Tech tool of the month: cephable
April 11, 2024 12:00 am | Webinar
Tech Tool of the Month: Cephable

Tune in to learn how EALA’s Tech Tool of the Month (TTOTM), Cephable,  an assistive technology platform, is moving digital interaction beyond keyboard and mouse. The Cephable team will demonstrate how it adapts to the user, enables new input controls through voice, face, and motion for a more accessible digital experience.

Embracing Neurodiversity: The Impact of an Educational Diagnosis on the Sense of Belonging and Learning Experience
March 27, 2024 3:00 pm | Webinar
Embracing Neurodiversity: The Impact of an Educational Diagnosis on the Sense of Belonging and Learning Experience

In this webinar, a panel of Eye to Eye Young Adult Ambassadors  will share stories of their lived experience of the  process of educational diagnosis and how this impacted their sense of belonging and learning experiences.

Changing Perspectives: Understanding Inclusion, Ableism, and Neurodiversity Sam Drazin, Founder and Executive Director, Changing Perspectives
March 26, 2024 5:30 pm | Webinar
Changing Perspectives: Understanding Inclusion, Ableism, and Neurodiversity

Sam Drazin, Founder and Executive Director, Changing Perspectives talks about Understanding Inclusion, Ableism, and Neurodiversity. Tune in on March 26 at 5:30pm PST.

Social Studies Education Today: Preparing Students for College, Career, and Civic Life 
March 21, 2024 12:00 pm | Webinar
Social Studies Education Today: Preparing Students for College, Career, and Civic Life 

What is the state of social studies education today – and how can I simultaneously navigate the political landscape of social studies and prepare my students for college, career, and civic life? This session shares resources and services from the National Council for the Social Studies to support an inclusive environment for all learners. Learn […]

Making Accessible Educational Materials Available to Students Who Need Them with Bookshare and EALA
March 14, 2024 12:00 am | Webinar
Making Accessible Educational Materials Available to Students Who Need Them

In this session we will be discussing the importance of using AEM in your classroom, as well as how Bookshare can help.

Part 4 using ai with students
February 27, 2024 12:00 pm | Webinar
Using GenAI with Students

Discover effective strategies for employing GenAI tools in a responsible, developmentally appropriate manner with students, including planning student-facing activities for those over 13 years of age.

Harnessing AI for Special Education: Part 3 Using AI to Support the IEP Process
February 20, 2024 12:00 pm | Webinar
Using GenAI to Support the IEP Process

This 60 minute session will focus on using GenAI to help develop IEP goals, identify key strategies, and communicate with parents/providers, and feature a hands-on component: Using GenAI tools to support key parts of the IEP process while protecting PII.

Harnessing AI for Special Education: Part 2 Using Gen AI for planning
February 13, 2024 12:00 pm | Webinar
Using AI for Planning

This 60 minute session will focus on using GenAI to support lesson planning that meets the specific needs of students, and feature a hands-on component: Instructional planning with different free GenAI tools.

A Strength-Based Approach to Learner Variability and Neurodiversity
February 7, 2024 12:00 am | Webinar
A Strength-Based Approach to Learner Variability and Neurodiversity

Barbara Pape will discuss how terms such as learner variability, whole child, and universal design for learning (UDL) can be applied to create strength-based teaching and learning for neurodiverse students. Parents/caregivers, students, educators, mental health professionals, and community members welcome! Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available. Free admission.

Harnessing AI for Special Education: Part 1 Introduction to Generative AI for Special Educators
February 6, 2024 12:00 pm | Webinar
Introduction to Generative AI for Special Educators

This 60 minute session will feature an overview and level-set session and a hands-on component: Prompt Engineering with the AI for Education Prompt Library.