Description:
This Webinar will examine several unique motivational strategies that have proven very effective for students & individuals with profound special needs. These techniques include Experiential Music & Drama, MSE - MultiSensory Environments, Assistive Technology, Black Light Theatre, and other expressive arts. Participants will learn how to utilize specialized equipment and implement similar programs and activities for their unique special needs situations. These methods have proven to increase participatory skills, foster positive social skills, and enhance self esteem.

Speaker Biography:
Dr. Laz, as he is affectionately known, is a world famous educator, winning the 2007 Arts Teacher of the Year award for the Broward County Public Schools (nation's 5th largest district) and the Teacher of the Year award from NY State in 1981 for his rather unorthodox, yet highly acclaimed techniques for reaching students with special needs. His ideas and methods have been published in the NY Times and many major journals including the Journal of Learning Disabilities and the Journal of Emotional & Behavioral Disorders. In 2008, Dr. Laz was one of five teachers throughout the entire USA to be inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

His current work, which utilizes expressive arts & assistive technology for students with profound special needs such as autism, Downs-syndrome, cerebral palsy, and medically fragile conditions, has already made front page news and been featured on news stations such as NBC and Warner Bros. He formed a unique choir of these students and travels to senior centers and other schools, inspiring and enlightening audiences of all ages. Most recently, he is conducting a cutting-edge research study that focuses on the use of humor and hands-on music for these challenged students. The study is leading to dramatic results in helping these individuals build self-esteem and positive social skills, as well as increasing their awareness/participatory behaviors.

He is presently working on several new books, including “Pizazz! -Making Education Work For Those Who Need It!”

Dr. Lazerson is also a professor at NOVA University in S. Florida, teaching graduate level courses in expressive arts therapies and other educational courses.

Learning Outcomes:
As a result of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Participants will learn at least three experiential music/drama strategies that can be used to increase participatory skills for individuals with profound special needs.

2. Participants will learn how to create at least two different multi-sensory environments to help increase on-task and focusing skills for profound special needs.

3. Participants will learn how to devise and utilize at least five adaptive musical instruments &/or visual effects using assistive technology.

 

Additional Information: http://www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3628

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CEUs
This activity is offered for up to 0.1 CEUs (1.0 hours of instruction).

To register for CEUs, click on the link below to download the Evaluation and Learning Assessment Form, complete the form, and save the file using this file name model:

2011-ATIA-Webinar-AT11-WEB05-Terrific.rtf.

Then send the file as an email attachment to ceus@aacinstitute.org. If any difficulty is encountered in using this form, write to ceus@aacinstitute.org to request an alternative file format. In the body of the email, include:

Name
Assistive Technology Role (SLP, OT, family, etc.)
State (if USA), Province (if Canada), or other country

Download Evaluation and Learning Assessment Form now.

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Certificates are sent as .pdf email attachments.