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Welcome to the 2021 TASH Conference - Virtual Edition website!

Each year, the TASH Conference brings together individuals with significant disabilities and their allies to share resources and success stories, learn about field-driven best practices, and network within a community engaged in shared values. The conference is attended by passionate advocates, leaders, and subject matter experts from every corner of the disability community. Conference attendees play an important role in supporting individuals with significant disabilities to overcome various barriers in order to live their best lives. Central to this work is the premise that individuals reach their optimal potential only when they are given the opportunity to live, work and thrive across the lifespan in the same communities we are all members of. The Conference is intentionally designed to support the interests of professors and researchers from leading institutions; those involved in local, state, and federal governments and public policy; special and general educators, and school administrators; home and community-based service providers; students, family members, and most importantly, self-advocates with lived experience.

This year, while we are taking the Conference virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we believe that our unique approach to providing exceptional first-rate content and building strong community ties and connections across various stakeholders will yield an extraordinary event! We have taken extra steps to bring people closer together during these times, as well as to create an amazing virtual environment that expands our knowledge and spurs our creative thinking into action!  Our Conference theme, Celebrating Community and Connections, reminds us of the value of gathering together as a diverse community to advance equity, opportunity and inclusion for all!

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The 2021 TASH Conference is dedicated to TASH co-founder, Dr. Lou Brown. Learn more about Lou’s impact and legacy to the disability rights movement here.

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Sunday, December 5 • 12:30pm - 1:15pm
Parent and Teacher Perspectives on IEP Development and Quality

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We conducted interviews with 59 parents and teachers of students with significant disabilities from across the country regarding their perceptions on IEP development and quality. Questions for parents included: how schools solicited their involvement in developing their child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) prior to and since the COVID-19 pandemic and if they feel they are valued members of the IEP team. Questions for teachers included: their training and experience writing IEPs and their process regarding appropriate placements and services. IEPs outline the student's "free and appropriate public education.” However, insufficient IEPs may violate students' rights as guaranteed and could put students more at risk for social segregation, limited academic growth, and failure to productively transition to post-school settings. In this presentation, we will discuss our findings and recommendations for future research and practice.
Presenters
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Jennifer Bumble

Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities
Jennifer Bumble is a researcher and community organizer at the Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities. She received her doctorate in special education from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Her research and teaching focus on the transition from adolescence to... Read More →
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Emily Kuntz

Assistant Professor of Special Education, University of Oklahoma
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Samantha Toews

Assistant Professor, Cal State University Northridge
Samantha Toews is an assistant professor at California State University Northridge in the Special Education Department. She was previously a special education teacher at WISH Charter School. Her research focusses teacher preparation and professional development to promote inclusive... Read More →

Sunday December 5, 2021 12:30pm - 1:15pm EST
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