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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!

Need technical assistance during the conference? Please email our support staff at helpdesk@tash.org.

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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Thursday, December 2 • 3:15pm - 4:00pm
Using Universal Design for Learning to Meet Social-Emotional Needs

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This presentation is designed to provide educators and other educational practitioners with an understanding of frameworks and strategies that support social-emotional needs for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Developed by CAST, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an instructional design framework that promotes inclusive education and student autonomy by providing multiple means of engagement, representation, and action or expression. The Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) framework, developed by CASEL, includes several core competency skills that overlap with the UDL framework. The SEL framework is used to develop skills needed for self-management, self-regulation, and relationship skills. This presentation will provide participants with an overview of the UDL and SEL frameworks, key overlapping concepts, an understanding of how UDL can optimize instruction in SEL, as well as promote an inclusive education that supports the social-emotional needs of all students.
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Sacha Cartagena

Sacha Cartagena, PhD, has a decade of experience in special education ranging from classroom teaching, higher education, and technical assistance. Her research and publications focus on topics related to teacher education, inclusive practices, and meeting the social-emotional or behavioral... Read More →

Thursday December 2, 2021 3:15pm - 4:00pm EST
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