Webinars

Moderated by Dr. Katherine Aquino, Assistant Professor & Assistant Chairperson Department of Administrative & Instructional Leadership, St. John's University.

Recent national and international events (e.g., COVID-19, social justice movements, expansion of artificial intelligence in education) have altered how higher education conceives of accessibility. Join contributors to the forthcoming book The New Accessibility in Higher Education (to be published by Oxford University Press in 2025), for a discussion about how barriers to access were identified and how accessibility was reimagined and improved. The panel discussion will conclude with a brief question-and-answer time.

PANELISTS:
Adam Lalor, Ph.D., Vice President for Neurodiversity Research and Innovation, Landmark College
Emily Helft, Ed.S., Assistant Director of Professional Development, Landmark College
Kirsten Behling, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Student Accessibility and Academic Resources, Tufts University

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Presenter: Ibrahim Dahlstrom-Hakki, Ph.D.

Description: Students struggle in the classroom for a wide range of reasons and often due to factors that are irrelevant to a particular lesson’s learning goals. These barriers to learning are often subtle and are rarely obvious to those who don’t experience them personally. This webinar will introduce some of the most common unnecessary cognitive loads faced by students with disabilities and other struggling learners. Participants will gain an understanding of how these loads impact student performance and learn about some strategies that can be used to reduce those loads and improve learner performance.

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Presenter: Adam Lalor, Ph.D.

Are you interested in supporting students with learning differences during the college search process? In this presentation a former admission officer (and a current Landmark College Institute for Research and Training staff member) will discuss tips that you can use to assist your students with learning differences as they face common college search obstacles.

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Presenter: Ibrahim Dahlstrom-Hakki, Ph.D.

Manipulatives are commonly used in elementary education to introduce concepts to students in the math and science classroom, but as students progress in their education these tools are typically phased out. This session will provide a framework and some examples for the use of manipulatives to support struggling learners at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Participants will learn how they can facilitate students developing a better understanding of key concepts and gaining proficiency in computation in these STEM disciplines.

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Presenter: Rick Bryck, Ph.D.

We will explore the metaphor of Executive Function (EF) as orchestra conductor. Namely, EF helps increase functions that are too quiet (“activation”), it tamps down sections that are too loud (“inhibitory control”), and it keeps track of the timing and content of all the individual players (“working memory”). That is a lot of work to handle, and sometimes the conductor needs help—practical tools for supporting students in these three domains of EF (activation, inhibition, and working memory) will be demonstrated in this webinar.

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Presented by: Rick Bryck, Ph.D., Senior Director, Landmark College Institute for Research and Training (LCIRT) 

Description: Working Memory (WM) is considered a fundamental executive function. It serves as a gatekeeper to information processing and thus knowledge acquisition. This session will review fundamental attributes of WM, including its limitations, connections to learning, and the related concept of “cognitive load” (i.e., how we fill WM). Differentiating between positive and negative contributions to a learning activity's cognitive load will be discussed. An emphasis will also be placed on how to scaffold WM by providing strategies for efficient use of this limited, yet crucial, component of learning–especially for students with executive function challenges.

Learning Objectives:

Attendees will be able to take away the following from this webinar:

• Insights into how WM is linked to learning
• Differentiating between the positive and negative contributions to a learning task’s "cognitive load"
• Strategies for optimizing WM in learning contexts
• Approaches for modifying academic content to maximize WM (and thus learning)

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Presenter: Emily Helft, Ed.S., Assistant Director of Professional Development, Landmark College Institute for Research and Training (LCIRT) 

The transition from high school to higher education is a big step for any student. Young adults are suddenly responsible for many things from managing their screen time, to making safe decisions when it comes to new relationships, to monitoring their sleep hygiene, to holding themselves accountable for their homework and class attendance. On top of this, students with disabilities have an extra layer to keep in mind: taking ownership of their disability identity and making decisions around disclosure, as well as seeking and/or utilizing accommodations. This free webinar will help educators, parents, and students start to look ahead in order to manage next steps in this journey. We'll cover legal differences in K12 versus post-secondary settings as well as actionable steps to begin taking in the spring for students who plan on attending a higher-education institution in the fall. Attendees will walk away empowered to navigate this new, exciting phase of life!

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