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  • INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Making AT for Educational Success: A “Hands On” Make and Take Workshop with Therese Willkomm

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Making AT for Educational Success: A “Hands On” Make and Take Workshop with Therese Willkomm

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Special Education Directors,

The ADE/ESS Assistive Technology (AT) team is excited to announce our next 2022–23 national presenter: Therese Willkomm, PhD. Dr. Willkomm’s workshop is designed for special educators and related service providers.

Making AT for Educational Success: A “Hands On” Make and Take Workshop

Date: Thursday, December 8, 2022

Time: 8:00 a.m.−3:30 p.m.

Fee: $26 (breakfast and lunch included)

Where: Roosevelt School District Wellness Center

Address: 1030 E Baseline Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85042

About Therese Willkomm

Dr. Therese Willkomm, PhD, is the Director of New Hampshire's State Assistive Technology Program with the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). Dr. Willkomm is a clinical associate professor emeritus in the Department of Occupational Therapy. She developed, coordinated, and taught the assistive technology courses for the Graduate Certificate Program in Assistive Technology for 23 years. She is known nationally and internationally for her innovative strategies for creating solutions in minutes. She has designed and fabricated over two thousand solutions for individuals with disabilities. She has presented her work in forty-two states, ten foreign countries, and three U.S. Territories and has authored over twenty publications, including her recent book, Assistive Technology Solutions in Minutes Book 3: "Make Stuff and Love People."

Workshop Description:

This workshop will explore hundreds of assistive technology solutions that can be made in minutes using everyday tools and materials. Each participant will make ten different multi-use assistive technology solutions, including solutions for reading, writing, communicating, vision, physical access limitations, life skills, self-regulation, and tabletop mounting/stabilizing solutions. Attendees will receive a copy of Dr. Willkomm's latest book, Assistive Technology Solutions in Minutes Book 3: "Make Stuff and Love People."

Register for “Making AT for Educational Success: A “Hands On” Make and Take Workshop.”

If you have questions regarding this training, please email our AT inbox.

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