Nathan Yates

A 2013 ruling by the Department of Labor established a baseline for federal contractors to have 7% of their workforce be individuals with disabilities. Additionally, passage by the U.S. House and Senate of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) demonstrates a growing emphasis on hiring more individuals with disabilities.

However, for this trend to be successful for businesses, they must improve their recruitment and retention of these individuals.

Source: www.forbes.com

Excellent Article in Forbes! Access4Employment provides access to Employment and the Workplace using Assistive Technology. See our website:

http://access4employment.com/

Read the article here:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertszczerba/2014/07/30/using-technology-to-mitigate-cognitive-disabilities/

A 2013 ruling by the Department of Labor established a baseline for federal contractors to have 7% of their workforce be individuals with disabilities. Additionally, passage by the U.S. House and Senate of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) demonstrates a growing emphasis on hiring more individuals with disabilities. However, for this trend to be successful for businesses, they must improve their recruitment and retention of these individuals.

Source: www.forbes.com

Excellent Article in Forbes! Access4Employment provides access to Employment and the Workplace using Assistive Technology. See our website:

http://access4employment.com/

Read the article here:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertszczerba/2014/07/30/using-technology-to-mitigate-cognitive-disabilities/

A 2013 ruling by the Department of Labor established a baseline for federal contractors to have 7% of their workforce be individuals with disabilities. Additionally, passage by the U.S. House and Senate of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) demonstrates a growing emphasis on hiring more individuals with disabilities. However, for this trend to be successful for businesses, they must improve their recruitment and retention of these individuals.

Source: www.forbes.com

Excellent Article in Forbes! Access4Employment provides access to Employment and the Workplace using Assistive Technology. See our website:

http://access4employment.com/

Read the article here:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertszczerba/2014/07/30/using-technology-to-mitigate-cognitive-disabilities/

MATN 2014 Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Montgomery Campus- September 18, 2014

Assistive Technology for Education will be presenting:

iPad Apps for Foundational Literacy Skills & Language Development : Application & Implementation

Source: marylandlearninglinks.org

Diana Petschauer, M. Ed, ATP, CEO and Adam Bowker,  MS, CCC-SLP, AAC Specialist, from Assistive Technology for Education, LLC will be presenting this workshop:

Come learn about the best educational apps to engage all young learners who are developing foundational literacy skills.
Bring your iPad or iPad mini to follow along as apps are demonstrated thoroughly, and realistic implementation strategies are discussed for individual and group instruction.
The educational apps that you will learn about include beginning writing skills (correct letter formation), phonics (phonetic spelling), beginning reading skills (direction, phonetics, sight words, interactive reading, interactive storytelling and creative story writing; social stories), rhyming, patterns, AAC (Augmentative Communication & Literacy), foundational math, telling time, counting, life cycles, nursery rhymes, taking turns and more!

Conference info at MATN website: http://marylandlearninglinks.org/matn

Assistive Technology for Education Website: http://assistivetechnologyforeducation.com/

MATN 2014 Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Montgomery Campus- September 18, 2014

Assistive Technology for Education will be presenting:

iPad Apps for Foundational Literacy Skills & Language Development : Application & Implementation

Source: marylandlearninglinks.org

Diana Petschauer, M. Ed, ATP, CEO and Adam Bowker,  MS, CCC-SLP, AAC Specialist, from Assistive Technology for Education, LLC will be presenting this workshop:

Come learn about the best educational apps to engage all young learners who are developing foundational literacy skills.
Bring your iPad or iPad mini to follow along as apps are demonstrated thoroughly, and realistic implementation strategies are discussed for individual and group instruction.
The educational apps that you will learn about include beginning writing skills (correct letter formation), phonics (phonetic spelling), beginning reading skills (direction, phonetics, sight words, interactive reading, interactive storytelling and creative story writing; social stories), rhyming, patterns, AAC (Augmentative Communication & Literacy), foundational math, telling time, counting, life cycles, nursery rhymes, taking turns and more!

Conference info at MATN website: http://marylandlearninglinks.org/matn

Assistive Technology for Education Website: http://assistivetechnologyforeducation.com/