Pac Rim 2010 Info
Workshops and Special Events
The Autism Spectrum
The Brownsville Dialogues: University of Texas Brownsville special education graduate students present their work in Autism
Tuesday, April 13, 9:00 am - 11:15 am, Room 305A
Graduate students from the University of Texas Brownsville who
are working on their masters degrees in Special Education have been working on research projects during the current academic year. Students
are investigating topics such as conversations between adults with Asperger’s Disorder and social skills among adults with Autism
Spectrum Disorders. Applied research includes an investigation of behavioral policies currently implemented in local schools.
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Culturally Responsive Response to Intervention
Innovative Approaches to Preparing Schools and Teachers to Implementing Culturally-Responsive Response to Intervention (RTI): A Hands-on Workshop for Administrators, Specialists, and Teachers
Tuesday, April 13, 1:00 PM – 5:15 PM, ROOM 301B
Join a team of knowledgeable and experienced professionals for a hands-on training using evidence-based strategies within the RTI or tiered
support framework. Professionals working with schools in the Windward District on Oahu have assembled a professional development curriculum along
with technical assistance and follow-up procedures to successfully implement culturally-responsive evidence-based strategies within the RTI
framework. Strategies that have been identified are infused with Hawaiian cultural values to support quality teaching and learning practices in
core curriculum areas of reading and math.
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Disability Studies and Disability Culture
Beyond Inclusion: Disability Studies and Curriculum Revision in Higher Education
Monday, April 12, 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm, Room 304A
Temple University’s Beyond Inclusion program
integrates disability studies content into the undergraduate general education curriculum via disability studies lectures on primary course
texts, modeling techniques of universal design for learning, and improving completion rates.
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Employment
JAN Expanded: An overview of Job accommodations and the new ADAA
Monday, April 12, 3:45 pm – 5:45 pm, Room 318B
The Job Accommodation Network is a service provided by the
U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). JAN is one of several ODEP projects. JAN’s mission is to
facilitate the employment and retention of workers with disabilities by providing employers, employment providers, people with disabilities,
their family members and other interested parties with information on job accommodations, entrepreneurship, and related subjects.
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Gender and Ethnicity
Our Bodies, Our Selves—Breast Health Education: Using Popular Education Methodology to Teach Ourselves, Teach Each Other
Monday, April 13, 1:15 PM – 3:15 PM, ROOM 318B
Women with disabilities often face many challenges and barriers when accessing breast cancer screening service and therefore, they are screened less
often or not all, as compared to their peers without disabilities. Effective breast health education can help reduce barriers and increase screening.
Using Popular Education methodology, this workshop will provide you with the materials, strategies, tools and hands-on experience you need to
facilitate learning among women with disabilities about breast cancer, early detection and screening, and risk factors and prevention.
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Women Be Healthy: A Curriculum for Women with Developmental Disabilities
Tuesday, April 13, 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm 307B
An interactive workshop facilitated by the North Carolina Office on Disability and Health will prepare you to teach the eight-week Women Be Healthy
course for women with developmental disabilities in your community. Due to the nature of the class content, participants are suggested to be women.
The workshop will provide you with a copy of the updated curriculum, updates about evaluation, and allow you to become familiar and get hands-on
experience with the activities and materials.
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Independent Living
Imagining an Inclusive Community
Tuesday, April 13, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Room 305B
The design community developed the concept of Universal Design approximately twenty years ago, yet very little progress has been made in the area
of residential housing or community development that would contribute to the realization of a truly inclusive community. It is time this concept
moves beyond the design/build industry and into the mainstream if we are ever to see standardized design that affords the same choices and
opportunities to all.
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Living Healthy, Aging Well
Living Healthy and Aging Well in Hawai‘i
Tuesday, April 13, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, ROOM 307A
People who have chronic diseases report more severe and longer time periods of pain, disability and loss of function and independence. Disability
increases with age, and is impacted by both behavioral and environmental factors which impact older adults. Additionally, many older adults with
disability and chronic conditions have higher medical cost. Our goal should be to delay disability and promote healthy aging, keeping elders
independent for as long as possible.
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Postsecondary Education for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism
GPS for Postsecondary Education: Navigating Higher Education and Creating Supports for Students with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism
Tuesday, April 13, 9:00 AM – 11:15 AM, ROOM 302B
Noted researchers and national speakers from the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts will discuss innovative and inclusive college programs for people with intellectual disabilities and other developmental disabilities. The session will offer proven strategies and resources that can be used by college faculty, college administrators and community leaders to support the development and implementation of inclusive postsecondary education options for students with intellectual disabilities. Learn more about this workshop
Sustainable Futures
Feeling Safe, Being Safe: Emergency Preparedness Tools
Tuesday, April 13, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Room 318B
Emergencies and disasters happen every day. Many individuals and families are unprepared to respond to emergency situations and natural disasters.
Public officials promote personal preparedness planning as a best practice measure. Feeling Safe, Being Safe tools show how to make a personal plan,
connect with community members and create a personalized emergency kit.
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Barrier-Free Environments for a Sustainable and Accessible Future
Tuesday, April 13, 3:30 pm — 5:45 pm, Room 307B
The workshop will have four sections that address how the integration of barrier-free environments and ergonomics can enhance opportunities for
employment, housing, and services in facilities that serve individuals with disabilities, parents with babies, parents with special needs children,
children with special needs parents, temporarily disabled, and senior citizens.
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Teach to Reach All Learners
UDL in the Classroom
Monday, April 12, 4:30 pm – 6:00 PM, Room 308B
This workshop will present and model UDL principles in the classroom. Participants will be presented with lessons, images, and inclusive art
making approaches. The workshop will focus on developing the creative process for all students through lively hands-on and discussion
based collaboration.
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Meeting The Needs of Special Education Students in Human Sexuality Education
Tuesday, April 13, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Room 303B
This highly interactive workshop considers as top priority the need to include special education students in human sexuality education programs.
The presentation focuses on both the myths and misconceptions about students with disabilities as it relates to human sexuality education.
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The Other 16 Hours: Helping a Dyslexic Learner to Flourish Outside of School
Monday, April 12, 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm, Room 302A
This seminar brings together educators, tutors and parents to discuss the emotional and social impact of dyslexia on children and adults outside
the classroom. When the school day is over, dyslexia does not end. When the young person graduates from high school or college, dyslexia does not
end. There are predictable emotional and social consequences of dyslexia: children may have difficulty making friends, tolerating frustration,
accepting changes in routines, interpreting nonverbal cues or understanding figurative speech.
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Technology
Using Technology to Prepare Special Educators to Teach in Alaska’s Indigenous Communities
Tuesday, April 13, 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm, Room 309
A distance-delivered special education teacher certification program at the University of Alaska Southeast combines synchronous and
asynchronous instructional technologies with on-site supervision to support special educators who teach in Alaska’s remote, rural, and
indigenous communities.
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How You Say It Matters: A Guide to Creating Professional, Accessible Publications
Monday, April 12, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, Room 318B
Printed publications must be accessible to people with disabilities. Many in the disability field don’t know what accessibility means or how
to create effective communication products. Training is on printed and electronic documents—professional, accessible, and easily converted
to alternate form.
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Captioning Technology for People with Hearing Loss
Tuesday, April 13, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Room 317A
This workshop is an overview of the free captioning services and hands-on demos of Sprint WebCapTel® and WebCapTel® On the Go as well as the
new CapTel® 800i phone. It will also cover information to educate current CapTel® users and potential CapTel® users on the availability
of the new technology and mobile captioning including Sprint’s 3G/4G Network.
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Emerging Technologies—Developments, Applications and Implications
Monday, April 12, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM, ROOM 305A
Significant innovations made to emerging information and communication technologies can support active educational, vocational, and societal
participation by those who can benefit from these technologies. Developments of new interface strategies enhance connection to the world by
improving access to mainstream technologies. New learnability/usability strategies reduce the cognitive and linguistic load for users improving
technology acceptance.
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Upturn in a Downturn Economy
Aloha-Reabling: Broadband Training Best Practices
Tuesday, April 13, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Room 317A
The promise of Broadband is for everyone to connect to something life-changing, empowering, motivating, and meaningful; collaborating as
global citizens. The potential is “Everyone Both Learner and Teacher, both Consumer and Producer.” The Hawaiian Centers for
Independent Living will present a plan for a Hawaiian-Spirited Innovative People-Centered Initiative.
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Sustainable Futures and Living Healthy
The Wisdom of our Culture Series: Diabetes
Monday, April 12, 1:15 PM – 3:30 PM, ROOM 307A
Fast cheap food and the western lifestyle and have impacted the health status of people globally. Obesity is now a worldwide phenomenon. Consequently,
diabetes has devastated the Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Asian communities. How do we access the wisdom of our cultures to return to living
well and aging well? This session will focus on traditional cultural approaches and how these can be incorporated into our lives to make permanent
positive changes for sustainable healthy living. From Native Hawaiian, Samoan, and other cultures, we will see the common cultural linkages of
lifestyle changes and how these can be applied in our daily lives.
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TBI Workshop
Traumatic Brain Injury Network
Monday, April 12, 1:15 pm - 3:30 pm, Room 318B
The Hawai‘i State Department of Health, Developmental Disabilities Division, Neurotrauma Supports will collaborate with the University of
Hawai‘i, Department of Education and the Brain Injury Association of Hawai‘i to provide information to attendees on education and
support activities for individuals with brain injury and their families.
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Skills Based Workshops
Making Cooperative Teaching Work! Seminar
Monday, April 12, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Room 317A
This seminar will be differentiated to meet the needs of participants who are currently implementing Cooperative Teaching from those who
are considering it or just starting out. Learn more about this seminar |
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