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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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Friday, December 3 • 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Inclusive Education Roadmap for Sustainable Change: Tools, Processes, and Resources

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Despite research about the benefits of inclusive education for students with significant cognitive disabilities (Agran et al., 2020; Gee et al., 2021), there continues to be a significant research-to-practice gap (Kleinert et al., 2015). To support states, districts, and schools in building inclusive systems for all students, including students with significant cognitive disabilities, the TIES Center developed the Reflecting on Inclusive Systems of Education (RISE) and Inclusive Education Roadmap (IER). Framed using Implementation Science, the session will share: * The RISE, a tool to identify the "what" of inclusive systems and identify the priority areas for action planning * The IER, a series of tools, processes, and capacity building resources to support the “how” of inclusive systems * A process for integrating the RISE and IER for continuous learning and change. The findings from piloting the RISE and IER in three states will also be shared.
Presenters
avatar for Jessica Bowman

Jessica Bowman

Researcher, TIES Center, University of Minnesota
avatar for Gail Ghere

Gail Ghere

Research Associate, NCEO & TIES Center, University of Minnesota
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Jennifer Sommerness

Researcher, TIES Center
Jennifer Sommerness is a Researcher  with the TIES Center at the University of Minnesota. In this position, she develops resources and provides guidance and technical assistance at the state, district, and school levels to improve inclusion and engagement of students with significant... Read More →
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Terri Vandercook

TIES Center, University of Minnesota
I have worked with and learned from individuals with extensive support needs, their families, and team members for over 40 years. Themes throughout my career have been the active belonging, participation, and learning (inclusion!) of each child in her or his community. My areas of... Read More →

Friday December 3, 2021 5:00pm - 5:45pm EST
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