CONVENTION 2007
There are several presentations in this convention archive and they are separated by the days on which they were presented and then listed chronoligically. Each presentation has a short description and the title of the description is hyperlinked to the presentation and/or handouts. The presentation format(s) and handouts are described by their file extension types (e.g. "ppt" stands for Microsoft PowerPoint) The navigation for each section is listed below.
MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY
Sunday, October 21, 2008
SU 4 – Designing & Teaching a Memory
Strategies Class (ppt)
Memory difficulties are an issue in many
parts of life for many students who have
disabilities, and especially in learning
academic material. This workshop will
use an interactive process to assist
participants in developing a memory
strategies class appropriate for their
setting and needs. In addition, the design
and specific techniques of an
academically based memory strategies
class currently being taught will be
presented.
Christine M. Tunstall, M.S. CCC-Sp,
Instructional Specialist: Speech
Pathology/Acquired Brain Injury
SU6 – Tour: Alternate Text Production
Center (ppt) [Handout] (doc)
A tour of the Alternate Text Production
Center (ATPC) will be conducted on site
at Ventura College following the fall ATPC
Advisory Committee Meeting.
Michael Bastine, Director
Sandra Greenberg, Braille Coordinator
Martin Crossley, E-Text Coordinator
Alternate Text Production Center, CA
Community Colleges
Monday, October 22, 2008
M1 – Plenary session
Opening Remarks:
Dr. James Meznek, Chancellor,
Ventura Community College District
Keynote Speaker:
William Walsh, Pfeiffer Institute
Presentation:
Biochemical Therapy for ADHD Autism, and Depression
Salon 4
M2 – Executive Functions: A
Neuropsychological Concept Linking
Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit
Disorder and Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ppt) Braile (ppt)
Executive Functions (EF) is a rapidly
developing concept in the field of
neuropsychology and neuroscience.
Research has tied deficits in EF with the
various types of learning disabilities/
disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity
disorder, as well as autistic spectrum
disorder, including Asperger’s Syndrome.
Case vignettes will be used to illustrate the
manifestations of both strengths and
vulnerabilities in students with EF deficits.
June Yu Paltzer, Ph.D., Licensed
Psychologist
UC Davis Medical Center
M4 –
Pilot ABI Vets Transition Program (ppt) Handout1 (doc) Handout2 (pub)
The process and results of a pilot,
collaborative project between the Santa
Monica College Acquired Brain Injury
Program and the West Los Angeles
Veterans Medical Center Polytrauma Team
will be described. Program development
options will be discussed with audience
participants in relation to their regional
potentials.
Sandi Burnett, MA, OTR/L, L/MFT,
DSPS Professor & ADA/504 Compliance
Officer, Santa Monica College
Linda Sinclair
Veterans Counselor, Santa
Monica College
M5 – Designing Accessible Web Pages for
Online Instruction (ppt)
Handout1 (doc) Handout2 (doc) Handout3 (pdf) Complete Package (Zip)
The Riverside Community College District’s
Hybrid Academy is designed as an 8-hour
workshop to prepare faculty to teach online.
Online course accessibility is an integral
component of this training. One fourth of
this training/instruction for faculty is devoted
to learning to create web pages that are
accessible to students with disabilities. This
workshop will replicate that two-hour
workshop. It is intended to give DSP&S staff
who are new to distance education an idea
of an approach to training faculty in online
course accessibility.
Brian Brautigam
Alternate Media
Specialist and Adjunct CIS Instructor
Riverside Community College
M6 – Preparing Disabled Students for
Employment: A Case Study of a Selected
CC WA-III Programs
(ppt)
The day of the sole service community
agency on the periphery of the community is
over. Partnership, collaboration, and One
Stop Services Center are the vehicles used
to facilitate this cooperative approach. The
panel of presenters will highlight the unique
patterns of service provided between the
California Department of Rehabilitation and
education institutions at the postsecondary
level for students with disabilities.
The presentation will include a forum setting
where a panel of presenters will be
available for interactive exchange of input,
questions, and feedback from participants.
Participants will leave the presentation with
materials and resources provided on disk
reaffirming the importance of maintaining
and improving the consistency and quality
of services provided to students with
disabilities.
Valarie L. Skinner-Martin, Ed.D
Senior
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
CA
Department of Rehabilitation
Algeo Diaz Casul, M.A.
Rehabilitation
Specialist, CA Department of
Rehabilitation
Catherine Brown-Carmichael, M.S.
Program Director, Workability III, Napa
Valley College
Tom Dana, M.A.
Academic Counselor,
Workability III, Napa Valley College
M8 – Helping Faculty Create a Positive
Learning Environment for Students with
Disabilities (ppt)
Students disclose their disabilities to faculty
to obtain accommodations on a need-toknow
basis. Students are cautious in
disclosing because they don’t want to be
treated differently by faculty. This workshop
will provide information on talking to faculty
about accommodations, professors’ responsibilities in accommodating students,
and Universal Design for Instruction.
Teresa Spoulos Ed.D.
Project Advisor
TRiO – SSS, San Diego State University
M9 – A Community-Based Exercise Program for
the “Frail” Elderly (ppt)
This session will utilize a lecture/activity
format, incorporating lecture and
demonstration, as well as seated and
standing exercises, activities involving balls,
stretch bands, and other recreational games
appropriate to promote exercise adherence
among frail older adults. Adaptation and
individualization of the exercises and
activities will also be addressed.
Ruth Haynes, M.A.
Adapted Physical
Education Instructor
West Valley College,
DeAnza College & Foothill College
M13 – From Combat to College: Providing
Services to Returning Veterans with
Disabilities
(ppt)
Programs providing services to students
with disabilities will experience a dramatic
increase in demand as the 1.4 million
veterans returning from Iraq and
Afghanistan transition to college. This
presentation will address the unique and
complex issues emerging from these wars
and the services available to returning
veterans with disabilities on campus and in
the community. A discussion of the
Governor’s directive to successfully assist
veterans with admission and education in
California and an overview of Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder, Acquired Brain
Injury and current treatment will be
presented to facilitate a dialogue among the
participants.
Tom Church, M.Ed., M.A., C.R.C.
Disability Management Specialist, Fresno
State
M14 – Accessible Podcasting
With the growing popularity of podcasting,
educators are taking advantage of this
format for providing instructional materials
to students. With the ability to deliver digital
text, audio, and video information, the
podcast format can present interesting
challenges in terms of accessibility.
Participants will learn about the different
types of media that can be used in a
podcast and some of the options for making
the content more accessible, including
captioning and embedding transcripts. An
overview of playback devices and software
applications will be provided and best
practices for creating and distributing
podcast content will be discussed.
Jayme Johnson, Assistive Computer
Technology Instructor
High Tech Center Training Unit, California Community
Colleges
M15 – Interpreter Qualifications: Perceptions (ppt) Handout (doc)
of Deaf Consumers and Hearing
Interpreters as it Relates to Interpreter
Qualification
This presentation includes research findings
to maximize the development of and/or
improve existing interpreter training
programs. Deaf consumers and
professional interpreters, as key
stakeholders, have articulated perceptions
of interpreter qualifications in relation to
interpersonal skills, sign language skills,
and formal education needed by qualified
interpreters and cultural connections to
provide a forum for implementing changes
in present training.
Victoria Stuard, Ed.D.
Associate
Director, The Learning Enrichment Center
and Assistant Professor
ASL
Azuza
Pacific University
M18 – Dyslexia and Hyperlexia: Other
Dimensions: Handout1 (doc) Handout1 font 18 (doc)
A dyslexic/hyperlexic shares the successful
outcome of increasing her ability to
comprehend while reading. Linking her
emotional issues with two healing balance
processes: Brain Gym and the Masgutova
Method, she corrected her under-developed
reflexes. With additional training from
Lindamood-Bell her comprehension evolved
from Grade 3 to high school level.
Ann Farris
Author, Dyslexia Discovery
M19 – System Office DSP&S Update: Handout (doc)
First Peggy Tate, then Scott Hamilton,
Aiden Ely, and Mark Drummond have left
the System Office for greener pastures. This
panel presentation will allow CAPED
members to meet the three new Community
College System Office DSP&S staff
members who have come on board since
the last CAPED convention. The panel will
summarize System Office efforts to address
the issues of the day and will solicit opinions
and discussion regarding these issues.
Scott Berenson
DSP&S Coordinator, CA
Community College System Office
Scott Valverde
DSP&S Specialist, CA
Community College System Office
Catherine Campisi
DSP&S Specialist,
Retired Annuitant
CA Community College
System Office
M20 – Creating Opportunities for Social
Thinking: Higher Ed Students with
Asperger's Syndrome (ppt)
Handout1 font Arial 18 (doc) Handout2 font Arial 18 (doc) Handout3 font 18 (doc)
There are two things we know about
students with Asperger’s Syndrome who are
entering higher education: Their academic
success is often linked to their social
success and many students with Asperger’s
(Aspies) spend the majority of their time at
school alone and depressed. A program of
structured and close relationships which can
alter this pattern will be presented to
participants.
Jan Serrantino, Ed.D.
Director,
Disability Services Center, University of
California, Irvine
Greg Ferrer, M.A.
Assistant Director,
Disability Services Center, University of
California, Irvine
M21 – Best Practices for Overcoming Math
Challenges (wmz)
Video2 (wmz) Handout1 (txt) Handout2 (doc) Handout3 (pdf) Handout4 (doc) Handout5 (doc)
Meeting the math requirements for transfer
can be daunting for students with
disabilities. A panel of specialists from the
2- and 4-year colleges will share their best
programs, policies, and techniques in
tackling these vital issues:
- Getting students through the math prerequisites
- Working cooperatively with the math department
- Developing course substitution policies
- Articulating between colleges for a smooth transfer
Cindy Owens
LD Specialist,
Cypress College
Diane Crary
LD Specialist,
Saddleback College
Mary Kobane
LD Specialist,
Santa Ana College
Doug Liverpool
LD Coordinator,
Cal State Fullerton
Larry Perez
Professor of Mathematics,
Saddleback College
Dave Sanfilippo
Director,
Cal State Long Beach
Ruth Sipple
LD Specialist/Coordinator,
Fullerton College
M22 – Meeting the Mental Health Needs of
College Students: A Collaborative
Approach (ppt)
PowerPoint2 (ppt) Handout1 (doc) Handout2 (doc) Handout3 (doc)
This workshop will address the scope of the
mental health challenges on community
college campuses and highlight research on
specific mental health problem areas. The
need for college mental health program
development, policy development and
campus/community collaborations will be
addressed. Ample mental health training
resources and examples of successful
mental health programs will be shared.
Deborah Tull, Ph.D.
Coordinator,
Disabled Students Programs & Services
Administrative Director, Life Skills Center & Student Support Services Project
Los
Angeles Harbor College
Bonnie Burstein, Ph.D.
Clinical Director,
Life Skills Center, Los Angeles Harbor
College
Tim Stringari, M.A., M.F.T.
Consultant,
College of San Mateo, State
Departments of Mental Health
Rehabilitation Cooperative Unit
M23 – 3 Colleges - 3 Learning Management
Systems - 3 Perspectives (ppt)
The presenters will discuss the accessibility
of Learning Management Systems as well
as their strategies and experiences helping
faculty create accessible content
(WebCT/Blackboard, eCollege, Moodle).
Ellen Cutler
Assistive Technology
Specialist,
Santa Monica City College
Laurie Vasquez
Assistive Technology
Specialist,
Santa Barbara City College
Carolyn Fiori
Assistive Technology
Specialist,
College of San Mateo
M25 – Employability Certificate for DDL (ppt)
Handout1 (doc) Handout2 (pdf) Handout3 (doc) Handout4 (pdf)
Students: Non-Credit Enhanced Funding
SB36.
A presentation to show how DSPS noncredit
courses can be eligible for the noncredit
enhanced rate. The panel will provide
participants with an overview of courses that
when taken as a series will lead to a
certificate.
Denise Larsen
Program Assistant, School
of Continuing Education
North Orange
County Community College District
Anna Andersen
Disabilities Specialist,
School of Continuing Education
North
Orange County Community College District
Andrea Sibley-Smith
Academic Senate
President, School of Continuing Education
North Orange County Community College
District
M26 –
They Fell Through the Cracks (ppt)
Approximately 68 percent of students
statewide enter colleges needing
remediation in two or more areas. Given
this, and the national statistic of 40 percent
of the US population having recognized
disabilities, it is speculated many incoming
college students have disabilities impacting
their academic progress. The estimated
number of students attending colleges with
disabilities and suggestions to address their
needs will be discussed.
Vicki Herder
Articulation Officer & Activity Director, Taft College
Sharyn Eveland
Activity Coordinator,
Project GOLD, Taft College
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008
T2 – Making the College Leap: A Discussion
of Transition (ppt) Handout1 (doc) Handout1 (rtf)
This presentation describes a workshop for
high school students with disabilities, their
parents and counselors who require the
knowledge and understanding of a postsecondary
environment and how it differs
from high school, and the appropriate
steps to ensure success. Perhaps other
DSS offices within institutions of higher
learning will consider offering a similar workshop to better prepare students for
the rigors of post-secondary academic life.
Jennifer C. Zvi, Ph. D.
Learning
Disability Specialist, California State
University, Northridge
T4 – The CSU's Accessible Technology
Initiative: Changing the Culture& Institutionalizing Practices (ppt)
Discussion of the successes and the
challenges of the CSU’s Accessible
Technology Initiative, a system-wide effort
addressing web accessibility, instructional
materials accessibility, and accessible IT
procurement.
Amir Dabirian
Chief Information
Officer, California State University,
Fullerton
Wayne Dick
Professor & Chair, Computer
Science & Engineering
California State
University, Long Beach
Lisa Moske
Director, Software& Electronic Information Resources,
California State University Chancellor’s
Office
Mark Turner
Director, Center for
Accessible Media
California State
University Chancellor’s Office
T6 – Sexuality, Attitudes, and Aging for
People With and Without Disabilities (doc)
This panel presentation will discuss
sexuality and persons with disabilities,
aging with a disability, and school-based
family counseling. Societal norms and
attitudes reflect negatively on persons with
disabilities and aging with a disability.
Stereotypes, myths, and misperceptions
involving rehabilitation and people with
disabilities will be described, as will an
innovative school-based counseling
program in East Los Angeles.
Leo Orange, M.S.
Coordinator, Disabled
Students Programs & Services, Oxnard
College
Martin G. Brodwin, Ph.D.
Professor& Coordinator, Rehabilitation Counseling
Program
California State University, Los
Angeles
Frances W. Siu, M.S.
Doctoral
Candidate & Lecturer, Rehabilitation Counselor Education Program
The
University of Texas at Austin
Michael Carter, Ph.D.
Professor& Coordinator, School-Based Family
Counseling Program, California State
University, Los Angeles
T7 – Captioning for Up-and-Coming Media
Formats (ppt)
Accessibility is a hot topic in educational
circles, both because of increased
legislation and an increased awareness of
its benefits. Captioning has traditionally
been a cumbersome and expensive
process, further complicated by the
plethora of new media types in use today.
This session provides an overview of
captioning for several media types, with a
particular focus on two increasingly
popular ones: flash and podcasting.
Kevin Erler, Ph.D.
Executive Manager,
Automatic Sync Technologies
Mark Hall
President, Mark Hall Sales
Associates, LLC
T8 – Affordable Reading Systems [Packaged Files] (zip)
Growing numbers of students with print
disabilities are requesting e-text and audio
versions of instructional materials. While
some e-text and audio format players
come with big price tags, there is software
available at low cost or even free of
charge. Learn more about the features and
usability of these inexpensive products and
where you can find them.
Jayme Johnson
Assistive Computer
Technology Instructor
High Tech Center
Training Unit, California Community
Colleges
Gaeir Dietrich
Alternate Media
Instructor/Training Specialist
High Tech
Center Training Unit, California
Community Colleges
T9 –
Why do we do that? Title 5 and
Education Code for DSP&S (ppt)
People often know they are supposed to
do something, but they don’t know why.
This session will review California Code of
Regulations Title 5 and California
Education Code sections specific to
DSP&S in California Community Colleges.
Particular sections that serve as the
philosophical basis for DSP&S programs
will be highlighted.
Scott Hamilton
Counselor & Coordinator,
Disabled Students Programs & Services,
Cosumnes River College
T11 – Tips for Advising and Accommodating
Students with Disabilities for Studies
Abroad (pps)
Institutions and programs abroad are not
held to the same ADA requirements as
colleges in the United States. In our
presentation we will provide a guideline
that will help counselors, instructors and
Alternate Media Specialists guide their
students with disabilities toward an
enriched educational opportunity without
pitfalls and concerns.
Linda Kane, MA
Learning Disabilities
Specialist, Fresno City College
Janice Emerzian, Ed.D.
District
Director, Disabled Students Programs& Services
State Center Community College
District
T13 – Reaching 21st Century Students (ppt)
The presented program is a dynamic,
collegewide Universal Learning Pilot
Project that’s dramatically impacting
students’ access to textbooks and
engagement in the learning process. This
is a one-of-a-kind project that’s attaining
statewide support and interest from
publishers. To demonstrate the program’s
impact view a promotional video followed
by a panel discussion. Please join us for
this engaging, dynamic presentation.
Stacey Kayden
High Tech Learning
Specialist, Laney College
Inger Stark
Sociology Instructor, Laney
College
Khalil Yasin
Student Coordinator, Laney
College
Kathleen Schoenecker
Program
Assistant, Laney College
T14 – Violence Against College Women (ppt)
Intimate partner violence is prevalent
among women between 16 and 24 years
of age in the United States. Postsecondary
professionals need to become familiar with
the characteristics and effects of abuse on
the victims. This presentation will guide
you to explore contemporary issues of
violence against college women.
Frances W. Siu, M.S.
Doctoral
Candidate & Lecturer, Rehabilitation
Counselor Education Program
The
University of Texas at Austin
Martin G. Brodwin, Ph.D.
Professor& Coordinator, Rehabilitation Counseling
Program
California State University, Los
Angeles
T18 – Making Waves with Service Animals,
Surveillance and Survey Monkeys (doc)
Confounding issues abound when it comes
to disability and higher education. When is
a service animal a pet? Is using video
supervision during accommodated course
exams disparate treatment of students with
disabilities? If 508 regulations require
accessible on-line information, is it okay to
use Survey Monkey if it’s not usable with
screen- readers? Come join in a facilitated,
interactive discussion and find out.
Trey Duffy
Director, Disability
Resource Center, Cal Poly-San Lusi Obispo
Paul Miller, Director
Disabled Student
Services, Cal State Fullerton
T19 – Learning Disability or English Language
Learner or Generation 1.5 or ???
This workshop was developed in response
to the spring 2007 California Community
College English as a Second Language
(ESL) Survey. Presenters will provide
background information on learning
characteristics of English Language
Learners (ELL), Generation 1.5,
organization of ESL programs and Second
Language Acquisition, and assessment of
this Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
(CLD) group of students for possible
learning disabilities. Participants will have
the opportunity to apply the information
learned by reviewing case studies in small
groups. This will also be an opportunity to
network and make connections with LD
Specialists who can assist those in the
field who are new to this area.
Patti Flores-Charter
Learning
Disabilities Specialist, Southwestern
College
Deborah Shulman
Learning Disabilities
Specialist, Cabrillo College
Sybil Kline, Ph.D.
Learning Disabilities
Specialist, Cabrillo College
Linda A. Rovai
Learning Disabilities
Specialist, Ventura College
T22 –
Assessing Student Satisfaction& Campus Climate Perceptions in
Postsecondary Disability Services
Are your students satisfied with the
services and accommodations you
provide? How do your students perceive
the campus “climate” towards students
with disabilities? This engaging workshop
will describe an innovative approach to
assessing student satisfaction, knowledge
of how to use services, and campus
climate issues. It will highlight a survey that has been successfully collecting data
for over ten years.
Steven Kane, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor, Counseling and Guidance
Program
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
T23 – Transition Planning 101; From School to
Work with the Right Info in the Right (ppt)
Handout1 (doc)
Hands at the Right Time!
The presentation will provide a
demonstration of the new Disability
Benefits 101 benefits calculators; providing
a user-friendly tool for service providers
and students with disabilities to assist in
the transition from college to career.
Transition practices will be highlighted by a
woman who successfully transitioned from
school to work after acquiring knowledge
of the work incentives available to her.
Rachel Stewart
Policy Analyst, California
Health Incentives Improvement Project
Sonoma State University
Bryon MacDonald
Founder & Program,
Policy, & Development Manager
California
World Incentives Initiative, World
Institute on Disability
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2008
W1 – Veterans Affairs: Partners in the Process (ppt)
Handout1 (pdf) Handout2 (pdf) Handout3 (pdf) Handout4 (pdf)
This interactive panel will discuss how
Federal, State, and County agencies work to
facilitate support and benefits to our returning
veteran's of war. The burning questions are:
how do we, as institutions of higher
education, prepare ourselves; and what
collaborations can be established with
veteran’s services to best help our veteran's
transition from war to the classroom and on to
gainful employment?
Janice Emerzian, Ed.D.
District Director,
Disabled Students Programs & Services
State Center Community College District
George Compton, Colonel (Retired)
Ventura County Veterans Benefits
Kent C. Kjelstrom, Operations Chief
Veterans Programs, Employment Development
Department, Sacramento, CA
Gary Leete, Deputy Director
CA State
Department of Rehabilitation, Sacramento, CA
Joseph Narkevitz, U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs, Ventura, CA
W3 –
CSSI - San Diego (ppt)
CSSI-San Diego: Join us for a lively
presentation and discussion of our
Disability Network Activities (DNA)
year in San Diego where we worked to
integrate core course faculty, DSPS
faculty, the concept of student
community and technology tools. We
will share resources (fingerprints),
pedagogy (footprints), and how the
CSSI team efforts have been
successful for students.
Debra Wright-Howard, Ed.D.
Access Technology Specialist,
San Diego City College
Barbara J. Mason
Coordinator & Learning Disabilities Specialist,
San Diego City College
Brian Stockert
Counselor, LD
Specialist, Instructor,
San Diego City College
W4 –
Making Waves with Service Agencies:
Redefining the Relationship (ppt) Handout (doc)
With the increasing need of service providers
to provide classroom accommodations, more
institutions are finding themselves
outsourcing to service agencies. Outsourcing
is a costly option, yet necessary. The
presenters will explain how the San Diego
Community College District, with the support
of the Purchasing Department, redefined the
relationships with agencies to ensure
accountability, quality assurance and justify
the costs.
Mary Lewis
District Director, Disabled
Students Programs & Services
San Diego Community College District
Naomi Sheneman
Interpreting
Services Supervisor
San Diego Community College District
W6 – Plenary session
LEGAL UPDATE with
Paul Grossman& Ralph Black (doc)
This session will offer insight into legal
matters that impact students with
disabilities in a postsecondary
educational setting. These two legal
minds with their wealth of knowledge
on disability and the law will give you
the information that will benefit your
workplace as well as a service to
students with disabilities and
community. They are both truly a
highlight to this conference.
