behaviors in the classroom.
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 2 (PM)
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36/34
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270566
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GIFTED + CHALLENGED: THE MANY FACES OF TWICE EXCEPTIONAL (2-E) STUDENTS
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Nueces Room
Presenter: ROBIN KINDER .... Students who have learning disabilities can also be gifted! Frequently their gifts mask their challenges, and their challenges mask their gifts. Come be a part of the discussion and clear the confusion. Participants will leave with an understanding of the legal definition of 2-E as recognized by the state of Texas, and how 2-E students may present in the classroom. We will examine how this can impact the GT referral and testing process, allowable considerations, and how to meet the needs of these exceptional students in the classroom. 2-E Students: They may be closer than you realize!
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 2 (PM)
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14/34
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270568
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STUDENT BEHAVIORS IN THE INCLUSIVE SETTING
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Pecos Room
Presenter: KARI CALCOTE .... Student behaviors can impact not only the rhythm of your day, but the progress of all students in your classroom. We are seeing an increase in behaviors in all setting for a variety of reasons, and they aren’t all coming from special education students. In this session, we will discuss strategies for managing student behaviors in the general ed classroom. From the minor off-task behavior, to the explosive class disruption, the success of your students depends on your plan of action.
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 2 (PM)
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35/34
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270607
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FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Rio Grande Room
Presenters: KATIE LANKFORD and VANCE LANKFORD .... In this session, we will briefly discuss vision, orientation and mobility, and deaf and hard of hearing services that are available. We will discuss the Expanded Core Curriculum, the reasons for teaching it, and the requirement to address it in schools. Participants will have the opportunity to gain a new perspective while looking through different vision simulators, learning about O&M services, techniques, and white canes. Low Vision and FM Systems will be discussed, and participants will have hands on experience on how our students who are visually impaired or deaf and hard of hearing access their information through these devices. Participants will look at the devices and how they are used for accessing information at near and distance and how to access information through other channels when one is impaired. Participants will learn how to interact and learn some accommodations for VI or DHH students in their classroom.
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 2 (PM)
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18/34
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270565
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THROUGH MY LENS
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Concho Room
Presenter: NOEMI UCUK .... Exploring best practices for communicating with students and families living in poverty. Adapting our views to understand what students are facing outside of the classroom that affects their attendance and behavior in the classroom.
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 3 (PM)
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22/34
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270615
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AVOIDING POWER STRUGGLES WHEN FACED WITH DEFIANT BEHAVIORS
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Mesquite Room
Presenter: LISA SOMBERO .... Avoiding power struggles in the classroom by broadening the area of assessment and intervention when faced with defiant behaviors in the classroom.
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 3 (PM)
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37/34
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270567
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GIFTED + CHALLENGED: THE MANY FACES OF TWICE EXCEPTIONAL (2-E) STUDENTS
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Nueces Room
Presenter: ROBIN KINDER .... Students who have learning disabilities can also be gifted! Frequently their gifts mask their challenges, and their challenges mask their gifts. Come be a part of the discussion and clear the confusion. Participants will leave with an understanding of the legal definition of 2-E as recognized by the state of Texas, and how 2-E students may present in the classroom. We will examine how this can impact the GT referral and testing process, allowable considerations, and how to meet the needs of these exceptional students in the classroom. 2-E Students: They may be closer than you realize!
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 3 (PM)
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5/34
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270569
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STUDENT BEHAVIORS IN THE INCLUSIVE SETTING
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Pecos Room
Presenter: KARI CALCOTE .... Student behaviors can impact not only the rhythm of your day, but the progress of all students in your classroom. We are seeing an increase in behaviors in all setting for a variety of reasons, and they aren’t all coming from special education students. In this session, we will discuss strategies for managing student behaviors in the general ed classroom. From the minor off-task behavior, to the explosive class disruption, the success of your students depends on your plan of action.
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 3 (PM)
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34/34
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
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270609
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FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Rio Grande Room
Presenters: KATIE LANKFORD and VANCE LANKFORD .... In this session, we will briefly discuss vision, orientation and mobility, and deaf and hard of hearing services that are available. We will discuss the Expanded Core Curriculum, the reasons for teaching it, and the requirement to address it in schools. Participants will have the opportunity to gain a new perspective while looking through different vision simulators, learning about O&M services, techniques, and white canes. Low Vision and FM Systems will be discussed, and participants will have hands on experience on how our students who are visually impaired or deaf and hard of hearing access their information through these devices. Participants will look at the devices and how they are used for accessing information at near and distance and how to access information through other channels when one is impaired. Participants will learn how to interact and learn some accommodations for VI or DHH students in their classroom.
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Day 2 - Breakout Session 3 (PM)
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20/34
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