RIMS CTAP SETTS

SETTS project partnered with CUE 2010 for Diverse Learners Symposium. Read more here.
 
Approximately 20 workshops are presented yearly both at the SELPA level and within districts. As the group has become more recognized, the partnership with professional and state organizations, as well as with manufacturers of AT, the SETTS sphere of influence is rapidly expanding. When the Computer Using Educators (CUE) organization determined a need for a special education strand within their conference offering, they requested that members of the SETTS team provide all of those presentations. Since March 2004, the following workshops have been presented in Palm Springs:

• Career Exploration for Struggling Students
• Improving Student Writing Through Assistive Technology
• Assistive Technology: What and Why
• Assistive Technology: A Key to Unlocking the Standards
• Making Movies in the Special Education Classroom
• Technology in the Moderate-Severe Special Education Classroom
• Classroom Applications of Microsoft Office
• Discover the Accessibility Features Built into Your Computer
• Assistive Technology Success Stories

We are happy to announce that at the Spring 2010 CUE Conference in Palm Springs, the Special Education Teacher Technology Specialists (SETTS) program will be partnering with CUE for the Assistive Technology Symposium. The SETTS program is a collaboration between the West End SELPA and Region 10 RIMS CTAP. In its 10th year, the SETTS program works with special education teachers in sharing new ideas in assistive technology and bringing those ideas to the classroom. The Assistive Technology Symposium at CUE 2010 will have its own venue this year at the Hilton Hotel, one block from the main CUE conference center. Assistive technology supports student success in both the regular education classroom and the special education classroom. Therefore, all teachers, not only special education teachers, are invited to attend.
For further information, go to the CUE website: http://cue.org
 
Information on CUE 2009 Assistive Technology workshop can be found at: http://www.cue.org/conference/workshops/special.
In November, 2004, Don Johnston, Inc. donated over $25,000 worth of software to the computer lab at the West End Education Support Center in Rancho Cucamonga. Local districts bring teachers to workshops provided by SETTS team members to instruct them on using software to enhance learning and to meet the needs of students with learning disabilities.