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2016 TASH Conference

Each year, the TASH Conference strengthens the disability field by connecting attendees to innovative information and resources, facilitating connections between stakeholders within the disability movement, and helping attendees reignite their passion for an inclusive world. This year’s conference theme, “Gateway to Equity,” explores inclusive communities, schools, and workplaces that support people with disabilities, including those with complex support needs, in living a fair, just, and balanced life. Return to TASH website.

Andrea Ruppar

University of Wisconsin Madison`
Assistant Professor
ruppar@wisc.edu

Andrea Ruppar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her primary research interest is in decision making about curriculum and access to inclusive contexts for students with extensive support needs, with a particular focus on literacy and communication. Prior to becoming a teacher educator, she worked as a special education teacher and supported living facilitator in Bloomington, IN, Seattle, WA, and the Chicago area. She earned an M.Ed. and teaching certification in special education from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in special education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

8:20am CST

TASH Doctoral Students and Beginning Special Education Faculty Workshop Midway Suites III & IVLIMITED

1:00pm CST

Are We Having a Mid-Life Crisis? State of the Art (and Science) of Life-Span Services 41 Years Later Midway Suites IIILIMITED

1:30pm CST

CEEDAR Project Workshop, Promoting Improved Outcomes for All Students Conductor RoomLIMITED

4:29pm CST

Poster Session Grand FLIMITED

4:30pm CST

Aided AAC Modeling to Promote Expressive Communication: Findings, Implications, and Future Directions Grand FLIMITED Functional Communication Training and Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Meta-Analysis Grand FLIMITED Using Writing to Create Equity and Encourage Creativity in the Classroom Grand FLIMITED What have I learned from my practicum? Changes in views of teacher efficacy and concerns about inclusive education Grand FLIMITED

5:30pm CST

TASH Awards and Opening Reception Exhibit HallLIMITED

8:20am CST

A Tale of Two Classrooms: Inclusive Elementary School Classroom Literacy Practices Missouri PacificLIMITED Preparing Preservice Teachers To Provide Students with Severe Disabilities Access to the General Education Curriculum: Teacher Educators' Definitions and Practices Midway Suites IILIMITED Qualitative Research on Supporting Students with Complex Communication Needs: A Meta-synthesis Conductor RoomLIMITED

9:20am CST

Creating Rigorous, Inclusive, Academic Lessons: Don't You Dare Dumb It Down! Missouri PacificLIMITED Designing grade-appropriate instruction in general education for students with significant support needs Station Master RoomLIMITED Ecological Systems Factors Affecting Access to General Education Content and Contexts Jeffersonian/KnickerbockerLIMITED Inclusive education for students with complex health care needs: Moving forward together! Midway Suites IILIMITED

10:20am CST

Teachers' Views of their Preparation for Inclusive Education and Collaboration Midway Suites IIILIMITED Research and Publication Committeee Red CapsLIMITED

11:20am CST

Opening General Session- Gateway to Equity I Grand F&E

1:10pm CST

Inclusion Means Diversity & Cultural Competency Symposium Grand F&ELIMITED

1:30pm CST

What are the Essential Elements of Inclusive Education Necessary for Educator Preparation? Grand CLIMITED

2:30pm CST

Stop and Think: Comprehension Self-Monitoring in Inclusive High School English-Language Arts Classes Regency BLIMITED Transforming Teacher Education Programs to Support Inclusion Specialists: Evaluating Effectiveness Midway Suites IIILIMITED

3:30pm CST

Practice Makes Perfect: How do teachers use evidence-based practices to inform instruction Illinois CentralLIMITED Inclusive Education Committee Meeting Grand ALIMITED

4:30pm CST

Early Career Researcher Network Meeting and Social Hour Grand A

8:20am CST

Core Vocabulary in Inclusive Education Midway Suites IIILIMITED Family experiences with educational decision-making for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Missouri PacificLIMITED What's The Problem?: Problematizing Classroom Environments to Create Truly Inclusive Classroom Communities Midway Suites IVLIMITED

9:20am CST

Critical Research and Equity of Access: The Status of In(ex)clusion in the U.S. Grand F&ELIMITED

10:20am CST

Increasing active responding during academic instruction for students with autism spectrum disorder and limited vocal communication Regency CLIMITED Mapping communicative support: Documentation of augmentative and alternative communication services in IEPs Midway Suites IILIMITED CANCELLED Current Research Trends in Severe and Dangerous Problem Behaviors Grand F&ELIMITED

1:20pm CST

In Memoriam Event Grand F&ELIMITED

1:30pm CST

Educational placement and decision-making for youth with autism: Parent perspectives Wabash CannonballLIMITED Project EPIC: Evidence-based Practices and Interdisciplinary Collaboration Grand CLIMITED Promoting Inclusion and Communication: Peer-Mediated Approaches for Students who Use Aided AAC Illinois CentralLIMITED Racial gaps in postsecondary education enrollment for adolescents with autism Conductor RoomLIMITED

2:30pm CST

Teacher perspectives on tools for planning grade-level standards-based instruction for students with complex support needs Wabash CannonballLIMITED

3:30pm CST

CANCELLED: Using Technology and Systematic Instruction to promote grade aligned ELA skills Regency CLIMITED Inclusion of Students with Significant Disabilities in SWPBS Evaluation Tools Regency BLIMITED Using team building and evidence based strategies to facilitate inclusion for students with severe disabilities Midway Suites IIILIMITED Watch it! Effects of a paraprofessional-delivered academic intervention using video prompting Illinois CentralLIMITED We're together, now what? A conceptual framework for modifying instruction in Grand CLIMITED

4:30pm CST

Farewell Reception TBA