2022 Session Handouts

Wednesday, July 20

• Block A:  11:00 am - 12:30 pm
• Block B:  2:00 - 4:00 pm
• Block 1:  4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Thursday, July 21

• Block 2:  11:00 am -12:30 pm
• Block 3:  2:00 - 3:00 pm 
• Block 4: 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Friday, July 22

• Block 5: 9:00 - 10:30 am
• Block 6:  11:30 am - 12:30 pm
• Block 7:  2:00  - 3:30 pm
• Block 8:  4:00  - 5:30 pm

• This session has no materials to share

B2: Fostering a Positive Office Culture as a Leader

• B.2 – Fostering a Positive Office Culture slides (Accessible)
• B.2 – Fostering a Positive Office Culture slides (Printable)

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1.1: Getting the Most From Your AHEAD Conference Experience

• 1.1 – Making the Most of AHEAD slides (Accessible)
• 1.1 – Making the Most of AHEAD slides (Printable)
• 1.1 – Making the Most of AHEAD Handout 1 (DOC)
• 1.1 – Making the Most of AHEAD Handout 2 (DOC)

1.2: The Future of Coaching in Disability Resources 

• 1.2 – The Future of Coaching slides (Accessible)
• 1.2 – The Future of Coaching slides (Printable)

1.3: With Our Powers Combined: A Cross-Collaborative Approach to Tactile and Descriptive Calculus

• 1.3 – With Our Powers Combined slides (Accessible)
• 1.3 – With Our Powers Combined slides (Printable)

1.4: When a Document Remediation Task Seems Too Big to Handle: Strategies and Technologies

1.5: Creating an Inclusive Testing Environment: Partnership Between a Disability Office and a Nursing Program

1.6: Exploring the Current and Long-Term Impacts of Pandemic on Executive Functioning in Autistic Students

• 1.6 – Exploring the Current and Long-Term Impacts slides (Accessible)
• 1.6 – Exploring the Current and Long-Term Impacts slides (Printable)

1.7: Applying a Curricular Lens to Disability Services

• 1.7 – Applying a Curricular Lens - Timeline Handout 1 (DOC)
• 1.7 – Applying a Curricular Lens - Goals Handout 2 (DOC)
• 1.7 – Applying a Curricular Lens slides (Printable)
• 1.7 – Applying a Curricular Lens slides (Accessible)

1.8: Are We Disabled “Enough”? The Journey of Naming Intersecting Identities in Ourselves as Disability Professionals

• 1.8 – Are We Disabled Enough slides (Accessible)
• 1.8 – Are We Disabled Enough slides (Printable)

1.9: Collaboration Between Disability and Writing Center Staff:  Embracing the Social Model in Working with Students with Disabilities

1.10: CANCELLED

1.11: Writing for the AHEAD Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability (JPED)

• 1.11 – Writing for JPED Slides (Accessible)
• 1.11 –Writing for JPED Slides (Printable)

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2.1: An Introduction to Digital Access for Disability Resource Professionals

• 2.1 – An Introduction to Digital Access handout 1 (DOC)
• 2.1 – An Introduction to Digital Access handout 2 (DOC)
• 2.1 – An Introduction to Digital Access handout 3 (DOC)

2.2: Ready to Learn: Supporting Access to Accommodations for Students with Intellectual Disability in Higher Education

• 2.2 – Ready to Learn slides (Accessible)
• 2.2 – Ready to Learn slides (Printable)

2.3: Mind Your Ps & Qs: The Importance of (P)rocesses and (Q)uestions in Creating Effective Office Practice

• 2.3 – Mind Your Ps and Qs Slides (Accessible)
• 2.3 – Mind Your Ps and Qs Cancellation-Handout 1 (PDF)
• 2.3 – Mind Your Ps and Qs -Process - Handout 2 (DOC) 
• 2.3 - Mind Your Ps and Qs - Handout 3 (PDF)
• 2.3 - Mind Your Ps and Qs - Handout 4 (PDF)

2.4: AccessText Network & E-Text: Essential Tools and Knowledge

• 2.4 – AccessText Network & E-Text slides (Accessible)
• 2.2 – AccessText Network & E-Text slides (Printable)

2.5: From Burnout to Demoralization: Our Profession and the Perfect Storm of the Pandemic

• 2.5 – From Burnout to Demoralization slides (Accessible)
• 2.5 – From Burnout to Demoralization slides (Printable)

2.6: New Challenges and Solutions for Math Success Focusing on Student with SLD, ADHD. TBI, PTS, LI, ID, and Autism: Learning Strategies, New Accommodations, Memory Aids, Course Substitutions, Case Histories and OCR Rulings

• 2.6 – New Challenges  Appendix B (DOC)
• 2.6 – New Challenges slides (Printable)
• 2.6 - New Challenges slides (Accessible)
• 2.6 - New Challenges Figure 1 Description (DOC)
• 2.6 - New Challenges Ryan Scores (DOC)
• 2.6 - New Challenges Sheila Scores (DOC)

2.7: All One Team: Navigating Collaboration and Consistency Across Multiple Campuses

• 2.7 – All One Team slides (Accessible)
• 2.7 – All One Team slides (Printable)

2.8: A Sense of Belonging: Creation of the Disabled Faculty and Staff Association (DFSA)

2.9: Equitable Crisis Management Practices: The Importance of Collaboration Between Disability Services, Case Management, & Community Standards

• 2.9 – Equitable Crisis Management Practices slides (Accessible)
• 2.9 – Equitable Crisis Management Practices slides (Printable)

2.10: ADA Coordinator vs DS Director - Pros/Cons of Separated vs Combined Roles 

• 2.10 – ADA Vs DS slides (Accessible)
• 2.10 – ADA Vs DS slides (Printable)

2.11: What Is the True Barrier Here? Collaborating With Students to Accurately Assess Their Access Issues

• 2.11 – What is the True Barrier Here slides (Accessible)
• 2.11 – What is the True Barrier Here slides slides (Printable)

3.1: Faculty/Student Communication in Professional Programs: Creating an Environment that Promotes Positive, Collaborative Faculty/Student Partnerships

3.2: The Things They Bring: Accommodations Abroad

• 3.2 - The Things They Bring slides (Accessible)
• 3.2 - The Things They Bring slides (Printable)

3.3: Meeting Faculty in their Domain: Collaboration Tips and Techniques for Increasing Accessibility within the Classroom

• 3.3 - Meeting Faculty in Their Domain slides (Accessible)
• 3.3 - Meeting Faculty in Their Domain slides (Printable)

3.4: AHEAD, Live! Discussion Topic: Long COVID and Students

• This session has no materials to share.

 3.5: Small Offices, Big Results: Creating a Mutual Support Network That Bridged Gaps in Services at Separate Colleges 

• 3.5 - Small Office, Big Results slides (Accessible)
• 3.5 - Small Office, Big Results slides (Printable)

3.6: Speaking of Creative Solutions: Facilitating Access to Public Speaking and Vocal Participation

• 3.6 - Public Speaking slides (Accessible)
• 3.6 - Public Speaking slides (Printable)

3.7: AHEAD to the Future:  A Discussion of AHEAD’s New Foundational Documents

3.8: Sensory Lounges? Yes! Let's Do It!

• 3.8 - Sensory Lounges Outline of Slide Content (DOC)
• 3.8 - Sensory Lounges - Ideas- Handout 1 (DOC)

3.9: Experiences of Students on the Facilitators and Barriers to Obtaining Mental Health Services and Other Supports While Transferring from a Two-Year to a Four-Year College

• 3.9 - Experiences of Students slides (Accessible)
• 3.9 - Experiences of Students slides (Printable)

3.10: The Dynamics of Learning Independence: Strategies to Empower Disabled Students

• 3.10 - The Dynamics of Learning Independence slides (Accessible)
• 3.10 - The Dynamics of Learning Independence slides (Printable)

3.11: Virtual Coaching for Newly Registered Students with Disabilities

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4.1: Trending Tech Tools - 2022 Edition: What’s New, What’s Improved & What’s on the Horizon for Assistive Technology & Accessibility Tools

• 4.1 -Trending Tech Tools slides (Accessible)
• 4.1 -Trending Tech Tools slides (Printable)

4.2: Intersections Impacting Two-Year and Community College Students; Embracing Strengths, Combating Challenges

• 4.2 - Intersections Impacting CC slides (Accessible)
• 4.2 - Intersections Impacting CC slides (Printable)
• 4.2 - Community College and Intersectionality handout (DOC)

4.3: Leave of Absence Practices & Policies: Promoting Parity & Positive Mental Health

• 4.3 - Leave of Absence Practices & Policies slides (Accessible)
• 4.3 - Leave of Absence Practices & Policies slides (Printable)

4.4: Building Capacity for Sustainability: A Centralized Operational Model for ASL/English Interpreting and CART Services

• 4.4 - Building Capacity for Sustainability slides (Accessible)
• 4.4 - Building Capacity for Sustainability slides (Printable)

4.5: Quality Indicators for Guiding Systems Change in Higher Ed Digital Accessibility

• 4.5 - Quality Indicators slides (Accessible)
• 4.5 - Quality Indicators slides (Printable)

4.6: Coaching and Supporting Students With TBI: Perspectives From a Provider, Researcher, and Survivor

4.7: The Equity Office as a Partner - How to Increase Student Access and Effectuate Disability Compliance

• 4.7 - Equity Officer as Partner slides (Accessible)
• 4.7 - Equity Officer as Partner slides (Printable)
• 4.7 - Equity Officer as Partner Employee Handout (DOC)
• 4.7 - Equity Officer as Partner Student Handout (DOC)

4.8: Disability and Critical Race Theory: How DisCrit Helps Disability Professionals Change Higher Education

• 4.8 - Disability and Critical Race Theory slides (Accessible)
• 4.8 - Disability and Critical Race Theory slides (Printable)

4.9: Living Learning Communities and Students with ASD: Increasing Campus Engagement

4.10: What's Next For Me? Disability Professional Careers Beyond the Disability Office

• This session has no materials to share.

4.11: Employment During and After College: Research Briefs

a. Effects of Training Inclusive Higher Education Staff: A Study

• • 4.11.a - Effects of Training slides (Accessible)
  • 4.11.a - Effects of Training slides (Printable)

b. Career Preparation and Accommodation Experiences of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Postsecondary Students in a Summer Employment Internship

• • 4.11.b - Career Prep and Accommodation slides (Accessible)
  • 4.11.b - Career Prep and Accommodation slides (Printable)

c. Student Ratings of Internship Program: Influence on Self-determination

• • 4.11.c - Student Ratings of Internship slides (Accessible)
  • 4.11.c - Student Ratings of Internship slides (Printable)

5.1: Implementation Science: Effective Strategies, Processes, and Resources to Support Assistive Technology Implementation or Accessibility Initiatives Campuswide

• 5.1 - Implementation Science slides (Accessible)
• 5.1 - Implementation Science slides (Printable)
• 5.1 - Implementation Science handout 1 
• 5.1 - Implementation Science handout 2 

5.2: From Words to Action: A Mentoring Program Geared Toward Black, Neurodivergent College Students

• This session has no materials to share

5.3: Building Future Leaders: Professional Development Opportunities for Our Student Workers

• 5.3 - Building Future Leaders slides (Accessible)
• 5.3 - Building Future Leaders slides (Printable)

5.4: Discussion and Collaboration on Accommodating Students with Sensory Disabilities Since COVID

• 5.4 - Accommodations Since COVID slides (Accessible)
• 5.4 - Accommodations Since COVID slides (Printable)

5.5: Examining NonDisabled Privilege in Disability and Higher Education

• 5.5 - Examining NonDisabled Privilege handout 1 (DOC)

5.6: AHEAD FAILCON: Preparing For Your Next Mistake

• 5.6 - AHEAD FAILCON slides (Accessible)
• 5.6 - AHEAD FAILCON slides (Printable)

5.7 - Three Common Accommodation Dilemmas and How to Address Them

• 5.7 - Three Common Accommodation Dilemmas - Handout 1 (DOC) 
• 5.7 - Three Common Accommodation Dilemmas - Handout 2 (DOC) 
• 5.7 - Three Common Accommodation Dilemmas - Handout 3 (PDF)

5.8: From Research to Practice: Developing Successful Postsecondary Education Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

• 5.8 - From Research to Practice slides (Accessible)
• 5.8 - From Research to Practice slides (Printable)

5.9: Structuring Your Office to Meet Your Student Needs: Exploring the College Model, Liaison Model, and other DS Office Organizational Structures

• 5.9 - Structuring Your Office to Meet Your Student Needs slides (Accessible)
• 5.9 - Structuring Your Office to Meet Your Student Needs slides (Printable)

5.10: Everything You Need to Know About Disability Law in 90 Minutes

• This session has no materials to share

5.11: AHEAD Talks: A Series of Short, Expert Talks on Multiple Topics

a. Intersectionality Matters: African Americans with Disabilities within Higher Education

b. How to Advocate for Accessibility and Inclusivity as Part of Digital Transformation

c. Incorporating Mental Health and Coaching Services into the Disability Services Delivery Model

• • 5.11.c - Incorporating Mental Health and Coaching Services slides (Accessible)
  • 5.11.c - Incorporating Mental Health and Coaching Services slides (Printable)

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6.1: Inclusive Study Abroad: A Panel on Opportunities to Refresh and Restart your Study Abroad Program

• This session has no materials to share.

6.2: Updates at ETS: New Teleassessment Guidance and Tips for Assisting Test Takers with Accommodation Requests

• 6.2 –Updates at ETS slides (Accessible)
• 6.2 –Updates at ETS slides (Printable)

6.3: Everything You've Wanted to Know As a New Disability Professional: Ask Us Anything!

• 6.3 – Everything You Wanted to Know slides (Accessible)
• 6.3 – Everything You Wanted to Know slides (Printable)

6.4: Back to School: Opportunities and Challenges for Disabled DS Professionals as Students in the Classroom

• 6.4 – Back to School slides (Accessible)
• 6.4 – Back to School slides (Printable)

6.5: After the Lockdown: The Perceptions, Experiences, and Real Time Decisions of Disability Resource Professionals Made to Support Disabled Students

6.6: Contribution of Social Support and Networking to Career Confidence Levels of Postsecondary Interns with Physical and Sensory Disabilities

• 6.6 - Contribution of Social Support slides (Accessible)
• 6.6 - Contribution of Social Support slides (Printable)

6.7: Disability Services and Housing Services: A Powerful Team

• 6.7 - Disability Services and Housing Services slides (Accessible)
• 6.7 - Disability Services and Housing Services slides (Printable)

6.8: Supporting Student Literacy: Using Recent Updates to a Reading and Writing Tech Tool with Students

• 6.8 – Supporting Student Literacy slides (Accessible)
• 6.8 - Supporting Student Literacy slides (Printable)

6.9: Neurodiversity, Autism Politics, and Language, a Brief Introduction

• 6.9 – Neurodiversity, Autism Politics, and Language, a Brief Introduction Slides (Accessible)
• 6.9 – Neurodiversity, Autism Politics, and Language, a Brief Introduction Slides (Printable)
• 6.9 – Neurodiversity, Autism Politics, and Language, a Brief Introduction - Transcript and Audio Descriptions (DOC)

6.10: Transitioning Disabled Students to College through Readiness Programming

• 6.10 - Transitioning Disabled Students to College slides (Accessible)
• 6.10 - Transitioning Disabled Students to College slides (Printable)

6.11: The LEAD and LEAD Español Classes at Boston University: A Model for Inclusive and Accessible Resilience-Skills Teaching

7.1: “I’m Unlearning!” Applying Reflexivity to Higher Education Disability Services as a Tool for Supporting Students with Intersectional Identities

• 7.1 - I'm Unlearning slides (Accessible)
• 7.1 - I'm Unlearning slides (Printable)
• 7.1 - I'm Unlearning activity (PDF)

7.2: A Guiding Framework for Decision Making: A Three-Step Process for Simple to Complex Situations

• 7.2 - A Guiding Framework slides (Accessible)
• 7.2 - A Guiding Framework  slides (Printable)
• 7.2 - A Guiding Framework - Matrix - Handout 1 (PDF)

7.3: Becoming Disabled Leaders on Campus: How Disabled Students Learn Leadership Through The Work of Disabled Student Services Practitioners

• 7.3 - Leading While Disabled slides (Accessible)
• 7.3 - Leading While Disabled slides (Printable)

7.4: Accessibility Services Case Management Model: Providing a Student-Centered, Goal-Oriented Process for Students with Disabilities

• 7.4 - Accessibility Services Case Management Model slides (Accessible)
• 7.4 - Accessibility Services Case Management Model Handout 1(PDF)

7.5: Building Inclusive Experiences for Deaf Students: Strategies for Strengthening Your College’s Capacity

• 7.5 - Building Inclusive Experiences for Deaf Students slides (Accessible)
• 7.5 -Building Inclusive Experiences for Deaf Students slides (Printable)

7.6: AHEAD, Live! Discussion Topic: Burnout and Demoralization

• This session has no materials to share.

7.7: Shaping the Future of Autistic Student Engagement

• 7.7 - Shaping the Future of Autistic Student Engagement slides (Accessible)
• 7.7 - Shaping the Future of Autistic Student Engagement slides (Printable)

7.8: Doing the Work: Building Explicit Anti-Racism into the Practices of Your Disability Services Office

• 7.8 - Doing the Work slides (Accessible)
• 7.8 - Doing the Work slides (Printable)
• 7.8 - Doing the Work handout 1 (PDF)
• 7.8 - Doing the Work handout 2 (PDF)

7.9: Models for Partnership: Occupational Therapy and Disability Resources

a. Occupational Therapy Service to Support Unique Student Needs

b. An Integrated Support Model Utilizing a Credit-Bearing Skill Building Course

• • 7.9.b -An Integrated Support Model slides (Accessible)
  • 7.9.b -An Integrated Support Model slides (Printable)

7.10: Research Briefs: Effective Student Supports

a. Triangulating Disability Staff, Faculty and Student Perceptions of Disability Services: Survey Findings and Recommendations

• • 7.10.a - Triangulating Disability Staff, Faculty and Student Perceptions of Disability Services slides (Accessible)
  • 7.10.a - Triangulating Disability Staff, Faculty and Student Perceptions of Disability Services slides (Printable)

b. Becoming Self-Determined: Supporting College Students in Improving Their Self-Determination Skill

• • 7.10.b - Becoming Self-Determined slides (Accessible)
  • 7.10.b - Becoming Self-Determined slides (Printable)

c. Perceptions of Anxiety and Speaking in Class Among Art and Design Students

• • 7.10.c -Perceptions of Anxiety slides (Accessible)
  • 7.10.c -Perceptions of Anxiety slides (Printable)

7.11: CANCELLED

8.1: Equitable Access to Excellent Employment:  Promoting Inclusive Career Preparation for Students with Physical Disabilities“

• 8.1 – Equitable Access to Excellent Employment slides (Accessible)
• 8.1 - Equitable Access to Excellent Employment slides (Printable)
• 8.1 – Equitable Access to Excellent Employment - Resources Handout (DOC)

• 8.2 – Remote Instruction slides (Accessible)
• 8.2 – Remote Instruction slides (Printable)

8.3: Lessons Learned From a Collaborative Coaching Community of Practice

8.4: Transformative Justice, Accountability Pods, and Conflict Responses in Disability Resource Practice

8.5: Developing a Common, Shareable Accessibility Rubric for Educational Technology

8.6: Disability Justice & Disabled Graduate Student Labor in Higher Education

• 8.6 – Disability Justice Handout 1 (DOC)
• 8.6 - Disability Justice & Disabled Graduate Student Labor (PDF)

8.7: Students who are Blind/Visually Impaired: Experiences and Guidance for Higher Education Disability Offices

• 8.7 - Students Who are Blind/Visually Impaired handout 1 (DOC)
• 8.7 - Students Who are Blind/Visually Impaired handout 2 (DOC)
• 8.7 - Students Who are Blind/Visually Impaired handout 3 (PDF)

8.8: Shifting from Compliance to a Culture of Inclusion: a Four-Step Approach to Disability Inclusion

8.9: The UK to the USA - Achieving Meaningful Inclusivity in Practice

• 8.9 – The UK to the USA slides (Accessible)
• 8.9 – The UK to the USA slides (Printable)

8.10: Building Health Science Expertise

• 8.10 – Building Health Science Expertise slides (Accessible)
• 8.10 – Building Health Science Expertise slide (Printable)