Practical Access Podcast

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Drs. Rebecca Hines and Lisa Dieker, UCF Faculty members, share their thoughts on how to motivate students on and offline. They share their thoughts on ways to get students engaged aligned with choice and voice.  They discuss the importance of having fun while ensuring connections with learners in online and offline environments. 

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Drs. Rebecca Hines and Lisa Dieker, UCF Faculty members, share their thoughts on ways to think about and possibly cope with anxiety in students and children. They share practical ideas from self-talk to learning about the brain. They discuss how the anxiety of adults impacts that of their children and student - but understand we are living in a time of anxiety of all.  Be sure to share your questions you would like to receive practical ideas  @accesspractical on Twitter. 

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Drs. Rebecca Hines and Lisa Dieker, UCF Faculty members, share their thoughts on rigor in learning in this online world. They share their thoughts on how to ensure and assess rigorous learning outcomes.  They discuss the importance of discourse with children/students around the content while looking for rich, rigorous, and engaging content. 

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Drs. Rebecca Hines and Lisa Dieker, UCF Faculty members, share their thoughts on the issue of safety for all students, but especially students with disabilities safety in an online environment. They share their thoughts about how to think about safety and some practical ideas they have heard related to the topic.  

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Drs. Rebecca Hines and Lisa Dieker, UCF Faculty members, share their thoughts on how to meet and track IEP goals in this online world. They share simple ideas to create IEP summaries and to use communication tools to meet IEP goals. They recognize the challenge this brings and the opportunity at the same time to ensure students receive a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) based upon the IEP. 

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Drs. Rebecca Hines and Lisa Dieker, UCF Faculty members, share their philosophical ideas about the topic of Education. They share what it means from their personal and professional standpoint, but they also share practical examples of what it looks like to have high expectations for all students, while still empowering families and students to have access to the continuum of services outlined in federal legislation.  

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Drs. Rebecca Hines and Lisa Dieker, UCF Faculty members, share practical ideas for the role of support personnel (SLP, OT, PT) as well as administrators and instructional assistants to support students with disabilities and their families and their teachers. They discuss how that role should be clear with synergy and organized in a way logical to parents, teachers and students with disabilities. They also provide examples from the field. 

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Drs. Rebecca Hines and Lisa Dieker, UCF Faculty members, share practical ideas for supporting students with disabilities and their families and teachers related to behavior and technical support. They discuss ideas being used for families, teachers, and instructional aides in this shift to an online learning environment. 

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UCF Professors Drs. Rebecca Hines and Lisa Dieker share practical ideas to help teachers think about how to use this new online world to still allow students to learn offline.  This episode is anchored in practical ideas to get kids thinking away from the computer aligned with project-based learning and UDL.  Remember to share your questions for us to answer on our Podcast to twitter @accesspractical.  

PLEASE NOTE:  Dr. Hines who mentions her teenagers were at the beach lives near the beach and they were practicing required social distancing behaviors at the local beach. 

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This episode Drs. Becky Hines and Lisa Dieker, UCF Professors answer a question posed by a listener.  "What innovative ideas have you both heard are being used to connect kids with disabilities and their families in this change to an online world?"  As is the title of our podcast, we don't share answers but practical ideas and structures we have heard from the field in ensuring access as we all this rush into this online learning environment. If you have a question for a future podcast on any topic related to practical ideas for people with disabilities and their families Please send us questions fto our Twitter account @accesspractical.