Effective Strategies for Using iPads with Students with Autism and Using Technology to Manage Your Classroom
Presented by Karina Barley, veteran educator and president of Project Autism in Australia; and Nina Finkler, Director of Outreach Services for Eden Autism Services, Princeton, NJ
Co-hosted by edWeb.net and Eden Autism Services
Sponsored by the USC Rossier School of Education
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| View the 2-part webinar on technology and teaching students with autism |
During the first hour, Karina Barley, a veteran educator and president of Project Autism in Australia, explores the incredible implications for learning and learning outcomes that iPads offer. She shows how using these devices can improve concentration and persistence of students with autism, motivate them to work harder and achieve consistently better outcomes, and lead to improved classroom behavior. Karina also demonstrates how the iPad and its various applications can assist learning for students on the autism spectrum, and how iPad applications can be adjusted to individualize and differentiate learning. She includes examples of the iPad being used as an augmentative communication device and sensory tool as well.
Eden Autism Services’ Nina Finkler leads the second half of this special session, showing you how to incorporate a learning management system into your classroom. As educators, you have many responsibilities involved in running your classrooms, and many of these are time-consuming and often drastically cut into instructional and student planning time. Nina shows you how you can use technology to manage your classroom to put the balance back in your students’ favor so you can devote more of your time and energy toward their learning.
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Teaching Students with Autism is an online PLC that provides advice and support for teachers working with students with autism. This is a collaborative community where educators can learn strategies and discover new ideas and resources to support the academic, social, recreational, and life skills needs of students with autism.
About the Presenters
Karina Barley is an educator in Australia, teaching in mainstream schools for over 15 years and in special needs schools for the last 5 years. She also runs Project Autism, which provides services and support to parents, teachers and care givers of children with autism for making the lives of these children more manageable. Karina holds a Diploma of Teaching, Graduate Diploma of Education, Diploma of Life Coaching, as well as a Masters of Education (Special Education) with a focus on autism, and giftedness and autism.
Nina Finkler is the Director of Outreach Services for the Eden Autism Services. Nina is responsible for overseeing the organization’s outreach consultative, evaluation and training services as well as Eden’s behavior management program. She has worked in the field of autism for 20 years, including extensive practical applicational of applied behavior analysis, curriculum development, professional/parent training, consultation, and assessment. Nina holds a Master’s degree in Special Education from Rutgers University; and is a NJ licensed Learning Consultant and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
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