NCRA/NCATP The GREAT Conference –
‘Coming Full Circle”
#greatconf2015
Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown, Raleigh, NC
November 4th – 6th, 2015
Wednesday, November 4th
8:00-9:00
9:00 –
11:15
12:30 –
2:00
Breakout
Sessions
2:15 – 3:15
3:30 – 4:30
Conference Registration
Pre-Conference Trainings:
1. Ethical Issues in Relationships with Clients &
Community Partners –UNC-Chapel Hill AV Needs: PC-Win 7 or 8/Internet
2. Assistive Technology (AT) Demonstration
Gloria Jinks
Opening Session
Keynote Address:
Henry Evans, Christa Cliver & the Beam +
Education Track
Transition Track
Apps for
Communication for
D/HOH
Supporting use of AT
through Self Advocacy
Lorene Roberson
Shelby Kennerly
Rachael Ragin
Searching for
Wake Tech: ABLE
Competence in AAC TOPS
Assessment
Transitional
Opportunities
Celeste Helling
For Post-Secondary
Success
Julia Tennant
4:45- 5:15
DPI AT Advisory Board Meeting
NCRA Chapter Meetings
Community Track
Employment Track
Innovation Track
Sitting Volleyball and
Adaptive Technology:
Extending the Reach of
Sport and Recreation
Success in the
Workplace
Jenna Hinton
Employer Panel
Text to 9-1-1: What’s
Happening in NC?
Ethics in the Workplace Humanware Braillenote
Donna Platt
Assistive Technology
Toolkit: Low-Vision and
No-Vision
Michael Scruggs
Dr. Judy Schmidt
Dr. Eileen Burker
Jack Mitchell
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NCRA/NCATP The GREAT Conference –
“Coming Full Circle” #greatconf2015
Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown, Raleigh, NC
November 4th – 6th, 2015
Thursday, November 5th Day of Exhibit Hall
8:00 – 10:00
Breakout
Sessions
10:30 – 11:30
1:00 – 2:00
Guest Speaker: Secretary Rick Brajer and/or Deputy Secretary Sherry Bradsher
NCRA and NCATP Awards Ceremony
Education Track
Transition Track
Community Track
Employment Track
Instructional
A Lifetime of Transitions:
Technology: Free Tech Living with a Spinal Cord
Tools to Increase
Injury
Access in the
Classroom
Marc Jones
Heather Brooks
Rock Soup!
NC Infant-Toddler – AT College and Transition
Program
Built-In, Hidden, and
Apps in the Workplace
Easily Added Assistive
Technology Options for Julie Dutchess
the Devices You Already
Own
Katie Sigmon
Rebecca Sitton
Sandy McMillan
How to Help Managers
and Supervisors to
Communicate with
Problem Employees
with Disabilities
Richard Pimentel
Innovation Track
VGo
Gloria Jinks
Jennifer McIver
Jeremy Burch
Logan Burch (VGo)
The Grid 3: 21st
Century AAC Software
and Hardware
Ken Whitley
Ja Medlicott
Poster Sessions/Visit Exhibits
2:00-5:00
2:30 – 3:30
There may be an App
for that, but…
Celeste Helling
4:00 – 5:00
Project SEARCH
Linda Emery
April Brantley
LeAnn Wooten
NCRA Delegate Assembly or Visit Exhibits
Deaf-Blind and Living
Independently
To Talk About It or Not
That is the Question
Richard Pimentel
Halina Milewska
Christine Carter
Grant Advisory Council Meeting
National Deaf-Blind
Equipment Distribution
Program (NCBEDP)
Ashley Benton
John Sherwood
NCRA/NCATP The GREAT Conference –
“Coming Full Circle” #greatconf2015
Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown, Raleigh, NC
November 4th – 6th, 2015
Friday, November 6th
Breakout
Education Track
Sessions
Getting AT into the IEP
8:30-9:30
& 504 Plan
Molly Shannon
9:45-10:45
Google Chrome
Extensions and
Educational
Technology for the
Student with Learning
Needs – and Everyone
Else
Transition Track
Canines Helping
Veterans Make That
Transition
Terry Morris, PhD, DVM
Lynne Deese
Using Technology in
Employment
Community Track
Employment Track
Innovation Track
Individual Placement and
Mini-Centers: A
Support for Supported
Magical Impact on
Adults Struggling with Employment
Vision Loss
Gina Price
Tara Alley
Larry Schlesinger
Social Media and
Accessible Travel Part I
A Day in the Life….
Social Media and
Accessible Travel Part II
Sam Parker
Gina Price
and Panel
Tom Mullaney
11:0012:15
Closing Address: ADA At 25: Where do we go from here? Richard Pimentel
12:1512:45
Closing Session:
Finding Opportunity in
the Opportunity Act:
Business Services
Stephanie Hanes
Cory Lee
Philip Woodward
Cory Lee
Philip Woodward