Throughout 2008, NAASLN will present 6 internet-based seminars in your office, with topics that impact your student or client population. As dates are finalized, they will be posted below.

To learn more go to FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). Still have questions? Please call 888-5NAASLN (888-562-2756) and leave a message, we will call you back. Or send an E-mail to info@naasln.org.

To view information on previous Webinars go to the Webinar Archives. 

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Asperger’s Syndrome and the Adult Education Class,

Presenter: Bevan Gibson, MS SpEd, is a current board member of the National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs. She serves as the Director of the Southern Illinois Professional Development Center and is a state trainer for special learning needs in Illinois. In addition, she is a leader in the state’s adult education special learning needs endeavors.

Description: With an increasing number of students with Asperger’s Syndrome in adult education classrooms, we need to understand more about Asperger’s and what we can do as an instructor to assist these students in our programs.

In this webinar you will learn about the characteristics of Aspergers:

►poor affect

►poor socialization skills

►obsession on complex topics

►difficulty understanding non-verbal cues

►sensory overload

Discuss how these and comorbid conditions (depression, ADHD) manifest them selves in the classroom and learn interventions that you can use to assist your student in having a successful and positive learning experience.

Date/Time: July 22, 4:00 ET

Managing an Adult ESOL Class with Multiple Skill Levels —Curriculum, techniques, materials, and resources that work.

Presenter: Robin Lovrien Schwarz, M. Sp. Ed: LD has been an ESOL teacher with 40 years experience and a specialist in LD. Ms. Schwarz is currently a consultant to numerous school districts around the country. She has participated in numerous state and national initiatives on adult ESOL, has authored numerous articles and book chapters, and is currently doing contract writing for the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL).

Description: One of the greatest challenges facing many ESOL teachers is a class where students have many different skill levels.  In this "Webinar," Robin Lovrien Schwarz will teach you three different approaches to managing such a class.  After each approach is discussed online, you will have the opportunity to create materials and plans for your own class and get feedback on design and implementation.   Handouts will be available to download, and unlike in a one-time, live session, you will get to ask those questions you think of the next day!

Time/Date: August 19, 4:00 ET

GED Testing Accommodations and Adaptations: What’s the difference? AND How do we level the playing field for adults with special learning needs?

Presenter: Conni Leading, GED Testing Accommodations Manager & Chief Examiner for Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools in Groveport, Ohio, brings 28 years of professional and personal experience to her position. As a mother of two sons with special learning needs, she has developed a unique understanding of the emotional and physical aspects of learning with accommodations and adaptations, and because of this serves as a strong advocate for the needs of special students.

Description: Adults with special learning needs taking the GED fall into two categories: (1) Those adults with documented ADA disabilities, who require accommodations such as extended time, supervised breaks, scribes, audiocassettes. (2) Those adults, for whom teachers have identified learning needs requiring adaptations or modifications such as magnifiers, colored overlays, straight edges, rooms without fluorescent lighting, etc. These latter adaptations do not require prior approval by the GED state offices.