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Training and Speaking on Special Ed

With Ayo Jones

Professional development should be interactive, engaging, and relevant to a teacher.
That’s what I strive to provide.
I want participants to leave armed with effective strategies, adapted materials, and an implementation plan to make it all work for them and their students.

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2024 Training Events

  • 2024, November 15: Stations and Rotations Workshop for CAN. Region 13 ESC. Austin, Texas
  • 2024, November 14: Meaningful Math for Students with Complex Access Needs. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas
  • 2024, November 13: Loving Literacy for Students with Complex Access Needs. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas
  • 2024, November 12: Lesson Plans that Work! Differentiation for CAN. Region 6 ESC. Huntsville, Texas
  • 2024, November 11: Stations and Rotations Workshop for CAN. Region 11 ESC. White Settlement, Texas
  • 2024, November 7-8: Featured Presenter. Georgia Educational Technology Conference (GaETC). Atlanta, GA.
  • 2024, November 5: Improved Instruction for Students with Complex Access Needs. Region 15 ESC. San Angelo, Texas
  • 2024, November 4: The Teacher-Para Partnership in Special Education. Region 14 ESC. Abilene, Texas
  • 2024, October 10: T-TESS in ECSE. What to Look For in Special Education. Region 10 ESC. Richardson, Texas.
  • 2024, October 1: Lesson Plans that Work for Students with CAN. Region 5 ESC. Beaumont, Texas
  • 2024, July 29: T-TESS in ECSE. What to Look For in Special Education. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2024, July 24: Digital Learning Conference. Cypress-Fairbanks ISD. Houston, Texas.
  • 2024, July 16-17: Early Childhood Special Education Conference. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2024, July 9-11: CHAT THIS! How To Add Value and Support Differentiation Using AI. TpT Forward. San Diego, CA.
  • 2024, June 27: Teacher-Para Partnership PLUS Differentiation. Region 10 ESC. Richardson, Texas.
  • 2024, June 13: Community Instruction for Students with Complex Access Needs. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2024, June 13: From Symbols to Letters: Literacy for Students with CAN. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2024, June 6: Using AI in the Classroom: Time-Saving Hacks for Teachers. Region 10 ESC. Richardson, Texas
  • 2024, June 6: Creating Accessible Digital Content & Assistive Technology. Region 10 ESC. Richardson, Texas
  • 2024, June 5: Special Education Summer Series of Learning. Region 6 ESC. Huntsville, Texas.
  • 2024, June 4: Community Instruction for Students with Complex Access Needs. Region 10 ESC. Richardson, Texas
  • 2024, June 4: Differentiating Instruction with Digital Tools & Thinking Routines. Region 10 ESC. Richardson, Texas
  • 2024, April 25: Improved Instruction in ECSE. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2024, April 16: Digital Coaching in Early Childhood Special Education. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2024, February 29: Meaningful Math for CAN Students. Region 6 ESC. Huntsville, Texas.
  • 2024, February 27: Differentiation for CAN Students. Region 5 ESC. Beaumont, Texas.
  • 2024, February 26: Literacy for CAN Students. Region 5 ESC. Beaumont, Texas.
  • 2024, February 21: Differentiation for CAN Students. Region 3 ESC. Victoria, Texas.
  • 2024, February 20: Differentiation for CAN Students. Region 20 ESC. San Antonio, Texas.
  • 2024, February 16: Differentiation for CAN Students. Region 15 ESC. San Angelo, Texas.
  • 2024, February 15: Community Instruction for CAN Students. Region 15 ESC. San Angelo, Texas.
  • 2024, February 14: T-TESS in the Low-Incidence Classroom. Region 10 ESC. Richardson, Texas.
  • 2024, February 14: Digital Coaching, How to Amplify Your Impact. Region 10 ESC. Richardson, Texas.
  • 2024, February 13: Meaningful Math for CAN Students. Region 11 ESC. White Settlement, Texas.
  • 2024, February 9: Literacy for CAN Students. Region 14 ESC. Abilene, Texas.
  • 2024, February 8: Meaningful Math for CAN Students. Region 17 ESC. Lubbock, Texas.
  • 2024, February 7: Differentiation for CAN Students. Region 16 ESC. Amarillo, Texas.
  • 2024, February 5-6: Featured Presenter. TCEA Convention. Austin, Texas. (*Creating Accessible Digital Content for SWDs, *Differentiating Instruction with Digital Tools, *Amplifying Thinking Routines in Special Ed, and *Assistive Technology for SWDs)
  • 2024, February 1: Differentiation for CAN Students. Region 18 ESC. Midland, Texas.
  • 2024, January 31: Community Instruction and Collaboration. Life Skills Institute- Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.

2023 Training Events

  • 2023, December 12: Differentiation in Early Childhood Special Education. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2023, November 29: Loving Literacy for CAN Students. Region 6 ESC. Huntsville, Texas.
  • 2023, Nov 1/Oct 25: 6 Steps to Success in Early Childhood Special Ed. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2023, October 11: T-TESS Evaluations for Early Childhood Special Ed. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2023, September 19: Differentiation for CAN Students. Region 6 ESC. Huntsville, Texas.
  • 2023, August 9: Featured Presenter. Rolling Plains SSA, Texas.
  • 2023, August: From Chaos to Order: Productivity Hacks for Special Ed. SpEd Summit
  • 2023, July 11-13: Session Presenter. TPT Forward Conference, Massachusetts.
  • 2023, July 6-9: Session Presenter. Teacher Seller Summit, Virtual.
  • 2023, June 29: Keynote Speaker. Special Education Instructional Conference, Houston, Texas.
  • 2023, April 18: CBI, Collaboration & Communication. Life Skills Institute. Houston, Texas.
  • 2023, March 4: Keynote Speaker. Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas.
  • 2023, Mar 1/Mar 22: Instructional Hierarchy when Teaching SWSDs. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2023, February 20: Digital Coaching with Video & Videoconferencing. Region 10 ESC. Richardson, Texas.
  • 2023, February 16: Differentiation for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities. Region 9 ESC. Wichita Falls, Texas.
  • 2023, February 15: Meaningful Math for LID Students. Region 14 ESC. Abilene, Texas.
  • 2023, February 13: Meaningful Math for LID Students. Region 16 ESC. Amarillo, Texas.
  • 2023, February 9: Differentiation for Students with LID. Region 17 ESC. Lubbock, Texas.
  • 2023, February 7: Meaningful Math for LID Students. Region 5 ESC. Beaumont, Texas.
  • 2023, February 6: Loving Literacy with LID Students. Region 5 ESC. Beaumont, Texas.
  • 2023, Jan 5/Jan 12: 6 Steps to Success in a LID Classroom. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.

2022 Training Events

  • 2022, December 13: Standards, Strategies, and Functional Skills. Life Skills Institute. Houston, Texas.
  • 2022, Oct 6/Oct 20: Improved Instruction for LID Students. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2022, July 15: Differentiation for LID Students. Region 14 ESC. Abilene, Texas.
  • 2022, June: Antecedent-Based Interventions. Texas Autism Conference. Houston, Texas.
  • 2022, May 10: Pedagogy for Teaching LID Students. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2022, April 11: Digital Coaching to Amplify Your Impact. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2022, April 7: Literacy for Students with Low Incidence Disabilities. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2022, March 11: Featured Presenter. Life Skills Institute. Region 3 ESC. Victoria, Texas.
  • 2022, Feb 15/Feb 22: Instructional Hierarchy when Teaching in LID. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2022, February 10: Standards and More in Life Skills. Life Skills Institute, Houston, Texas.
  • 2022, January 6: Paraeducator Partnership in LID Classrooms. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.

2021 Training Events

  • 2021, December 8: Featured Speaker. Leadership Conference – Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2021, Nov 10/Nov 17: Improved Instruction in LID. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2021, October: 6 Steps to Success in LID. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2021, June: Antecedent-Based Interventions. Texas Autism Conference. Houston, Texas.
  • 2021, May 10: Meaningful Math for Students with Significant Disabilities. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.

Pre-2021 Training Events

  • 2020, Featured Speaker. Texas Complex Access Network (TxCAN) in Partnership with the Texas Education Agency.
  • 2020: Session Presenter. Special Ed Teacher Training. Vidor ISD, Texas.
  • 2019: Speaker. Instructional Technology Leadership Academy. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2019: Session Presenter. Special Ed Teacher Training. Vidor ISD, Texas.
  • 2018: Meaningful Math for SWSDs. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2018: Loving Literacy for SWSDs. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2018: The Teacher-Para Partnership in Self-Contained Special Ed. Region 15 ESC. San Angelo, Texas.
  • 2018: Speaker. Digital Learning Conference. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2018: Speaker. Texas Assistive Technology Network Conference. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2017: Improved Instruction for SWSDs. Region 8 ESC. Pittsburg, Texas.
  • 2017: Speaker, Special Education Conference. Region 17 ESC. Lubbock, Texas.
  • 2017: Guest Speaker. New Teacher Cadre. Sam Houston University. Huntsville, Texas.
  • 2017: Presenter. Technology & Curriculum Conference of Aldine (TCCA). Aldine ISD, Texas.
  • 2017: Speaker. Texas Assistive Technology Network Conference. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2016: Presenter. Technology & Curriculum Conference of Aldine (TCCA). Aldine ISD, Texas.
  • 2016 Guest Speaker. New Teacher Cadre. Sam Houston University. Huntsville, Texas.
  • 2015: Adapting Novels for Students with Disabilities. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2014: Loving Literacy for SWSDs. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas.
  • 2014: Adapting Novels for Students with Disabilities. Region 4 ESC. Houston, Texas. 2014: Literacy for Students with Significant Disabilities. Region 3 ESC in Conjunction with the Texas Education Agency, Texas.

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