The Lending Library

A. Cesa2 Contract Services: Lending Library
  The CESA 2 AT Lending library provide materials for school personnel to borrow and use with their students. It is a cost effective way to provide a way to see if a tool will work for specific students before the district buys it from a vendor. This has saved districts thousands of dollars in inapporiate purchases over the ten years we have been providing this service. The AT lending library is updated monthly, often by materials that are requested from teachers in the field. If you don't find what you want in the online catelog call and ask if Jill might consider odering it for your trial use. The materials you request are then sent to you by way of the CESA #2 van service. You return it to the library by way of this same effiecient and cost saving method.

  Connie Isackson maintains the library and tracks it's useage. For questions regarding specific feature match of tools to students contact Jill Gierach. Otherwise go to the teacher resource webpage and follow the directions. Click on the link that will tell you if your district has full access to the AT lending library resources.
http://www.cesa2.k12.wi.us/prc/catalog_link.htm

Other Resources

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Workshops

We provide regional workshops on a limited basis. These will be listed on the CESA #2 website. If there are certain trainings you wish to be notified of please contact us and we will email you when they are scheduled.

We provide customized workshops for our customers. Call or email us with your in-services, workshop or training needs. We have a state of the art facility at the Milton office but can also “pack and go” to your site. We do hands on trainings and interactive sessions. A partial listing of topics appears below.
• A.T. for writing
• A.T. for reading
• A.T. for studying and organizing
• A.T. and the law
• A.T. for communication
• Writing AT into the IEP
• Assessing Student Need for Assistive Technology
• Using Every Move Counts with students with severe and profound disabilities
• Teaching children with multiple disabilities in the general education environment
• Setting the Stage for Communication:
• Teaching non verbal children
• Creating change in the delivery of AT Services within your district
• A.T. for Math
• Make IT Take It workshops around several books/thematic units ( call for titles)
• A.T. for the young child
• Reading assessment for children who are non verbal, and physically disabled
• Workshops around many different software products ( call with your requests)
• What every district needs: minimum AT for a district lending library
• Brain based instruction and the A.T. that supports it
• An overview of AT
• A.T. Software marathon

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A.T. Academy

A support Network developed to increase the capacity of local districts to provide services and materials to students with disabilities.

THe CESA #2 Assistive Technology Academy was developed in 1998 by Jill Gierach. Its purpose was to create a delivery system for disseminating information to all 75 school districts. And to create collegial support around A.T. issues, focusing on best practices, equipment, training, trends, and research in the areas of assistive technology and its use with students who have disabilities. The academy meets once a quarter for training, sharing of information and development of a delivery model that connects the schools districts that participate. Currently 18 school districts are participating in the 2003-2004 Academy.

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