Breakout Sessions
Choose to attend the sessions that best fit your professional goals and interests. Whether you're exploring AT applications, advancing your AAC knowledge, need help navigating difficult behaviors in the classroom, or seeking hands-on solutions, our schedule provides multiple opportunities to engage with experts and peers throughout the day.
Monday, April 20, 2026 - Day 1 Sessions
WELCOME
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
GENERAL SESSION with Inclusive 365
Game On: Removing Barriers for Learners through Technology
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Breakout 1 - 9:25 AM – 10:20 AM
- When Behavior Escalates: Supporting Autistic Students with Aggressive or High-Risk Behaviors in School Mo Buti
- Accessing Community College Accommodations: Navigating the Transition from High School to College Les Rogers
- SATCo Session #1 - From Assessment to Action: Using SATCo to Guide Segmental Support and Positioning
Sandra Saavedra and Rebecca Ahrns
- Challenging Conversations with Adults Erika Bare
Breakout 2 - 10:30 AM – 11:25 AM
- Beyond Boundaries: Unlocking Executive Function Skills for Success Inclusive 365
- IEP 101 for School-Based Therapists Dr. Elizabeth Jankowski and Georgeann Harty
- SATCo Session #2 -Stability for Learning: Using Segmental Positioning to Support Development in Early Childhood Sandra Saavedra and Rebecca Ahrns
- Challenging Behaviors and Solution Focused Problem Solving Workshop Fion Mains
Breakout 3 - 12:55 AM – 1:50 PM
- Hidden in Plain Sight: Educating Girls with Autism Mo Buti
- Bridging the Gap: Leveraging AAC to Support Children with Echolalia Cheri Dodge Chin and Shani Bender
- When Trauma Shows Up in the Room: Reading the Body, Reducing Escalation, Restoring Safety Tiana Oaks
- Medicaid Billing - Oregon Department of Education (ODE) and Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Patti Vickers ODE and Jennifer Smith OHA
- SATCo Session #3 - Beyond Sitting: SATCo, Segmental Positioning, and Functional Participation Across K–12 and Beyond Sandra Saavedra and Rebecca Ahrns
- TBI 101 with Communication Melissa McCart
Breakout 4 - 2:00 PM – 2:55 PM
- Into the Future with Literacy: Technology Supports for Reading and Writings Inclusive 365
- Collaborating across Disciplines to Increase Student Success - A Case Study Fritts, Bloodworth and Powell
- Medicaid Billing - Oregon Department of Education (ODE) and Oregon Health Authority (OHA) (Repeat session) Patti Vickers ODE and Jennifer Smith OHA
- Rifton | Foundations in Pediatric Adaptive Seating; Therapeutic Applications for School-Aged Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders Allison Weissman
- Foundations of Sensory Processing & Its Effect on Learning | PART #1 Subconscious Sensory Integration
Minaz Chauthani
Breakout 5 - 3:05 PM – 4:00 PM
- Being an Inclusive Leader: Facilitating an Inclusive Mindset Inclusive 365
- Low Tech, and Mid Tech, and No Tech, Oh My! Dr. Raymond Heipp | School Health
- Using IEP’s and Transition Plans to Empower Youth Moving from Pediatric to Adult Health Care Lydia Dennehy
- State Library of Oregon, Talking Books and Oregon Textbook Media Center
- Foundations of Sensory Processing & Its Effect on Learning | PART #2 Conscious Integration & Academic Access
Minaz Chauthani
Conference Day 1 Adjourn
4:00 PM
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 - Day 2 Sessions
WELCOME
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
KEYNOTE | Trauma to Triumph - Gwen's Law Gwen and Brandi Lancaster
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM
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Breakout 1 - 9:10 AM – 10:05 AM
- Increasing Productivity Using Generative AI Chris Bugaj
- Start With What They CAN Do: The Power of the Communication Matrix Darlene Daniels and Deborah Lesher
- The Drive for Function and Development: Alternative Drive Control Considerations for Early Power Mobility Jennifer Janowicz
- When Behavior Escalates: Supporting Autistic Students with Aggressive or High-Risk Behaviors in School (repeat session)
Mo Buti
- Become a "Questionologist" Asking Better Questions for Better Outcomes Mike Marotta
Breakout 2 - 10:15 AM – 11:10 AM
- Practicing a Collaborative Consideration and Selection Process for AAC (and beyond!) Chris Bugaj
- More Support, Less Burnout: Dedicated Service Coordinators in Oregon EI/ECSE Ana Mannebach and Kristin Wells
- Big Ideas about AT Services for Small and Rural School Districts Gayl Bowser
- The Spectrum of Access: Customizing Eye Gaze Setups for Diverse User Profiles on iPad Hannah Erickson
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Academic Impact Brandi Lancaster
- Google Chrome and Chromebook Accessibility Mike Marotta
Breakout 3 - 12:50 PM – 1:45 PM
- Simple Shifts for Providing AEM Chris Bugaj
- Tobii Dynavox | The Importance of a Play-based, Positive, and Motivating Introduction to AAC Sarah Williams and Victoria Hughes
- Tools, Not Labels: Rethinking Dyslexia Support Through Everyday Access Technology Ed Hill
- Quantum | Pediatric Positioning: Facilitating Growth and Play Jennifer Janowicz
- TBI and the School Based SLP Brandi Lancaster
- Utilizing AT to Promote an Inclusive Transition Process to Support Employment Mike Marotta
ED CAMP - 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
An Edcamp is a participant-driven, "unconference" designed for educators to engage in organic professional development. Edcamps have no pre-set agenda or speakers; instead, attendees create the session board on the morning of the event, focusing on collaborative, conversation-based learning tailored to their immediate needs.
What to expect:
- Participant-Driven: The agenda is created by attendees in the morning, using sticky notes to propose topics, ensuring the content is relevant to those present.
- "Rule of Two Feet": Participants are encouraged to leave a session if they are not learning or contributing, allowing them to move to other discussions to maximize their time
- Sessions are about networking and knowledge sharing.
- Discussion-Based: Sessions are conversations led by peers, rather than formal, one-way lectures.
Conference Day 2 Adjourn
4:00 PM