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2017 TASH Conference

Each year, the TASH Conference brings together a diverse community of stakeholders who gain information, learn about resources, and connect with others across the country to strengthen the disability field. This year’s conference theme, “Still We Rise for Equity, Opportunity, and Inclusion,” shows the resilience of individuals with disabilities and their families across the lifespan. Conference attendees will celebrate their passion for disability rights, civil rights, and human rights while exploring inclusive communities, schools, and workplaces that support people with disabilities, including those with complex support needs. Return to TASH website.

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7:00am EST

Registration Open Registration Desk, Marquis Level

7:30am EST

Inclusive Education Committee Meeting L401

8:00am EST

Exhibit Hall Open Imperial Ballroom, Salon A Quiet Room L502

8:29am EST

About TASH Talks Marquis Ballroom, Salon A About Breakout Sessions TBA

8:30am EST

Creating a Vi$ion for Your Life M304LIMITED Discover, Show, Experience! Don't just ask and expect an answer... L508LIMITED Dreams, Goals & Graduation: Inclusive Postsecondary Education as a Path to Careers L404LIMITED Elevating Olmstead Advocacy: Lessons from Georgia's Olmstead Experience L505LIMITED Evaluating Communication Apps Based on Current Research and Critical Criteria L506FILLING Exploring Students' Perceived Messages of Self-Reliance by Three Entities Involved in Transition L406LIMITED HCBS, Community Living & Day/Employment Services: How to do it L504LIMITED State Continuum Regulations and Their Relationships to Inclusion for Students with Significant Disabilities L402LIMITED Tackling the Problem of Problem Solving L401LIMITED Using Participation Plans to Teach Social Studies Content in Inclusive Secondary Classrooms L403LIMITED We want to read too! Modifying shared reading for children with complex communication needs L405LIMITED What to Wear? A Closer Look at Some Wearable Technologies L507LIMITED What works? Stories of Successful Leadership in the Lives, Groups and Communities of People with Intellectual Disabilities M301LIMITED Human Rights Committee Meeting M303 New York Chapter Start-up Meeting M302 Access Community Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Don't Judge This Book by it's Cover Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Family Advocacy for the Education of Children with Autism Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Individual Stories of iPad Usage: What's Going on in Schools Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Parents with Disabilities Discriminated Against in Family Courts Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED Supported Decision Making: A Family's Perspective Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED The Arc @ School: Redefining Inclusive Education Advocacy through Accessibility Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED The Power of One: Becoming an Influencer for Equity, Opportunity, and Inclusion Marquis Ballroom, Salon ALIMITED

9:30am EST

Tell Us About It! M101

9:35am EST

AAC Modeling in Inclusive Classrooms: Practice makes perfect! L506FULL Advocating in Your Faith Community: Tips for Self-Advocates and Families M301LIMITED Expanding Boundaries and Erasing Boarders: Including Rural Students with Significant Disabilities L403LIMITED Helping Families Hold High Expectations for Employment and Postsecondary Education L406FILLING Implementing Emergent Literacy Instruction for Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms L402LIMITED Individual and Family Correlates of Living Options Among Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities L505LIMITED Managed Long-Term Services and Supports: Could it actually make things better for people with disabilities? L504FILLING Promoting Teacher Agency for Inclusive Education L401LIMITED Protecting Human Rights: Empowering Self-Advocates to Serve on Human Rights Committees M304LIMITED Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities: Does It Make Any Difference? L405LIMITED Ten Positive Behavior Strategies Parents (and Teachers!) Can Use on Monday M302FILLING Typing: From Research to Practice to Independence L508LIMITED Won't You Help Us: Organizational Features of Meaningful Support for Families M303LIMITED You Can't Do That! Lessons Learned from an Inclusive University Course L404LIMITED Alabama Chapter Meeting L507

10:45am EST

Advocates. Leaders. Friends. L504FILLING Bilingualism and Autism: Online Information Exchanges for Korean-American Parents of Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities M302LIMITED Changing Perspectives & Raising Expectations: Inclusive Higher Education for Students with Intellectual Disability L406LIMITED Doing It Right: Sexuality Education and Self-Determination M304LIMITED Equity and Opportunity: Leveling the Playing Field through Assessment, Instruction and Resources L404LIMITED Exceptional Lives: How We Can Flourish Under Positive Contingencies of Reinforcement M303LIMITED Lessons from the Field: Engaging Families in Research to Improve Outcomes and Services L505LIMITED Maximizing the Benefit of Storybook Reading to Increase Communication for Individuals with Complex Communication Needs with Severe Disabilities L506FILLING Peer Supports for Vocational and Social Success of Students with Severe Disabilities L508LIMITED Preparing Teachers to Provide Access to the General Curriculum: Navigating Barriers L405FILLING Self Advocacy and Resource Center (SARTAC): Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center M301LIMITED Students in the Margins: A Multi-State Analysis of Due Process Hearings Involving Students with Emotional-Behavioral Disabilities L402LIMITED Turning the Hearts of Parents to Children: How Pre-service Teachers Learn Advocacy L403LIMITED Florida Chapter Meeting L507 Research and Publication Committee Meeting L401

1:00pm EST

Texas TASH Meet and Greet M102

1:10pm EST

Next Generation Scientists: Teaching Science to Everyone L402LIMITED Don't Stop Learning! Literacy Programs for Adults with Complex Support Needs L505LIMITED Encouraging People with Disabilities to Implement Supported-Decision Making in Health Care M301LIMITED Let's Talk Money! Why Discussing Finances Are Important to Employment Services L508LIMITED Making High School Proms Inclusive M302LIMITED Positive Youth Development: Building Capacity for Disability Inclusion in 4-H in Oregon L404LIMITED Seeking Employment in the Digital Age: Student Directed Websites M304LIMITED Self-Injurious Behaviors and Young Children With Disabilities: A Systematic Review L401LIMITED Separate and Unequal - What You Need to Know about Segregated Education for Students with Disabilities in Georgia L405LIMITED The Road to Communication Access Goes Through Training L506LIMITED The Teacher Failure Cycle in Special Education L403LIMITED The Unknown: Suicide and People with Disabilities M303LIMITED What Makes a Community: The Fact and Fiction of Neo-Institutions L504LIMITED Missouri TASH Chapter Meeting L507 RPSD Editorial Board Meeting L406

2:15pm EST

Advocacy: How Can We Better Communicate Our Message to the Public and Policy-Makers? L505FILLING ALL Behavior is Communication M303FILLING Best Practices to Support Inclusive Education for Students with Complex Health Care Needs L406LIMITED Building a Good Life is More Probable When You Have an Income! How to Secure Employment for All! L508LIMITED Cancelled: Recruitment and Retention of Beginning Special Educators L403LIMITED DeafBlind Interpreting: Aiming for Equal Access L506LIMITED Learning About One's Self: Experiences of Students with ASD in a University Intro to ASD Class L405LIMITED Music, Yoga, and Community: Pathways to Inclusion M302LIMITED Self Determination and Self Advocacy in Post Secondary Education: How to prepare students with disabilities in high school for college M301LIMITED Think, PPAIRR, Share! A Framework for Supporting Students with Complex Communication Needs in Text-Based Conversations L404LIMITED Wearable Technology and Improving Time Management L402LIMITED Welcome to My Celebration-My IEP Party M304LIMITED What Makes a Good DSP? L504LIMITED What Success Looks Like L401LIMITED Deej – The Movie L507

3:20pm EST

Building the Foundation for Financial Independence L504LIMITED Effects of Performance Feedback and Self-Monitoring on Implementation Fidelity of Systematic Instruction L405LIMITED Employment Exploration leads to Desire for Employment: New Supports for Community-Based Employment L508LIMITED Examining Access to Inclusive Settings and Practices through a Cultural Historical Activity Theory Lens L403LIMITED Friends Matter: Improving Social Interaction Opportunities between Students with and without IDD L402LIMITED Gen X & Millennials: Leaders of the Next Generation L406LIMITED Love Shouldn't Hurt M303LIMITED My Journey with Augmentative Alternative Communication L506LIMITED Student-Led IEPs M301LIMITED Teaching People with Intellectual Disability to Participate in Faith Communities L404LIMITED The Power of Inclusive Education Across Grade Levels: Damian Jr.'s Journey L401LIMITED Starting a New TASH Chapter M302

4:20pm EST

Closing General Session Imperial Ballroom, Salon B

5:15pm EST

Menorah Lighting Ceremony L502