All topics are available as half (1 ½ -2 ½ hour) or full day (3-8 hours)
Many topics can be combined to customize training to the needs of the group.
* Available as a hands on workshops, more than one Cotting staff person maybe required for hands on trainings; staff needs access to appropriate hardware/software
+ Available as a make and take session where teams leave with created materials and tools to use in the classroom
Assistive Technology
- Google Apps to Support Reading and Writing with Students with High Incident Disabilities*
- Technology for All*
- Written Productive Profile: Determining Appropriate Accommodations for Students with Writing Disabilities
- Universal Tools for Universal Design for Learning*
- Structured Informal Assessments to Guide Technology Based Accommodations for Reading and Writing
- Accessible Materials: Legal Guidelines and How to Find/Use Digital Media (e-books, pdf readers, audiobooks, etc)*+
- SETT: A Systematic Framework for Team Evaluation of Assistive Technology Needs
- iPads as (Special) Educational Tools*
- Chromebooks as (Special) Educational Tools*
- iPads for Behavior Regulation and as Visual Support Tools*
- Digital Tools to Support Organization and Executive Functioning*
- Technology Moves Fast: Keeping Up with Research and Practice
- AT and IEP: Legal Considerations and Documentation
- Technical Skills- only offered as hands on workshops. All participants must have access to appropriate hardware/software
-  Software options including but not limited to– Clicker 7, Kidspiration/Inspiration/Webspriation, Boardmaker 6/Plus/SDP, iMovie, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Chrome & Chrome extension·
- iOS app options including but not limited to– Clicker, Pictello, PDF Pro, Notablility, Math Paper, ChoiceWorks, Scheduler, Educreations, Bitsboards, Stage Pro
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Current Trends in AAC
- Literacy for Students with Complex Communication Needs
- Low Tech Visual Supports for Communication and Behavior*+
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication Strategies for Student with Complex Communication Needs+
- Classroom Strategies for Supporting Augmentative Communication
- Educational Assistants as Facilitators of Language Growth in AAC Users
- Core Language Games
- Key components to using and teaching AAC to students: Core Language, SNUG and LAMP
- iPads as Part of a Continuum of Augmentative and Alternative Communication*
- Informal and Low Cost Assessment Tools for AAC*+
- Technical Skills- offered as hands on only
- Dedicated device options including but not limited to: TobiiDynaVox, PRC, and Saltillo devices
- iOS apps including but not limited to– TouchChat, Proloquo2Go, Sono Flex, LAMP Words for Life, AAC Genie, AutisMate 360, Predicatable, Grid, Compass, Unity Connect, and GoTalk
Educational and General Technology
- Casting Call: Using Screencasting for Teaching
- Aurasma and QR Codes
- Tips and Tricks for the One iPad Classroom
- iOS 101-Â Basics and Native Apps for the Beginner
- iThink iLove Social Media
- iBooks Author: Creating Your Own iBooks *
- Chromebooks 101- Basic and Native Apps for the Beginner*
- Google Drive for Educators- Getting Starting with Your Account*
- Executive Functioning: Assessment and Technology Based Interventions
- Technical Skills- offered as hands on only
- Hardware options including but not limited to—Mac OSX 10, SmartBoards, iOS devices, Chromebooks
- Software options including but not limited to— Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, iMovie, iBooks Author, SmartNotebook, Online tools (i.e., video editors, audio recoding, drawing/image, timeline tools, mind mapping & presentation tools)
Language and Communication
- Social Cognition: Understanding Theory and Intervention Strategies for Non-Licensed Staff
- Social Cognition: Assessment and Intervention Planning
- The Language of Work: Promoting Social and Communication Skills in Vocational Activities+
- Normal Language Development from 3 to 6 years
- Supporting Language Development in Preschoolers with Motor Planning Deficits+