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Webinar: Using Web-Based Adapted Books to Connect Students with Disabilities to the General Education Curriculum

Inclusive Practices in Action: Supporting Students with Disabilities in the Classroom

Description:

Do you ever wish that you had the extra time to adapt books or novels that are being used in the general education classroom so that a student with disabilities can fully participate and engage in the same academic content as their peers? Through a variety of free web-based sites dedicated to adapting books for students with disabilities, you can have adapted books at your fingertips! Using free websites developed by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Baltimore City Schools, workshop participants will get hands-on experience in finding appropriate books for their students.

Who Should Attend:

General and special education teachers, paraprofessionals, speech language pathologists, case managers, inclusion facilitators, physical and occupational therapists, and others are encouraged to attend.

Sponsored by the National Center on Inclusive Education (NCIE)
The NCIE at the UNH Institute on Disability (IOD) advances the view that disability is a natural part of the human experience and promotes the inclusion of all students within general education classrooms and school communities. With the NCIE, the IOD is bringing together all if its inclusive education efforts under one “roof” in order to better meet the needs of children with disabilities and their families, educators, and others concerned with inclusive school communities.

Presenter(s): Laurie Lambert, M.Ed.

Having come up through the education ranks as a paraprofessional, Title 1 tutor, general education teacher, special education teacher and inclusion facilitator, Laurie Lambert, M.Ed. brings a wide variety of experience, perspectives, and expertise to the education of children with disabilities. Laurie has had significant training in the many areas of educating students with disabilities and holds graduate certificates in the areas of Intellectual and Development Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Laurie was key leader assisting with the development of NH’s new alternate assessment. She has also done significant work in applying models for effective team collaboration and improving educational programs for students with the most complex support needs in NH’s schools.