Presenter Biographies

Jennifer Abramson, MS, CCC-SLP
Boston Children’s Hospital, Autism Language Program and Augmentative Communication Programs

Presentation: Enhancing Communication and Learning for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum

Jennifer is a Speech Language Pathologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, where she works in the Autism Language Program and the Augmentative Communication Program. Her primary focus is on development and implementation of a comprehensive, visually-based instructional approach for individuals with autism spectrum disorders. She performs hundreds of evaluations each year, conducts therapy sessions and supervises graduate student interns within the clinic. Outside of the clinic, she provides in-service and community trainings, has guest lectured at local universities and has presented at several conference both in the United State and aboard. In addition to clinical work, Jennifer has participated in published research studies and is the author on the book, Enhancing Communication for Individuals with Autism: A Guide to the Visual Immersion System. Jennifer has worked with individuals with autism for 12 years.

 

James Boucher
Vice President, Advocates in Action RI Board of Reps

Presentation: Simply Accessible: Use Your PC and Smartphone to Create Easy-to-Understand Multimedia Materials

Eric Braun
Co-Founder, 30hands Learning; Adjunct Faculty, Tufts University

Presentation: Engaging Students with Different Learning Styles Through Digital Storytelling

As an adjunct faculty member at Tufts University and Quincy College, Eric teaches entrepreneurship and technology courses. He is Co-Founder of 30hands Learning – a company developing technology to help provide students with a personalized learning experience through blended learning. Eric believes that we all learn better through “Iterative Creativity” which allows learners of all ages to continuously improve. Eric has a BA from the University of MN and a certificate in French from the Sorbonne.

 

Kay Bullard
Assistant Director, Providence Public Library

Presentation: The Inclusive Library: A Model for NOW!

Kay Ellen has been the Assistant Director of Providence Public Library for sixteen years.   She received her M.L.S. from the University of Rhode Island.  Her expertise encompasses consensus management, employee relations, grants management, budgeting, and program design.  She is an ardent proponent of lifelong learning, and the library’s mission to support that in myriad ways.

Robert C. Bureau, M.Ed., CAGS, CCFE
Distance Learning Coordinator and Faculty, Rehabilitation Counseling Graduate Program, Assumption College, Worcester, MA

Presentation: Assistive Technology for People with Psychiatric Disabilities

Robert has thirty years experience as a speaker, workshop presenter, and faculty member. He has researched low-cost, effective strategies for achieving emotional wellness at the National Empowerment Center. He is the Distance Learning Coordinator and Faculty at Assumption College’s Rehabilitation Counseling Graduate Program (Worcester, MA) where he teaches “Effective Use of Technology for Rehabilitation Counseling Professionals”.

 

Carolann Cormier, MS, CCC-SLP
CREC; Adjunct Professor, St. Joseph’s University

Presentation: Free and Low-Cost Assistive Technologies for Struggling Readers and Writers – Create Your AT Toolkit!

Carolann is a Speech/Language Pathologist who has been providing AAC and AT services to individuals for over 30 years. She currently provides AT and AAC services and evaluations throughout the state of Connecticut through CREC-TABS. In addition, she has been an adjunct professor at the University of St. Joseph’s since 2009 and a Speech/Language Pathologist for the Department of Developmental Services since 1984. Carolann has written several publications on the topics of Assistive Technology and co-wrote with Nicole Natale “The Assistive Technology Guide to Maximize Learning for Students with Autism.”

 

Linda K. Cullen, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist, South Coast Educational Collaborative

Presentation: Augmentative Communication Strategies to Support Students with Poor Intelligibility

Linda K. Cullen, MS, CCC-SLP, is a Speech Language Pathologist with over 20 years of experience. She has special interests in the areas of Augmentative Communication and Assistive Technology. Linda has worked for the past 16 years at South Coast Educational Collaborative in southeastern Massachusetts providing services to children and young adults in a variety of educational settings. She previously worked at a state residential facility for adults. She has presented on many different topics in the areas of Communication and Assistive Technology to educators, therapists, students, administrators and parents. Linda has an MS in Speech from Emerson College and is currently working towards a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instructional Technology through Framingham State University.

Dr. Elizabeth Dalton, Ph.D.
Director of Development and Research, TechACCESS

Presentation: The Inclusive Library: A Model for NOW!

Dr. Dalton is Director of Development and Research at TechACCESS of RI and an independent education consultant.  She holds a PhD in Education and post-doc in Universal Design for Learning. Dr. Dalton presents often on UDL, technology, and diversity, edits several professional journals, and is past-president of the Inclusive Learning Network of ISTE. Currently, she consults for ALL ACCESS in the Libraries, a RI IMLS project http://allaccessri.org/

Glen Dobbs
President of LoganTech

Presentation: Individuals with Differing Needs: Bridging the Gap Between PECS and Dynamic Display

Glen Dobbs is the President of ProxTalker.com, LLC who created a communication device for his son who is non verbal and has autism. After realizing that his son was successful in using the device, he found a need for it in other children and adults. Since then, his son and many others have advanced from the ProxTalker device to dynamic screen devices such as the iPad. Glen has also expanded the company to cater to the needs of the blind. The BrailleCoach teaches braille and the 6dot Braille Label Maker which give individuals the convenience of easily labeling the things that they need braille to be on.

 

Stacy Driscoll, M.Ed
Assistive Technology Specialist, LifeLong Assistive Technology

Presentation: The ABCs of AT for the Aging

Stacy  completed her Assistive Technology Graduate Certificate at UNH in 2014 and established her own company, LifeLong Assistive Technology, where she specializes in providing assistive technology to people of all ages, with a focus on AT and aging. Prior to completing her graduate certificate she spent 20 years as an elementary and special educator.

 

Jennifer Edge-Savage, MS, EdS, OTR/L
AT Specialist; Associate Professor of Clinical Practice, Simmons College

Presentation: Top 10 Ideas for Including Students with Significant Learning Difficulties

Jennifer is an AT Specialist and Associate Professor of Clinical Practice at Simmons College, Boston. She has been working in the field of AT for nearly 20 years, co-founding the SSEC Center for Assistive Technology in Hingham MA, exploring the corporate side of AT as the Director of Implementation Services for Kurzweil Educational Systems and IntelliTools, and providing Assistive Technology consulting services through her private pracice. She recently stepped in to the role of Director of the Graduate Program in Assistive Technology at Simmons, teaching courses in UDL, Differentiating Instruction using technology, Technology to Support Literacy, and Advanced AT Applications. She maintains a private AT consulting practice in the South Shore area of Boston and most recently for the TEC Collaborative in Walpole, MA. She is an active board member for ISTE’s Inclusive Learning Network.

 

Nicole Feeney, M. Ed.
Assistive Technology Specialist, NEAT Center at Oak Hill

Presentations: Exploring the Use of the iPad for Literacy Instruction; Autism, Apps and AT

Nicole is an Assistive Technology Specialist provides professional development, training, technical assistance, and consultation on the continuum of assistive technology devices and services to families, educators, therapists, clinicians, and healthcare professionals; provides AT consultations and evaluations to people with disabilities of all ages; specializes in iTechnology and offers AT demonstrations to promote community awareness. Nicole comes to us from Foundation High School in Milford, CT, where she taught students with special needs in the classroom as well as helped them to develop and improve their skills through the use of assistive technology. She has provided ongoing support, mentoring, and guidance to her students while promoting innovative approaches for their employment, independent living and community needs. A Master’s Degree in Assistive Technology from Southern CT State University has also allowed her to provide professional development and assistance to educators in K–12 settings.

 

Kelly Fonner
Consultant

Presentations: Strategies for Implementing AT in Today’s Classroom and Personalized Learning Through a Suite of Products for the Inclusive Csassroom 

Kelly has been working with individuals with disabilities since the mid 70s and with assistive technologies since 1983. Her teaching experiences have been as a teacher assistant, teacher, instructional media specialist, and assistive technology consultant in early childhood, preschool and school age programs. University – Northridge’s Center on Disabilities. Kelly is on the training support team for several manufacturers in the assistive technology industry and has done consulting on several development projects. In addition to her professional affiliation with people with complex communication needs, Kelly has people in her personal life that use and have used assistive technologies, including augmentative communication, and this has molded and shaped her career and presentations over time. She firmly believes that information about this field is at its greatest value when represented from all perspectives.

 

Jessica Franco
Teen Services Librarian, E.C. Scranton Memorial Library, Madison, CT

Presentation: The Inclusive Library: A Model for NOW!

Jessica is a recent graduate from the University of Rhode Island’s Masters of Library and Information Science program.  She has spent the past seven years working with children and teens with special needs, in both library and recreational settings. Her experience with assistive technology stems from her previous work at the Curriculum Materials Library, as well as an independent study with Cranston Public Library and ALL ACCESS in the Libraries.

Maureen Gates
Project Director EagleEyes / Camera Mouse, Boston College

Presentation: Camera Mouse head Controlled Computer

Maureen is the Eagle Eyes Project Manager at Boston College. She obtained her Bachelor of Science from the University of Massachusetts and A Master of Science in Education at Simmons College, The Master’s Thesis on “The Love of Mike”:published in DiMattia Curran and Gips J, An Eye Control Teaching device for Students without Language Capacity. New York, Mellon Press. As the Project manager ,Maureen is responsible for development of specialized educational programs and protocols various school systems and rehabilitation hospitals through the United States, Ireland and Scotland.  In addition Maureen has assisted in the development of software for Award winning Camera Mouse augmentative communication systems that enable the handicapped In the operation of computers. The established Camera Mouse technology In Ireland SESS/Eagle Eyes in Ireland has been selected for UNESCO Institute for information Technologies in Education (UNESCO-IITE) and the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education publication on Practice Review. The SESS’ project was one of 12 selected almost 50applications from Europe, Latin America, the Arab and as states. In her free time, Maureen spends time with family which Includes her husband, three children and eight grandchildren.

 

Nerissa Hall, PhD., MS, CCC-SLP, ATP
Commūnicāre, LLC

Presentation: Creating and Sustaining an AAC Environment: Low-Tech to High-Tech AAC Solutions

Nerissa is a member of Commūnicāre, LLC and is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist specializing in AAC and assistive technology in the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut. She is certified by ASHA and RESNA. Nerissa has worked with individuals of all ages with different abilities, in a number of settings (including medical, early intervention, residential, vocational, and educational settings). Nerissa completed her dissertation researching tele-AAC (telepractice for individuals using AAC), is a LEND Fellow, and is adjunct faculty at Elms College.

 

Stacy Hart
ADA Trainer, Information and Outreach Specialist

Presentation: The ADA and Transition-aged Youth Seeking Employment

Stacy is an ADA Trainer, Information and Outreach Specialist for IHCD’s New England ADA Center. Stacy sees her work here as a continuation of making our communities more accessible and inclusive of everyone. Previously at Boston Center for Independent Living, Stacy worked with youth and adults with disabilities from diverse backgrounds achieve their education and independent living goals. She specialized in explaining the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), helping parents through the Individual Education Plan (IEP) process, and assisted with transition services for high school students.

Transition age youth hold a special place in her heart because successful transition from high school to college and or employment is critical to increasing an individual’s independence. As such, Stacy has worked to increase employment opportunities for young people with disabilities as well as guiding individuals through the maze of benefits, helping people to navigate the intersection of those benefits and employment.

 

Dan Herlihy
Connective Technology Solutions

Presentation: Accessibility in the Age of Transitioning Technologies

Dan has worked in the education field for over 30 years, working in Wilderness Programs for at risk students, Special Education classrooms, as a Computer Resource Specialist, Network Administrator, Assistive Technology Resource Specialist and currently as a private consultant providing training and professional development to school systems. He presents nationally on topics ranging from Technology Solutions for Struggling Students, Knowledge and Accessibility: Promoting Higher Ordered Thinking, Using 21st Century Tools for Teaching & Accessible Learning and Accessible Solutions for the iPad. He has written numerous books and articles on technology integration, as well as producing CD’s of educational activities for educators and students.

 

Scott Hopkins
Advocates in Action RI Board of Reps

Presentation: Simply Accessible: Use Your PC and Smartphone to Create Easy-to-Understand Multimedia Materials

 

Karen Janowski, MS, Ed
Assistive & Educational Technology Consultant, EdTech Solutions; Adjunct Professor, Simmons College

Presentation: Engaging Students with Different Learning Styles Through Digital Storytelling with Case Studies

Karen is an Assistive Technology Consultant with a professional practice called EdTech Solutions in Reading MA. Her passion is to provide whatever it takes to promote success for learners who struggle. She works with students with many different learning styles and difficulties. Karen is also an adjunct professor at Simmons College, Graduate School of Education and is a nationally recognized speaker about a variety of assistive and educational technology topics.

 

Hillary Jellison, MS, CCC-SLP, ATP
Commūnicāre, LLC

Presentation: AT Strategies to Aid Students with Written Expression

Hillary is a speech-language pathologist specializing in AAC and assistive technology. She is certified by ASHA and RESNA. Hillary has worked with the public schools, early intervention agencies, visiting nursing services, community partnerships, and in outpatient clinical/medical settings for the past 11 years. She is a member of the AAC division of ASHA, and collaborates with faculty and students at UMass-Amherst to advance the field of AAC. In addition, Hillary is adjunct faculty at Elms College.

 

Jennifer Keenan
AT Consultant/Special Educator, Maryland School for the Blind

Presentation: Switch School

Jennifer has worked in the field of Special Education for over twenty years.  Jennifer earned her Masters Degree in Special Education/Assistive Technology from Johns Hopkins University and The Center for Technology in Education.  Jennifer currently works as an Assistive Technology Specialist at The Maryland School for the Blind.  Jennifer enjoys participating in Animal Assisted Therapy for Students with Special Needs, being a team member for Connections Beyond Sight and Sound, and Co-Author for vicurriculum.org website.

 

Deb Kney
Executive Director, Advocates in Action RI

Presentation: Simply Accessible! Use Your PC and Smartphone to Create Easy-to-Understand Multimedia Materials

Deb is the Executive Director of Advocates in Action RI, and has been working for the organization since it first began in the early 1990’s. Over the years, she has learned, developed and taught a wide range of skills required to make information more accessible for people who have an intellectual/developmental disability and others.

 

Emily Laubscher, MS, CCC-SLP
Boston Children’s Hospital, Autism Language Program

Presentation: Enhancing Communication and Learning for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum

Emily specializes in the use of innovative, visually-based instructional strategies to support communication and language learning in individuals with autism spectrum disorders.  Emily conducts evaluations and provides therapy within the clinic environment.  She also has extensive experience collaborating with families, educators, and other specialists to implement visual communication supports across home, school and community settings.  Emily has worked with colleagues in the Autism Language Program at Boston Children’s Hospital to help develop and study the Visual Immersion System of language instruction for individuals with autism.  She has participated in research and contributed to publications about this work, and has spoken about it at local universities and professional conferences.

 

Jane LeFante, M.S., Ed
Assistive Technology Specialist, NEAT Center at Oak Hill

Presentation: Tech Tools for Students with DYSLEXIA

Jane is an Assistive Technology Specialist provides professional development, training, technical assistance, and consultation on the continuum of assistive technology devices and services to families, educators, therapists, clinicians, and healthcare professionals; AT demonstrations to promote community awareness. Jane comes to us from West Hartford Public Schools in West Hartford, CT, where, during the course of her career she taught elementary aged students with special needs in the classroom, the Pre K – 5 Special Needs population at the Early Learning Center, as well as worked as a Reading Interventionist. In the private sector, she has provided ongoing support, mentoring, and guidance to students and families to individualize learning experiences through assessment and the use of AT. Jane earned her Master’s Degree in Reading and Language Arts, as well as pursuing an official certification as a Reading Consultant at Central CT State University. She has had classroom training hours in Orton Gillingham and Wilson Language System training. She is pursuing the Assistive Technology Applications Certificate via California State University at Northridge.

 

Mary Anne Lewis, OTR/L, MOM

Presentation: Switch School

Mary Anne practiced as an Occupational Therapist for 27 years.   She started in adult rehabilitation, but after 12 years, switched to the world of pediatrics after her son Patrick was born 14 weeks prematurely.  Quickly learning that pediatrics are “not just little adults”, she used all her newly gained knowledge (and empathy) from Patrick and applied it to her own skill set.  Mary Anne followed  Patrick to The Maryland School for the Blind where she worked for 16 years as the Occupational Therapy supervisor.  In 2009, Mary Anne and her husband moved to Stowe, Vermont, where they now own and operate a Bed and Breakfast.  In 2011, Mary Anne helped her son, Patrick, develop his own business using his strengths and assistive technology.  In her spare time, Mary Anne enjoys skiing, bicycling, reading and knitting.

Patrick Lewis

Presentation: Switch School

Patrick, 24 years old, has had his own business since the age of 19.  Patrick has cerebral palsy, intellectual delay, is blind and non-verbal.  Patrick’s business, “Purely Patrick” focuses on his skills and strengths (www.purelypatrick.com) .    Using assistive technology, Patrick makes “specialty food items with a splash of country flare: mason jars filled with ingredients for a taste of Vermont.”  Patrick has the support of a job coach 25 hours a week.

By participating in his business, Patrick has many opportunities to participate in the community: trips to the grocery store to get the necessary ingredients, the hardware store to get the Mason jars, the post office to mail his on-line orders and numerous craft shows and Farmer’s Markets in and around his hometown of Stowe, Vermont.  In addition, Patrick has a chance to practice social skills as well as gaining a feeling of self-worth and dignity.

Patrick has also had the honor of being invited to present at Voices and Choices conference, Vermont APSE (Association of People Supporting Employment First) and Stowe Rotary. In his spare time Patrick enjoys adaptive skiing, swimming and singing.  He loves music of all kinds.

 

 

Alyssa Marinaccio, AT Consultant
AT for Education & AT Coordinator, ODS, Keene State College

Presentation: Apps Across the Curriculum-Supporting Struggling Learners on all Devices & Platforms!

Alyssa is the AT Coordinator for ODS at Keene State College and AT Consultant/Trainer for Assistive Technology for Education, LLC. She developed KSC’s ‘AT Web Resource’, a website designed to give high school/college students a place to start with free/low cost AT. Alyssa presents locally (NHDOE, NEOA) and nationally (ATiA, CSUN). Read more about Alyssa’s expertise at: http://assistivetechnologyforeducation.com/trainers/

 

Mike Marotta, ATP
AT Specialist, Inclusive Technology Solutions, LLC

Presentations: Chrome Bootcamp and Become a Digital Publisher: Create Your own Engaging Materials for Students

Mike is a RESNA Certified Assistive Technology Professional who has been providing direct services to individuals with all disabilities for over 25 years. As an evaluator, Mike works collaboratively with teams in all environments (school, workplace, and community) to effectively match the individual’s needs to technology supports.

Mike is a nationally and internationally recognized presenter who was previously a trainer for California State University at Northridge (CSUN), providing practical and in-depth training to professionals interested in specializing in assistive technology. In addition, Mike is an adjunct professor at California State University, Northridge and Felician College, teaching courses on UDL and AT.

 

Jamie Martin
AT Consultant, Eagle Hill School – Southport

Presentations: Lock and Key: Securing iPad Accessibility with Third-Party Keyboards and Playing with a Full Deck: Using AT to Study Vocabulary

Jamie has been an educator for over 20 years, with a passion for working with dyslexic students. Currently an AT consultant, he has presented at several conferences, including ATIA (Assistive Technology Industry Association) and Closing the Gap. He also contributes articles about assistive technology to the education website, Noodle.

 

 

Madalena Medeiros, MS, Ed AT
Speech Language Pathologist, South Coast Educational Collaborative

Presentation: Augmentative Communication Strategies to Support Students with Poor Intelligibility

Madalena is an Assistive Technology Consultant for South Coast Educational Collaborative in southeastern Massachusetts with an extensive background of over 14 years in Speech and Language therapy. Madalena works with both verbal and nonverbal children and young adults with moderate to severe/profound special needs. Madalena earned a BS in Communication Disorders from the University of Connecticut and an MS in Assistive Technology in Special Education from Simmons College. She is the recipient of the Patty Walsh-Cassidy Memorial Award from the Assistive Technology Faculty and Education Department at Simmons College. Madalena has presented on a range of topics in Assistive Technology to educators, therapists and parents.

 

Kimberly Mulcahy, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist, South Coast Educational Collaborative

Presentation: Augmentative Communication Strategies to Support Students with Poor Intelligibility

Kimberly is a Speech Language Pathologist and Assistive Technology Consultant at South Coast Educational Collaborative in southeastern Massachusetts providing services to children and young adults in a variety of educational settings. She has over 8 years of experience in the field.  Kimberly has special interests in the areas of Augmentative and Alternative Communication and working with students with moderate to severe/profound special needs. Kimberly has a BA in Communication Disorders from Rhode Island College and an MS in Speech Language Pathology from Seton Hall University. Kimberly has presented on a range of topics in Speech Language Pathology and Assistive Technology to educators, therapists, and parents.

 

Nicole Natale, MS, CCC-SLP, ATP
CREC

Presentation: Free and Low-Cost Assistive Technologies for Struggling Readers and Writers – Create Your AT Toolkit!

Nicole is a speech-language pathologist who has been providing AAC and AT services to students for over 13 years. She currently provides technical assistance and training to school districts throughout the state of CT on a wide variety of topics in AT. She also completes AT and AAC evaluations for students and supports districts with AT implementation and consideration. Nicole co-wrote with Carolann Cormier “The Assistive Technology Guide to Maximize Learning for Students with Autism.”

 

Susan Nicholas, MS
Special Edcation Teacher / Tech Champion AT Coach

Presentation: Free and Low-Cost Assistive Technologies for Struggling Readers and Writers – Create Your AT Toolkit!

Susan has been a special education teacher for over 30 years, with the majority in the Region 12 school district in CT. She has worked with grades 1 – 12 in special education. She has been collaborating with CREC consultants to optimize access to tools and assistive technologies within the special education population. She assists with integrating technology into the whole educational population through teacher workshops and individual support.

 

Leah Paliotta, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist, South Coast Educational Collaborative

Presentation: Augmentative Communication Strategies to Support Students with Poor Intelligibility

Leah has worked as a Speech-Language Pathologist and Assistive Technology Consultant at South Coast Educational Collaborative in southeastern Massachusetts for 15 years.  Leah evaluates and provides direct and consultative services in both Speech and Language and Assistive Technology for children and young adults with a range of abilities in school settings. For the past few years, she has focused on providing services to Middle and High School students with moderate to severe/profound special needs.  Leah’s special interests are Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Feeding/Swallowing in the schools. Leah has a BS in Communication Disorders from UMASS Amherst and an MS in Speech Language Pathology from URI. Leah has presented on a range of topics in Speech Language Pathology and Assistive Technology.

 

Diana Petschauer, M.Ed, ATP
CEO, AT for Education and Access4Employment

Presentations: Apps Across the Curriculum-Supporting Struggling Learners on All Devices & Platforms! and Chrome as AT-Going Google!

Diana is a RESNA certified Assistive Technology Professional and is the CEO of AT for Education and Access4Employment. Diana has over 20 years of experience in Special Education & Disability Services, Pre-K-12th grade, as well as post-secondary, and she presents nationally and locally. Diana manages her multi-disciplinary team of consultants who provide comprehensive AT evaluations, training & services for students to access education and for adults to access employment, home and the community. Individual and group training, PD workshops, and live webinars. Read more on the company websites:
ATforEd.com Access4Employment.com

 

Gaby Richard-Harrington
Strategy 2 Design

Presentation: Google Tools to Support Reading and Writing

Gaby has worked as an Instructional Technology Specialist at the Elementary and Middle School levels for the past fifteen years.  This year she has been working exclusively as an assistive technology specialist for a Western Massachusetts K-12 district. She is always looking for ways to engage students in lessons rooted in constructivist theory and pedagogy. She has a good grasp of how technology integration and AT enhances the learning experience for students while preparing them to work and live in the 21st Century.

Gaby is the Vice President of New England ISTE and runs the PD and Webinar Series. She is a former MasCUE board member and PD Chair. Gaby has presented at workshops across New England and at ISTE.

Mary Sagstetter
Business Development Manager, AbleNet

Presentation: iOS Switch Control by AbleNet

In her role as AbleNet Business Development Manager, Mary’s expertise focuses on providing school districts across the nation with standards based curricular programs and assistive technology solutions for students with moderate to severe disabilities. Mary has 28 years of experience serving the field of Special Education, the last 17 of which have been with AbleNet.

 

Joseph Sok
Sales and Marketing Manager, Adaptive Mobility Equipment

Presentation: Mobility Independence

 

Andrea Szechenyi
Clicker

Presentation: Develop Writing with Clicker

Andrea is a certified elementary teacher and former ELL instructor who joined Crick Software in 2014. As an Education Sales Consultant, Andrea uses her classroom experience to train teachers in using Crick software products. Andrea focuses her presentations and demonstrations on the effective use of technology to allow all students to access the curriculum.

 

Karisa Tashjian
Director, Rhode Island Family Literacy Initiative and ALL Access in the Libraries

Presentation: The Inclusive Library: A Model for NOW!

Karisa serves as Director of the Rhode Island Family Literacy Initiative (RIFLI) and is the Project Director for ALL Access.  Karisa is former Co-Chair of the Rhode Island Department of Education Technology Advisory Committee for Adult Education and is a Board Member of the New England Literacy Resource Center (NELRC).

 

Keith Wilcox
Member, Advocates in Action RI Board of Reps

Keith Wilcox is a graduate of the Advocates in Action Leadership Series. He graduated in 2012. He is also a Peer Mentor for Advocates in Action, as well as a member of our film crew. He has experience filming events with a simple FLIPCAM and also has begun to use an ipad mini. He will be sharing from personal experiences in our presentation.

Presentation: Simply Accessible: Use Your PC and Smartphone to Create Easy-to-Understand Multimedia Materials