Resources for Educators
INFOSYS PATHFINDERS INSTITUTE
Access free CS and MakerEd Resources.
MICROSOFT: TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR NEURODIVERSE STUDENTS
Learn how to support teaching and learning for neurodiverse students from TKU’s Executive Director, Beth Rosenberg. Presentation from Microsoft’s 2020 Accessible Computer Science Education Fall Workshop.
ConnectAbilities CURRICULUM: STOP MOTION ANIMATION
This curriculum document was designed as a guide on how to teach technology to special needs youth. It covers in-depth technology practices for different topics.
VIDEO BOX PROJECT: WEB DESIGN
These online video courses are a set of 7 tutorial videos created for teens and by teens with special needs. These videos are a tool for students to gain the technology and computer science skills they need to reinforce their learning and enter the STEM field. *These videos were created with the support of the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund
VIDEO BOX PROJECT: GAME DESIGN
These online video courses are a set of 5 tutorial videos created for teens and by teens with special needs. These videos are a tool for students to gain the technology and computer science skills they need to reinforce their learning and enter the STEM field. *These videos were created with the support of the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund
VIDEO BOX PROJECT: VIDEO EDITING
These online video courses are a set of 7 tutorial videos created for teens and by teens with special needs. These videos are a tool for students to gain the technology and computer science skills they need to reinforce their learning and enter the STEM field. *These videos were created with the support of the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund
UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING
Learn how TKU’s model of Universal Design for Learning can be applied in your classroom! The name of the video is called Connect Abilities: Teaching Technology to Special Needs Youth and it touches on some technologies which could be used in universal design
Resources for Parents
Parenting Children with Complex Needs in the Age of COVID-19
Hear from Arietta Slade, Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Child Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center.
Conversations about Self-Direction
Powerpoint from Ken Siri’s talk about Self-Direction: Self-Direction is the practice of empowering people with developmental disabilities to manage the supports and services they receive, determine who provides the supports, and how and where they are provided.
Communication and ASD
Learn from Speech Language Pathologist Roseanne Legrand how students with ASD communicate and how you can communicate with them.
Positive Behavior Support
Learn from Lauren Moskowitz, PhD how to help manage and support challenging student behaviors here.
Life Planning for an Individual with a Disability
Ezekiel Zimmerman talked with our parents about life planning for an individual with disabilities.
Encouraging Behaviors in ASD: Bribes vs. Rewards.
Licensed Social Worker Amanda Gabel talked with our parents about bribes vs. rewards. Download Amanda’s presentation here.
Autism Spectrum Disorder and Anxiety
Katherine Sullivan, Ph.D. discusses autism and anxiety.