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You may receive CEUs for viewing most archived webinar sessions. RESNA is an approved authorized provider for CEU credits by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). You can receive .1 CEUs for a sixty minute webinar and .2 CEUs for a ninety minute webinar. To apply for CEUs for a specific webinar, request the CEU Application Form from Paul Galonsky at pgalonsky@resna.org, complete it, and send it to RESNA as the directions indicate within the CEU application. There is a $28 fee to receive credits for each webinar.

Webinar Archives

2016 Webinars

• The ADA, Sensory Disabilities, and Assistive Technology: Core Technologies for Nonvisual Access
  Date: February 24, 2016
  Presenters: Diego Demaya, Southwest ADA Center and Curtis Chong, New Mexico Commission for the Blind
  View archived webinar
• An Update on Cognitive Aids for People with Brain Injury
  Date: February 17, 2016
  Presenter: Tony Gentry, Virginia Commonwealth University
  Listen to archived webinar (MP4)     Webinar Presentation (PDF)     Webinar Transcript (RTF)
• Becoming a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI): Part Two
  Date: February 16, 2016
  Presenters: Lisa Wagner, Bluestem Consulting, Inc., Susan Tachau, Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation, and Jack Brummel, Washington Access Fund
  Listen to archived webinar (MP4)     Webinar Presentation (WORD)
• Indirect Cost Teleconference - February 10, 2016
  This call featured program experiences applying Indirect Cost by Curtis Edmonds with Disability Rights New Jersey, Sara Sack with Assistive Technology for Kansans Program, Jennifer Lynn Myers, and Jessica Black-Magnussen with Kansas’s Bureau of Child Research.
  Listen to archived webinar (MP3)     Indirect Cost Fact Sheet (WORD)     Examples of Indirect Cost (PPT)
• Assistive Technology and Access to the Vote
  Date: January 27, 2016
  Presenters: Diane Cordry Golden, ATAP, Rob Carr, Oklahoma ABLE Tech, and Michelle Bishop, NDRN
  Listen to archived webinar (MP4)     Webinar Presentation (PPT)     Webinar Transcript (RTF)

2015 Webinars

• Becoming a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI): Introduction and Overview
  Date: December 10, 2015
  Presenter: Lisa Wagner, Bluestem Consulting, Inc
  Listen to archived webinar (WMV)     Webinar Presentation (PPT)     CDFI Brochure (PDF)     CDFI Certification Handout (PDF)
• Funding AT for Blind to Support Work and Independence: Looking to State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies, other Funding Sources, and other Funding Strategies to Obtain AT
  Date: December 9, 2015
  Presenters: Jim Sheldon, Neighborhood Legal Service and Ron Hager, National Disabilities Rights Network
  Listen to archived webinar (MP4)     Webinar Presentation (PPT)     VR Funding of AT (PDF)     Webinar Transcript (RTF)
• Revisions to the Quality Indicators Manual for Device Loan
  Date: November 10, 2015
  Presenters: Paul Galonsky and Joey Wallace, RESNA Catalyst Project and Rob Groenendaal, ACL
  Listen to archived webinar (MP4)     Webinar Presentation (PPT)     QI Device Loan Manual Draft (WORD)
• Deaf/Hard of Hearing Work Group
  Date: October 28, 2015
  Presenter: Laura Plummer, Wisconsin Assistive Technology Program (WisTech)
  View archived webinar (WMV)     Transcript (RTF)     App Spreadsheet Directions (RTF)
• How to Apply for a High Impact Innovative Quality of Life Grant
  Date: October 26, 2015
  Presenters: Tony Coelho and Donna Valente, Christopher Reeve Foundation for Quality of Life and Joey Wallace, RESNA Catalyst Project
  View archived webinar (WMV)
• Deaf/Hard of Hearing Work Group
  Date: July 29, 2015
  Presenter: Laura Plummer, Wisconsin Assistive Technology Program (WisTech)
  View archived webinar (WMV)     Webinar Transcript (RTF)     Webinar PDF (PDF)
• Telework Webinar: Reading and Reviewing Business Plans
  Date: July 16, 2015
  Presenter: Kathy Gilman, Washington Access Fund
  View archived webinar (WMV)     Webinar Presentation (PPT)     Webinar Presentation (PDF)
  Keys to Success Work Book (PDF)
• Credit Builder’s Alliance Webinar
  Date: June 26, 2015
  Presenters: Elisabeth Johnson and Michelle Parker, Credit Builders Alliance
  View archived webinar (WMV)     Webinar Presentation (PPT)
• Health and Human Service’s Payment Management System Webinar
  Date: May 4, 2015
  Presenter: Tonja Thomas, Program Support Center, Health and Human Services
  View archived webinar (WMV)     Phone Recording (MP3)     Webinar Transcript (RTF)
  Webinar Presentation (PDF )
• The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Standards and Planning Accessible Design in Device Demonstration and Display Rooms for Statewide AT Programs
  Date: April 15, 2015
  Presenters: Andy Winnegar, Southwest ADA Center, Francie Gilman, Montgomery County Public Libraries, Denise Barton Schuler and Lori Markland, Maryland Technology Assistance Program
  View archived webinar
• Demonstration of the VRX System: A Person-Centered Expert System for Matching Individuals with Needed Workplace Accommodations
  Date: March 11, 2015
  Presenters: Daniel K. Davies, MA, Founder and President of AbleLink Technologies, Inc., along with Marcia J. Scherer, PhD, MPH, FACRM, President of the Institute for Matching Person & Technology
  View archived webinar (WMV)     Transcript (RTF)
• Deaf/Hard of Hearing Work Group-KATS Network Hearing Aid Assistance and Reuse Program
  Date: February 26, 2015
  Presenter: Jimmy Brown, Kentucky Assistive Technology Service (KATS) Network
  View archived webinar (WMV)     Webinar Transcript (RTF)     Webinar PowerPoint (PPT)     Text version of Webinar PPT (RTF)     SHARP Brochure (PDF)     SHARP Overview (PDF)     SHARP Donation (PDF)
• Assistive Technology and Aging: Inclusive Solutions and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  Date: January 21, 2015
  Presenters: Andy Winnegar, Southwest ADA Center, and Aimee Sterk, Michigan Disability Rights Coalition
  View archived webinar

2014 Webinars

• AT & Employment Webinar Series:
  • Using Traditional Medicaid and Medicaid Waivers to Fund Assistive Technology to Support Work
    Date: February 18, 2015
    Presenters: Diane Straube and Jim Sheldon, Neighborhood Legal Services
    View archived webinar (WMV)     Webinar PowerPoint (PPT)     Text version of Webinar PPT (RTF)     Webinar Transcript (RTF)     Medicaid and Medicaid Waivers (PDF)
  • A Review of Lesser Known Funding Sources and Strategies for Work-Related Assistive Technology
    Date: November 19, 2014
    Presenters: Ron Hager, National Disabilities Rights Network and Jim Sheldon, Neighborhood Legal Services
    View archived webinar (WMV)    Webinar PowerPoint (PPT)    Text version of Webinar PPT (RTF)    Webinar Transcript (RTF)    Funding Strategies for Assistive Technology (PDF)
    
  • SSI’s Plan for Achieving Self Support: Using the PASS to Fund Assistive Technology
    Date: October 22, 2014
    Presenters: Ron Hager, National Disabilities Rights Network and Jim Sheldon, Neighborhood Legal Services
    View archived webinar (WMV)    Webinar PowerPoint (PPT)    Text version of Webinar PPT (RTF)    Webinar Transcript (RTF)    Additional Resources (RTF)
    
  • State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies: Using the VR Agency to Fund Assistive Technology
    Date: September 17, 2014
    Presenters: Ron Hager, National Disabilities Rights Network and Jim Sheldon, Neighborhood Legal Services
    View archived webinar (MP4)    Webinar PowerPoint (PPT)    Text version of Webinar PPT (RTF)    Webinar Transcript (RTF)    VR Funding of Assistive Technology (PDF)
  • Funding Work-Related Assistive Technology for the Transition-Aged Special Education Student
    Date: July 23, 2014
    Presenters: Ron Hager, National Disabilities Rights Network and Jim Sheldon, Neighborhood Legal Services
    View archived webinar (WMV)     Webinar PowerPoint (PPT)     Webinar Transcript (RTF)
    Using General Mandates to Fund AT (PDF)     Funding AT through Special Education Programs (PDF)
  • Obtaining or Retaining Medicaid While Working: The Section 1619(b) and Medicaid Buy-In for Working People Programs
    Date: June 25, 2014
    Presenters: Ron Hager, National Disabilities Rights Network and Jim Sheldon, Neighborhood Legal Services
    View archived webinar (MP4)     Webinar PowerPoint (PPT)     Webinar Transcript (RTF)
  
  
• AT & Education Webinar Series:
  • Assistive Technology, Accessibility, and High-Stakes Assessments
    Date: October 8, 2014
    Presenter: Dave Edyburn, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    View archived webinar (WMV)     Webinar PowerPoint (PPT)     Text of PowerPoint (RTF)    
    Webinar Transcript (RTF)     The New Common Core State Standards Assessments: Building Awareness for Assistive Technology Specialists (PDF)
    Note: Due to fluid changes in technology as well as the implementation of computer-based assessments beginning in 2015, information found in this webinar may not be current. For updates contact edyburn@uwm.edu.
  • A Historical Background of Scholastic Assessments and the use of Assistive Technology in the United States
    Date: September 9, 2014
    Presenters: Janice Carson, Idaho Statewide AT Program, Ron Hager, National Disability Rights Network
    View archived webinar (WMV)    Webinar PowerPoint (PPT)    Webinar Transcript (RTF)    Accommodations on State and Local Testing (RTF)
  
  
• The Promise of Olmstead—Status of Assistive Technology use in planning for the needs of individuals with intellectual disabilities
  Date: February 26, 2014
  Presenters: Brian Bryant, PhD, University of Texas at Austin, Andy Winnegar, Southwest ADA Center, and Janice Carson, Director of the Idaho Assistive Technology Project
  View archived webinar    IOS App Analysis    Individuals with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities Use of Assistive Technology Devices in Support Provision (PDF)
  
  
• Overview of the CISCO Meraki Dashboard
  Date: February 21, 2014
  Presenter: John Effinger, M.S. CCC-SLP, Program Coordinator, Missouri Assistive Technology
  View archived webinar (WMV)    Webinar PowerPoint (PPT)    IPad Loan Checklist (DOC)    Webinar Transcript (RTF)

2013 Webinars

• New AT Purchasing Discount Forum Tour
  Date: August 22, 2013
  Presenter: Jason Luciano, RESNA Catalyst Project
  View archived webinar (WMV)
• Accessibility of Web Information: Implications for how the Public and Private Sector Conducts Business
  Date: August 21, 2013
  Presenters: Andy Winnegar, Southwest ADA Center and Sachin Pavithran, Utah Assistive Technology Program
  View archived webinar
  
• Distance Tools for Assistive Technology Demonstrations
  Date: July 17, 2013
  Presenters: Rob Groenendaal and Brian Bard with RSA, Mystie Rail with Assistive Technology for Alaska, Maureen Melonis with the Assistive Technology Program of Colorado, and Peggy Shireley with the North Dakota Interagency Program for Assistive Technology
  View archived webinar (WMV)    Webinar PowerPoint (PPT)    AT Act Instructions Manual (RTF)    Webinar Transcript (RTF)
  
• Grant Award Notification System/G5 Webinar
  Date: June 19, 2013
  Presenters: Rob Groenendaal and Brian Bard with RSA and Joey Wallace with the RESNA Catalyst Project
  View archived webinar (coming soon)    Instructions on how to validate certifying signature (Word)    Webinar Transcript (RTF)
  
• Security Screening and Traveling with Assistive Technology
  Date: April 25, 2013
  Presenter: Jeremy Buzzell, Branch Manager, Disability Branch, Disability and Multicultural Division, Office of Civil Rights and Liberties, Ombudsman, and Traveler Engagement, Transportation Security Administration
  View archived webinar ( MP4 Video)    PowerPoint Presentation    Webinar Transcript (RTF)
• Negotiating Access to Assistive Technology after High School: Planning Strategies & Civil Rights
  Date: April 23, 2013
  Presenters: Andy Winnegar, Southwest ADA Center, and Laura E. Plummer, MA, CRC, ATP, Sr. Rehabilitation Technologist, SVRI UW Stout
  To download archived webinar materials, visit www.adaconferences.org/RESNA/Archives/.
  
• A Brain in the Palm of your Hand: Handhelds and Tablets as Cognitive Aids for People with Brain Injury
  Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
  Presenter: Tony Gentry, PhD OTR/L, Associate Professor, Director, Assistive Technology for Cognition Laboratory, Virginia Commonwealth University
  View archived webinar (MP4 Video)    PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)    Webinar Transcript (RTF)
  
• WEBED13-SWADA03: Best Practice-Assistive Technology and the Interactive Process of Employee Accommodations
  Date: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
  Presenters: Andy Winnegar, SW-ADA New Mexico Affiliate, David Altman and Desirae Vallie, Nebraska Assistive Technology Partnership
  View Archive at http://www.adaconferences.org/RESNA/Archives/
  
• Introducing the Assistive Technology for Employer and Business Web Portal
  Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2013
  Time: 2:00 PM-4:00PM Eastern Time
  Presenters: Sönke Dornblut and Anne Long with AT Connects, and Paul Galonsky with the RESNA Catalyst Project
  View archived webinar (Video)    PowerPoint Presentation    Webinar Transcript (RTF)
  
• Assistive Listening Devices for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Populations
  Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
  Time: 3:00PM-4:00PM Eastern Time
  Presenter: Valerie Stafford-Mallis, Alternative Communication Services
  View archived webinar (Video)    PowerPoint Presentation    Webinar Transcript (RTF)
  Bibliography (RTF)    HLAA-ALDS-Brochure (PDF)

2012 Webinars

• Three Part Webinar Series on Transition
  This three part webinar series is on AT Transition activities related to Youth Leadership, Policy, and State Transition Teams. Each one hour Webinar highlights activities from several statewide AT programs.
  • Webinar One: State Transition Teams - September 12, 2012
    Presenters: Janice Carson (ID) and Susy Wood (IL)
    View archived webinar (video)    Webinar Transcript    PowerPoint Presentation
  • Webinar Two: Youth Leadership – October 17th, 2012
    Presenters: Marilyn Hammond & Clay Christensen (UT), Ann Shor (MA), and Kathleen Laurin (MT)
    View archived webinar (video) PowerPoint Presentation
  • Webinar Three: AT Transition Policy - December 13, 2012
    Presenters: Linda Jaco (OK) and Kathy Hayfield (VA)
    View archived webinar (video)     PowerPoint Presentation
  
  
• WEBED12-SWADA01: Enhancing Student Services to Provide Accessibility in Post-Secondary Settings
  PRESENTERS: Brian Ayres, Arkansas Easter Seals and Janet Peters, Project Coordinator for Great Lakes ADA Center
  DATE: Wednesday, February 29, 2011
  TIME: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
  Archived Webinar and Handouts    Form to apply for CEUs for this webinar
  
  
• WEBED12-SWADA02: Olmstead-Beyond the Legal Interpretation - What states are doing to improve community services necessary for individuals with disabilities to leave institutions
  PRESENTER: C. Talley Wells, Attorney and Director of the Mental Health and Disability Rights Project, Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc
  DATE: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
  TIME: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
  Archived Webinar and Handouts    Form to apply for CEUs for this webinar
  

2011 Webinars

• WEBED11-ATIA01: What's New in AT from ATIA 2011 Orlando
  PRESENTERS: Representatives from ATIA on new product announcements from ATIA 2011 Orlando
  DATE: Wednesday, March 23, 2011: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
  Archived Webinar and Handouts    Transcript
  Form to apply for CEUs for this webinar
• WEBED11-GMU01: Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) Overview
  PRESENTERS: Cindy L. George, AIM production Coordinator, Virginia's Accessible Instructional Materials Project, Keller Institute for Human disAbility at George Mason University
  DATE: Thursday, April 14, 2011: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
  Archived webinar ID: WEBED-GMU01-2 (no key required)    Handout    Transcript
  Form to apply for CEUs for this webinar
• WEBED11-ATIA02: AIM - Products and Services from ATIA Members
  PRESENTERS: Joy Zabala, CAST; Betsy Burgess, Benetech/Bookshares; and Mary Jo Barry, Don Johnston Incorporated on Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) products and services
  DATE: Wednesday, April 20, 2011: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
  Archived webinar ID: WEBED-ATIA02 (no key required)    Transcript
  Form to apply for CEUs for this webinar
• WEBED11-GMU02: Accessibility of Mobile Technology
  PRESENTERS: Representatives from Keller Institute for Human disAbility at George Mason University
  DATE: Thursday, May 19, 2011: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
  Archived webinar ID: WEBED-GMU02-3 (no key required)     Transcript    Handout
  Form to apply for CEUs for this webinar
• WEBED11-ATIA03: JAWS - Product Releases, Updates and Walk Thru from Freedom Scientific
  PRESENTERS: Eric Damery, Vice President, Software Product Management and Dan Clark, Trainer, Tutorial, and Curriculum Developer, Freedom Scientific Blind/Low Vision Group
  DATE: Wednesday, May 25, 2011: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
  Archived webinar ID: WEBED-ATIA03 (no key required)     Transcript     Handout
  Form to apply for CEUs for this webinar
• WEBED11-GMU03: Evidence Based Practice: AT in the Core Curriculum
  PRESENTER: Dr. Tara Jeffs, George Mason University
  DATE: Thursday, June 16, 2011: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
  Archived webinar ID: WEBED-GMU03 (no key required)     Transcript     PowerPoint
  Form to apply for CEUs for this webinar
  
• WEBED11-ATIA04: Literary Software Updates from Leading ATIA Members
  PRESENTERS: Representatives from ATIA member companies: Cambium Learning Technologies, Don Johnston Incorporated, Freedom Scientific Learning Systems Group and Texthelp Systems Inc.
  DATE: Wednesday, June 22, 2011: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
  Archived webinar ID: WEBED-ATIA04 (no key required)     Handouts
  Form to apply for CEUs for this webinar
  
• WEBED11-GMU04: Data Collection (Overview)
  PRESENTERS: Representatives from Keller Institute for Human disAbility at George Mason University
  DATE: Thursday, September 15, 2011: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
  Archived webinar ID: WEBED-GMU04 (no key required)    Transcript    PowerPoint    Handout
  Form to apply for CEUs for this webinar
• WEBED11-ATIA05: Data Collection - Products and Services from ATIA Members
  PRESENTERS: Representatives from ATIA member companies: Cambium Learning Technologies and AbleLink Technologies.
  DATE: Wednesday, September 28, 2011: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
  Archived webinar ID: WEBED-ATIA05 (no key required)    Transcript
  Form to apply for CEUs for this webinar