Technology for Your Toolbox: Boardmaker and iPad - November 2011

Presented by:
Brenda Fossett, Ph.D., BCBA-D, University of British Columbia

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About the Presenter
Dr. Brenda Fossett is well known as an excellent teacher with a gift for finding innovative ways of using technology to create motivating and meaningful learning opportunities for children with special needs. She is an instructor in the area of autism and developmental disabilities in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education at UBC. Brenda began her career as a teacher of deaf students with developmental disabilities, and she has also worked as a behaviour consultant and an instructor at both UBC and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Her primary areas of interest include augmentative communication, positive behavior support, and literacy instruction, particularly for persons who are deaf and have autism or other developmental disabilities.

About the Workshop
This presentation will provide an overview of technology and software applications that can facilitate communication and learning for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Participants will see a number of apps in use for the Apple iPad and will leave with a list of apps that they can use with their children or students. This session will also introduce participants to the Boardmaker Software Family and focus on learning to use this application to create activities to teach vocabulary, sentence construction, math and other concepts.

Date:	Saturday November 26th, 2011
Workshop Location:	SFU - Harbour Centre Campus 515 West Hastings St., Vancouver
Workshop Schedule:	8:00 - 9:00	Registration
	9:00 - 10:15	Session 1
	10:15 – 10:30	Break
	10:30 - 12:00	Session 2
	12:00 - 12:45	Lunch - light lunch provided
	12:45 - 1:30	Session 3
	1:30 - 1:45	Break
	1:45 - 3:00	Session 4
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