Webinars

How Access to Complex Text Improved Elementary Reading Scores

Using Author’s Chair as a Platform of Communication in SpED Classrooms

The human need for communication is essential and universal. Everyone from emergent communicators to world-famous authors share the same desire to be heard. In special education and autism classrooms, communication through First Author Writing Curriculum culminates through the Author’s Chair—the place of honor where every student gets to share, listen and respond to peer writing. They present what they wrote through any means available to them whether an AAC device, verbally, or through a partner.

How Top SpED Educators Teach Writing to Improve Communication

Communication skills are a crucial element of student development, and students with complex needs are no exception. Yet, many students with complex needs have difficulty communicating. I will share ways educators are using writing as a tool for expression and communication. These classrooms show us that implementing comprehensive writing instruction has wide-ranging effects that we’re only beginning to understand.

3 Strategies to Promote Equity in Culturally-Diverse Classrooms

NEW Co:Writer Test Mode for Assessments

With testing just around the corner, you won’t want to miss this live conversation about testing accommodations. See the recent updates to Co:Writer that helps you better comply with your state’s requirements around testing accommodations, including:

1. Setup/Management — Select your assessment from the drop-down menu in a centralized location and Co:Writer automatically adjusts over 35 features to comply with testing accommodation requirements for any number of selected users.
2. Settings — A drop-down menu provides automatic settings adjustment to comply with state assessments (see list below).
3. Installation — Co:Writer Test Mode is built into the same tool your students use throughout the year. No additional installation is required.
4. Test Security — Co:Writer, in Test Mode, does not send any text outside of the secure writing environment—eliminating the risk of compromising security.
5. Proof of Accommodation Use — Co:Writer data shows when the tool was issued to each student and usage data to prove it was used for the required time period leading up to the assessment.

Let’s find out what students CAN do!

What Really Matters in Your SpED Reading/ELA Program

How should you use your time to elevate learning in the classroom while creating alternate assessment outcomes?

Get answers at this free webinar with Dr. Karen Erickson (researcher, special educator and alternate assessment leader), Don Johnston, and educators. They’ll share what really makes a difference in your special education Reading/ELA Program—and how Readtopia delivers the key components of a comprehensive reading curriculum that works for students with complex needs

You’ll also hear from districts using Readtopia with their students. They’ll share how Readtopia:
– brought lessons to life through age-respectful ELA, social studies, and science content for middle and high school students.
– elevated their Reading/ELA block.
– created opportunities for communication and interaction with peers.

Now’s the time to choose your reading curriculum for next year. This webinar will help you make the right decisions that will bring benefits to your students and educators for years to come.

Essential Writing Toolkit — Co:Writer Edition

For years, word prediction has been an essential tool in the practitioner’s toolkit. It helps students write better by covering needs that range from spelling to word recall. In this webinar, we’ll show you how you can use Co:Writer to help students write with core features like Neuron Prediction and FlexSpell, as well as new features including Speech Recognition and language supports.

Supporting ELL and Diverse Languages with Snap&Read

See how Snap&Read supports students who have a primary language other than English with features like Dynamic Text Leveling, Translation (over 100 languages), text-to-speech, and the new Picture-Supported Dictionary.

Co:Writer for Google — Supporting Diverse Writing Needs

Google for Education gives you a solid foundation of writing tools. But for students who need more support, Co:Writer expands the capabilities of Google to cover needs ranging from spelling to word recall. In this webinar, we’ll show you some features of Co:Writer (like Neuron Prediction, FlexSpell, and Speech Recognition) that can help.