2024 TASH Conference: Full Schedule

Welcome to the official website for the 2024 TASH Conference!

Each year, the TASH Conference brings together our constituents to share resources and success stories, learn about field-driven best practices, and network within a community engaged in shared values. The Conference is attended by passionate leaders, experts, and advocates from every corner of the disability community. Conference attendees are influential in their fields and communities, and play an important role in the provision of services and supports for individuals and organizations around the world; and include professors and researchers from leading institutions; those involved in local, state, and federal governments and public policy; special and general educators, and school administrators; self-advocates, adult service providers; students, family members, and many others. This year’s conference theme is Celebrate Together: Let the Good Times Roll!

Click on the "Registration and More" tab for additional information about our Conference location, registration, reserving a guest room, sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities, and more! The full Conference schedule is now available for viewing. Registered attendees will receive an invitation to log in and create a personalized schedule.

3:25pm CST

Inclusive Education Partnerships: Collaborating to Create Curriculum Access

Friday December 6, 2024 3:25pm - 4:20pm CST

3RD Floor - Ballroom: Celestin C

This presentation will explore the development and implementation of a partnership between UNLVâ€™s Office of General Curriculum Access (OGCA) and the Nevada Department of Educationâ€™s Office of Inclusive Education (OIE). The collaboration aims to promote inclusive education by providing access to the general curriculum and a continuum of needed supports and services for students with extensive support needs. The OIE works to raise expectations and improve educational and employment outcomes for all students with disabilities through collaborative efforts with state and local partners. Through a partnership with the OIE, the OGCA provides educators with grade-aligned and standards-based curriculum materials, academic and behavioral support resources, and effective professional development. This session will share the challenges, strategies, and successes of the partnership and will provide attendees with actionable insights into creating similar collaborations in their own contexts.

Presenters

Joshua Baker

Professor/Researcher, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Educational and Clinical Studies

Julie Bowers

Catherine Bacos

Associate Director and Curriculum Specialist, UNLV Office of General Curriculum Access, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Friday December 6, 2024 3:25pm - 4:20pm CST
3RD Floor - Ballroom: Celestin C Hyatt Regency, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113

Breakout Sessions

Primary Topic Inclusive Education
Themes of Interest K-12 Education
Key Words Collaboration, Inclusive Education, General Curriculum Access, Extensive Support Needs, Special Education
Presentation Type General

4:35pm CST

Involving Special Education Teachers in Math Research and Curriculum Development

Friday December 6, 2024 4:35pm - 5:30pm CST

4TH Floor - Imperial 12

Teachers can play a vital role in curriculum development and refinement. This presentation highlights recent mixed methods research on a teacher-implemented multiplicative word problem-solving intervention for students with extensive support needs (ESN) in small groups. We examined the involvement of special education teachers in iterative curriculum development through a multi-year embedded experimental study. Using quantitative data from a multiple-baseline across classrooms single-case design and qualitative data from interviews and observations, we evaluated whether an established evidence-based practice remained effective when implemented by teachers in routine conditions and assessed its usability, feasibility, and acceptability. The presentation will share student outcomes but primarily focus on teachers' perceptions and roles in the research and curriculum development process.

Presenters

Jenny Root

Assistant Professor, Florida State University

Jenny would like to talk to you about general curriculum access, teaching math to students with autism/intellectual disability, and how teachers make instructional decisions for students with extensive support needs. Jenny was the 2015 TASH Alice Hayden award winner.

Friday December 6, 2024 4:35pm - 5:30pm CST
4TH Floor - Imperial 12 Hyatt Regency, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113

Breakout Sessions

Primary Topic Inclusive Education
Themes of Interest K-12 Education
Key Words Math, Special Education Teacher, General Curriculum Access, Mixed Methods
Presentation Type Research

5:45pm CST

Literacy Goals and Attainment for Students with Limited Speech

Friday December 6, 2024 5:45pm - 7:15pm CST

3RD Floor - Storyville Hall

All students benefit from comprehensive literacy instruction. Literacy instruction is especially important for students with disabilities who have limited speech because aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices rely on printed language for communication. When students use aided AAC without literacy skills, they depend on the words and symbols provided by others. With literacy skills, students can say anything they want with only 26 letters of the alphabet. This poster will present research focused on the nature of literacy-focused individualized education program (IEP) goals of elementary-aged students with intellectual and developmental disabilities who were nonspeaking or had limited speech. We analyzed IEP goals for 36 elementary students with limited speech, exploring (a) the nature of literacy goals and (b) how parents viewed these goals. We will share findings and provide guidance to ensure access across literacy domains.

Presenters

Rebecca Gianforte

Vanderbilt University

Friday December 6, 2024 5:45pm - 7:15pm CST
3RD Floor - Storyville Hall Hyatt Regency, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113

Poster Presentations

Primary Topic Inclusive Education
Themes of Interest High Expectations
Key Words Literacy, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Parents, Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals, General Curriculum Access