Tactile Talks: Symbols in practice and building what’s next together

Join Adaptive Design for a dynamic, end-of-school-year gathering that brings together educators, therapists, parents, and practitioners for a day of reflection and hands-on making.

Have you participated in an Adaptive Design workshop recently and been using tangible symbols in your classroom, home, or program? If so, this event is for you.

Participants can expect a highly interactive, hands-on experience that blends reflection, collaboration, and making.

The day includes:

• Revisit core concepts of tactile communication
• Peer-to-peer sharing successes and challenges
• Actively problem-solve using scenarios from your own practice
• Fabricating your own tangible symbols

Agenda

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome with coffee and pastries

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Revisit core concepts of Tactile Communication

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Guided Conversation and Peer-to-Peer Sharing

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Lunch

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Create Your Own Symbols*

2:00 PM - 3 PM Network & Close

What to prepare:

• Bring a small selection of meaningful objects from your classroom or therapeutic setting or choose from our selection of objects.
• Bring any questions, challenges, or examples you'd like to explore with the group.
• If you are interested in sharing your experience working with tangible symbols in a 5-10 minute talk, please contact [email protected].

*Important*

Who should attend? Only those who have attended previous Tactile Talks Workshops with Adaptive Design, either at your school, a conference, or at our workshop. (There will be other introductory workshops coming up soon!)

CTLE credits are available for NYS participants, and CEUs are available for national participants. Pre and Post surveys are required.

Food & Beverage: Coffee and pastries between 9-9:30 AM. Lunch provided between 12-1 PM.

You are not fully registered for this event until you complete a registration form that will be emailed to you after you purchase your tickets

This event is free for participants and made possible through the generous support and programmatic partnership of The Lavelle Fund for the Blind, The Achelis & Bodman Foundation, Hunter College – Programs in Visual Impairment/Blindness, DeafBlind & Multiple Disabilities, NYS AER, and the New York DeafBlind Collaborative.

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Host or Publisher Adaptive Design Association