dynamICONs • Remote

How often have you given a direction, and students forget within seconds? Ever get the sense that a kid just sort of understands when you're talking to them?

Educators​ ​give​ ​students​ ​directions,​ ​redirection,​ ​and​ ​guidance​ ​all​ ​day,​ ​every​ ​day. And students hear and understand and remember... some of it.

Join us to learn how​ ​to​ ​use​ ​dynamICONs,​ ​a​ ​set​ ​of​ ​simple, specific​ ​visual​ ​supports​ ​that​ ​can​ ​help​ ​clarify expectations​ ​for​ ​autistic students—and​ ​all​ ​others—in​ ​the​ ​inclusive​ ​classroom.​ ​Developed by Aaron Lanou, this simple,​ ​yet​ ​powerful​ ​and​ ​flexible​ ​visual​ ​support​ ​can​ ​help​ ​make​ ​our​ ​communication​ ​more clear,​ ​concrete,​ ​and​ ​consistent.

In this interactive workshop you will:

• Explore the principles of clear, concrete, consistent communication
• Learn the set of 7 dynamICONs "dynamic icons"
• Practice sketching the dynamICONs for use in a variety of contexts
• Explore individual and whole-class applications for making directions clearer and more memorable for students

Participants receive:

• A certificate of completion for 2.5 contact hours of PD
• Materials to turn-key core learnings to colleagues

The workshops provide teachers with a strengths-based lens and practical take-home strategies to make their classrooms inclusive and accessible to all students.

About your facilitator

Aaron Lanou is an inclusive education coach working with teachers, schools, and organizations to implement strengths-based instruction and supports for autistic students and all kids with a variety of academic, executive functioning, and social support needs.

Through the lens of Universal Design for learning, Aaron works with educators to consider the kid in context, examining the environment, demands, and expectations as the starting point for helping students be successful. He specializes in helping teachers use clear and purposeful visual supports, focused graphic organizers, clarity and structure in instruction based on principles of learning and memory, and a range of executive functioning supports and other scaffolds. Committed to centering disabled perspectives, Aaron has learned from and alongside his students with disabilities and collaborates frequently with autistic colleagues and presenters.

A member of Carol Gray’s Team Social Stories, Aaron also provides Social Stories(TM) workshop and collaborates with Carol and the team to continually update and refine the Social Stories philosophy and approach.

Aaron started his career as a special education teacher and was previously Executive Director of the Nest Support Project at New York University, leading the nation’s largest inclusion program for autistic students. Aaron has presented nationally and internationally and has been adjunct faculty at Hunter College and NYU.

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