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Category: Special Education

Growing Innovators

Posted on October 17, 2018March 21, 2020 by Hillary
Various imagaes of students at their computers

Recently, I had the honor of co-authoring an article with Kevin Good, Eliza Hopkins and Johanna Prince for Closing the…

Posted in Accessibility, Assistive Technology, Design Thinking, Innovation, Learning Theories & Strategies, Special EducationTagged 3D Printing, Assistive Technology, Eliza Hopkins, HigherEd, Johanna Prince, Kevin Good, RSU21, Teacher Candidates, University of Maine Farmington

Rethinking Dyslexia

Posted on October 8, 2018March 21, 2020 by Hillary
9 colored dots with the hashtag made by dyslexia next to it.

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. Dyslexia is defined as a general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to…

Posted in Accessibility, Assistive Technology, Learning Theories & Strategies, Special Education, Training, UDL (Universal Design for Learning)Tagged Accessibility, AEM, Bookshare, Dyslexia Awareness Month, Kate Griggs, Made By Dyslexia

Check it! An Amazing New Feature Announced for Read and Write for Google!

Posted on September 24, 2018March 21, 2020 by Hillary
Graphic that says New Feature! Below that is the logo for Read and Write for Google (Purple puzzle piece) and read and write for google.

The folks at TextHelp have just announced a new tool for Read and Write for Google Chrome. Check it is…

Posted in Accessibility, Assistive Technology, Special Education, UDL (Universal Design for Learning)Tagged Chromebook, Google Docs, Google Slides, Literacy, Read and Write for Google, Reading, Research, TextHelp, Writing

Empowering Learners

Posted on August 15, 2018April 10, 2020 by Hillary
Handwritten quote "We are the change we wish to see in education" #UDLPower

Reflections from 2018 CAST UDL Symposium- Empowering Learners

Posted in Accessibility, Assistive Technology, Innovation, Learning Theories & Strategies, Special Education, Training, UDL (Universal Design for Learning)Tagged #UDLPower, Accessibility, advocacy, Audrey O'Clair, CAST, human rights, Nancy Kawaja, pedagogy, Professional Development, reflection, UDL

Top 10 Apps for Children with Autism

Posted on May 30, 2018April 7, 2022 by Hillary
Top 10 Apps For Children With Autism with icons of the top 10 apps scattered amongst the text

I had the honor this past month of hosting a webinar for SimpleK12.com . I love their webinars as they are…

Posted in Assistive Technology, Response to Intervention (RTI), Special Education, TrainingTagged asd, assistiveware, autism, autism spectrum, behavior, BookCreator, ChoiceWorks, communication, Discrete Trial, feature matching, ipad, mobile apps, Pictello, social

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Hillary has been instrumental in helping design and develop successful collegiate level programming to train the next generation of Assistive Technology specialists and Special Education teachers.

Dr. Kevin Good Assistant Professor Director, Center for Assistive Technology Division of Secondary Education and Special Education College of Education, Health, and Rehabilitation University of Maine at Farmington
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