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.

2:00pm CST

Building and Maintaining An Inclusive School Culture

Thursday December 5, 2024 2:00pm - 5:00pm CST

3RD Floor - Ballroom: Celestin F

Inclusion is a practice that comes from the core value of wanting to include all students no matter where they are academically. Many school cultures inherently create barriers for inclusive practices - this workshop will help participants recognize these barriers, reflect on their core values, and rethink their educational goals. We will give participants the resources to change school cultures to promote and support inclusive practices. We seek to model specific tools, strategies, and activities throughout our workshop that participants can easily employ when they go back to â€œlead changeâ€ in their respective contexts and settings. Our 3 hour workshop session will be structured into different segments. Each segment will involve a collaborative activity that participants will complete with those seated around them. Ample movement, snack, and stretching breaks will also be provided throughout the session.

Moderators

Kayla Coburn

Presenters

Arielle Starkman

Inclusive Education Consultant, ACS Creative LLC

Arielle is an Inclusive Education Consultant in Los Angeles, CA. Over the past 10+ years, Arielle has been immersed in all things “Special Education"…from teaching, to leadership, to navigating the IEP process from the "parent side" for her 7-year-old stepson. Her passion... Read More →

Thursday December 5, 2024 2:00pm - 5:00pm CST
3RD Floor - Ballroom: Celestin F Hyatt Regency, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113

Day 1 Intensive Workshops

Primary Topic Inclusive Education
Themes of Interest Capacity Building for Inclusion
Key Words Culture, Inclusive Practices, Barriers, Educational Values, Shifting Mindset

10:00am CST

Supports for Students with Complex Needs in Grade-Aligned Lessons

Saturday December 7, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am CST

3RD Floor - Ballroom: Celestin G

Students with complex support needs are at risk of not receiving adequate personalized supports during grade-aligned instruction in general education. To ensure access to the general education curriculum and environment, special educators need expertise to provide effective supports to students with complex needs. This study examined what supports teachers assigned in response to a piloted intervention intended to help teachers better understand how to support students while maintaining grade-aligned learning. An analysis of 25 priority plans for K-12 students with complex support needs was conducted using a qualitative reflexive thematic approach. We found special education teachers undertake labor-intensive and creative preparation of supports in addition to bearing the primary responsibility of implementation. In addition, visual supports, peer supports, and systematic instruction practices were found to be widely used.

Moderators

Roxanne Loyless

Doctoral Student, The University of Kansas

Roxanne Loyless is a second-year Ph.D. student in Special Education at The University of Kansas. Her research interests center on inclusive education practices, strategies, and supports for students with significant support needs.

Presenters

Jennifer Kurth

Professor, University of Kansas

Inclusive Education

Samantha Gross Toews

Assistant Professor, Cal State University Northridge

Samantha Toews is an assistant professor at California State University Northridge in the Special Education Department. She was previously a special education teacher at WISH Charter School. Her research focusses teacher preparation and professional development to promote inclusive... Read More →

Saturday December 7, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am CST
3RD Floor - Ballroom: Celestin G Hyatt Regency, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113

Breakout Sessions

Primary Topic Inclusive Education
Themes of Interest K-12 Education
Key Words Inclusive Practices, Supports, Curriculum, Lesson Planning, Complex Support Needs
Presentation Type Research