Charting the Cs Main Conference 2025 - Sessions Resources and Handouts

Presentation: Technology First

By Anna MacIntyre

Sunday, April 27, 2025:10:00 am – 10:50 am

Handouts

• Technology First - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: MN Star Program

By Amy Perron

Sunday, April 27, 2025: 10:00 am – 10:50 am

Handouts

• MN Star Program - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Experience Books: A Hands-On Learning Tool for Every Child

By Krista Dillman

Sunday, April 27, 2025: 10:00 am – 10:50 am

Handouts

• Experience Books - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Navigating the Journey: Individualizing the Special Education Process for YOU

By Tami Childs and Michelle Glynn

Sunday, April 27, 2025: 11:00 am – 11:50 am

Handouts

• Navigating Special Education - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Rethinking Guardianship for Transition Age Young Adults with Disabilities: The Promise of Supported Decision Making

By Carleen Peterson

Sunday, April 27, 2025: 11:00 am – 11:50 am

Handouts

• Supported Decision Making Guardianship - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Experience Books: A Hands-On Learning Tool for Every Child

By Krista Dillman

Sunday, April 27, 2025: 11:00 am – 11:50 am

Handouts

• Experience Books - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: ASL Activities - How? (Educators only as part of the Main Educator Conference)

By Lance Gonzalez and Chelsea Paulson

Sunday, April 27, 2025: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Handouts

• ASL Activities - How? - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf5
• Text-only.txt

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Sunday, April 27, 2025: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Handouts

• - PowerPoint.pptx
  • Full-size slides.pdf
  • Text-only.txt

Keynote Presentation: ASL Language Assessment - What am I looking for?

By Lance Gonzalez and Chelsea Paulson

Day 1: Monday, April 28, 2025: 8:30 am – 11:30 am

Handouts

• ASL Language Assessment – What am I looking for? - PowerPoint.pptx
  • Full-size slides.pdf
  • Text-only.txt

Keynote Presentation: Unlocking the Potential: The Life-Changing Impact of Comprehensive Literacy Instruction

By Tina Moreno and Mateo Moreno

Monday, April 15, 2025: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Handouts

• Unlocking the Potential: The Life-Changing Impact of Comprehensive Literacy Instruction - PowerPoint.pptx
  • Full-size slides.pdf
  • Text-only.txt

All You Need Is APES

By Kathy Castor and Ginny Running

Monday, April 28, 2025: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

Handouts

1. All You Need Is APES - PowerPoint.pptx
   • Full-size slides.pdf
   • Text-only.txt

Presentation: Braille Literacy for Transition Success

By Shane DeSantis and Kia Sadler

Monday, April 28, 2025: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

Handouts

• Braille Literacy for Transition Success - PowerPoint.pptx
  • Full-size slides.pdf
  • Text-only.txt

Presentation: Growing Two Trees with One Seed: Creatively Building Capacity in AT Across One District

By Jennifer Veenendall

Monday, April 28, 2025: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

Handouts

• Growing Two Trees with One Seed - PowerPoint.pptx
  • Full-size slides.pdf
  • Text-only.txt

Presentation: Autism Navigator for Early Intervention Community of Practice

By Anne Mattson, Lexi Knudsen, and Brandie Hain

Monday, April 28, 2025: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

Handouts

• Autism Navigator for Early Intervention Community of Practice - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Opening Pages: Creating Inclusive Literacy Spaces for Unique Learners!

By Karley Sykora and Anna Hodnefield

Monday, April 28, 2025: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

Handouts

• Opening Pages: Creating Inclusive Literacy Spaces for Unique Learners! - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: The sounds of literacy!

By Ann Vail and Lyndsey Raffelson

Monday, April 28, 2025: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

Handouts

• The sounds of literacy! PowerPoint.pptx
  • Full-size slides.pdf
  • Text-only.txt
• The Sounds of Literacy - handout

Presentation: Linking Literacy to the MN Transition Framework

By Amanda Peters and Kayleen Taffe

Monday, April 28, 2025: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

Handouts

• Linking Literacy to the MN Transition Framework - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Understanding How Adult Behavior Impacts Student Behavior

By Sarah Larson

Monday, April 28, 2025: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

Handouts

• Understanding How Adult Behavior Impacts Student Behavior - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Keynote Presentation: AAC and Authentic Communication: Strategies for Implementation in Everyday Emergent Literacy Routines - TBD coming soon!

By Tina Moreno

Monday, April 28, 2025: 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm

Handouts

• AAC and Authentic Communication - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Statewide P/HD and TBI Focus Group - Exploring the Intersection between Medical Diagnosis and Special Education Criteria in the Categorical Areas of Physical Impairments and Other Health Disabilities

By Kelly Bredeken,

Monday, April 28, 2025: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Handouts

• - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Keynote Presentation: Artificial Intelligence and Literacy: Efficiency for Staff, Success for Students

By Amanda Peters

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 8:30 am – 9:30 am

Handouts

• Artificial Intelligence and Literacy - PowerPoint.pptx
  • Full-size slides.pdf
  • Text-only.txt
• AI and Literacy Resource Sheet.pdf

Presentation: A Day in Life using Low Vision Accommodations

By Anne Bajzer and Jessica Radniecki

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Handouts

• A Day in Life using Low Vision Accommodations - PowerPoint.pptx
  • Full-size slides.pdf
  • Text-only.txt

Presentation: Eye gaze as alternative access method: from overcoming challenges with positioning to creating communication opportunities and making adaptations and modifications to general education curriculum

By Olga Campbell and Julie Andersen

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Handouts

• Eye gaze as alternative access method - Powerpoint
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Promoting Literacy Through Adaptive Books

By Kristin King-Aasum and Andrea Murphy

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Handouts

• Promoting Literacy Through Adaptive Books - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Mission: Accessibility

By Kursten Dubbels

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Handouts

• Mission: Accessibility - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Take a Deep Dive Into AI

By Amanda Peters

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 10:00 am – 1:30 am

Handouts

1. Take a Deep Dive Into AI - PowerPoint.pptx
2. Full-size slides.pdf
3. Text-only.txt
4. Deep Dive into AI Resource Sheet - Handout

Presentation: Ready, Set, Action! Coaching the AT implementation plan into action in Early Childhood settings

By Jodi Altringer and Michelle Steele

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Handouts

• Ready, Set, Action! - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Understanding Challenging Behavior - The Science of Behavior

By Kelley Foehrkolb

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Handouts

• Understanding Challenging Behavior - The Science of Behavior - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: What! That is amazing, I never see that in the classroom! All kids have the ability to be successful.

By Tami Hellewell and Carrie Kesteloot

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Handouts

• What! That is amazing - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: TeachSpedMN Program Updates: Supporting Educators Through Every Stage

By Paul Dols and Katie Roby

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Handouts

• TeachSpedMN Program Updates - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Minnesota READ Act: Update on Impacts for Special Education

By Kayna Plaisted

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Handouts

• Minnesota READ Act: - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Life After a Traumatic Brain Injury: From Visible to Invisible

By Sarah Golden and Lacy Bryce

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Handouts

• Life After a Traumatic Brain Injury - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Assistive Technology Meets Minnesota Statewide Assessments

By Stacie Stensrud and Lauren Walker

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Handouts

• Life After a Traumatic Brain Injury - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Experience Books

By Krista Dillman

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Handouts

• Experience Books - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: From Creation to Implementation: Using AT Switches in the Classroom- Part 1

By Amanda Kreuger, Connie Sim, Bryan Winkels, and Kirsten Morton-Aldous

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Handouts

• From Creation to Implementation - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Monarch Magic: Exploring the Future of Braille with the Multiline Display

By Amy Neils, Holly Beckmann, and Kristi Portugue

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Handouts

• Monarch Magic - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Put Me In Coach! Collaboration in Part C Service Delivery

By Jess Moen, Katie Barth, and Marleigh Van Arsdale

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Handouts

• Put Me In Coach! - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Use in Your Classroom Tomorrow: Effective Strategies to Build Independence

By Kori Ring, Nicole Flotterud, and Lynne Petersen

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Handouts

• Use in Your Classroom Tomorrow - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Mission: Accessibility

By Kursten Dubbels

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Handouts

• Misssion: Accessibility - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Empowering Voices: Using AAC to Support Literacy Skills in Developing Communicators

By Jennifer Erickson and Chloe Converse

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Handouts

• Empowering Voices - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Multiplatform Eye Tracking: User Stories and Lessons for Eye Tracking with Windows and iPad

By Hannah Erickson

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Handouts

• Multiplatform Eye Tracking Cs2025 - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Reading Beyond Boundaries-Adapted Literacy for All Ages and Learners

By Amy Neils, Holly Beckmann, and Kristi Portugue

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Handouts

• Reading Beyond Boundaries-Adapted Literacy for All Ages and Learners - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Blast off to Accessibility: A Journey through Accessible Education Materials (AEM)!

By Diane Dohnalik and Kursten Dubbels

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Handouts

• Blast off to Accessibility - PowerPoint.pptx (not available)
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: From Creation to Implementation: Making AT Switches for the Classroom (Part - 2)

By Bryan Winkels, Kirsten Morton-Aldous, Connie Sim, and Amanda Kreuger

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Handouts

• From Creation to Implementation - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Going Further with Adolescent Literacy

By Heather Prenovos and Christy Palmquis

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Handouts

• Going Further with Adolescent Literacy - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Make n Take Monthly Tactile Exploration Activities

By Roz Hoff and Jenny Groess

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Handouts

• Make n Take Monthly Tactile Exploration Activities - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Multilingual learners and AAC: a review of free, low cost and paid resources available to special education teams

By Cheryl Luckow

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Handouts

• Multilingual learners and AAC - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Mission: Accessibility

By Kursten Dubbels

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Handouts

• Mission: Accessibility - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Boosting Engagement: The Power of Co-Participation and Differential Attention

By Erin Nelson

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Handouts

• Boosting Engagement - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Interactive Vocabulary Books for AAC users (how to include low verbal and non verbal students in literacy). (Make and take session)

By Kerry Schmidt and Lauren Lawler

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Handouts

• Interactive Vocabulary Books for AAC users - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: STAR Autism Support: Launching Every Learner to Reading Success!

By Kaleen Schultz

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Handouts

• STAR Autism Support - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt
• STAR_Handouts.pdf

Presentation: TBD

By TBD

Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Handouts

• TBD - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Rethinking Guardianship for Transition Age Young Adults with Disabilities: The Promise of Supported Decision Making

By Anita Raymond

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 8:30 am – 9:30 am

Handouts

• Rethinking Guardianship for Transition Age Young Adults with Disabilities - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Why choose BSU

By Miriam White

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Handouts

• Why choose BSU - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Belong and Become at Bethel University

By Katie Bonawitz

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Handouts

• Belong and Become at Bethel University - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Families at the center: Students and Faculty create special education advocacy clinic

By Sergio Madrid-Aranda,

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Handouts

• - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Become a Licensed Special Education Teacher at Minnesota State University Moorhead

By Keri DeSutter

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Handouts

• Become a Licensed Special Education Teacher - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

By Dylan Mazza

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Handouts

• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities- PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Empowering the Next Generation of Special Education Professionals

By Mischa Bergsten

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Handouts

• Empowering the Next Generation of Special - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Practical Interventions for Challenging Behavior

By Kelley Foehrkolb

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Handouts

• Practical Interventions for Challenging Behavior - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Refusal to grade level: My story of unlocking a successful braille reader

By Kim Wilke

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Handouts

• Refusal to grade level - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Supporting Youth Transitions: Exploring the MN Transition Framework and Person-Centered Practices

By Sarah Robinson and Dana Page

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Handouts

• Supporting Youth Transitions - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Building Futures: Writing Meaningful Functional Outcomes for Early Intervention

By Becky Wheeler

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Handouts

• Building Futures: - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Connecting high leverage practices with the Science of Reading in your classroom for effective and efficient reading instruction.

By Miriam White and Allyson Gagner

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Handouts

• Connecting high leverage practices with the Science of Reading.. - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Mastering the ELA Standards: Scaffolding Success for All Learners

By Stacie Stensrud and Lauren Walker

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Handouts

1. Mastering the ELA Standards - PowerPoint.pptx
   • Full-size slides.pdf
   • Text-only.txt
2. Measurable Verbs list.pdf
3. Unpacking Benchmarks Guidelines.pdf
4. Webbs-dept-of-knowledge list.pdf
5. Unpacking_a_Standard_Worksheet_Template.docx
6. Unpacking_a_Standard_Worksheet_Grades_K_2.docx
7. Unpacking_a_Standard_Worksheet_Grades_3_5.docx
8. Unpacking_a_Standard_Worksheet_Grades_6_8.docx
9. Unpacking_a_Standard_Worksheet_High_School.docx

Presentation: Visual Schedules: FIRST Theory, THEN Make and Take. A Course About Using Visual Schedules with Less Verbal and Early Language Skill Individuals

By Laura Kleffman and Jen Jaros

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Handouts

• Visual Schedules - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: I completed the Read Act required training, now what?

By Sarah Larson

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Handouts

• I completed the READ ACT Training. Now What? - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Utilizing Caregivers To Facilitate Language and AAC Skills During Share Reading Practices

By Whitney Mead

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Handouts

• Utilizing Caregivers to Facilitate Language and AAC Skills During Shared Reading Practices – PowerPoint
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: AAC Consideration Kits for MN Schools

By Amy Perron and Rebecca Tetlie

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Handouts

• AAC Consideration Kits for Schools - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Cooking in the Classroom: A fun way to teach functional skills while embedding literacy, communication and social skills.

By Katy Coleman and Polly Moen

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 11:50 am – 12:50 pm

Handouts

• Cooking in the Classroom – PowerPoint
  • Full-size slides – PDF
  • Text-only– PDF

Presentation: Unlocking Literacy: Phonological Foundations for Diverse Learners

By Nicole Perman and Raina Askin

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 11:50 am – 12:50 pm

Handouts

• Unlocking Literacy - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Interactive Alphabet and Shared Reading

By Jodie Mettee

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 11:50 am – 12:50 pm

Handouts

• Interactive Alphabet and Shared Reading - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Integrating Language Acquisition Motor Planning (LAMP) into Literacy Education

By Marissa Eastling and Sasha Stark

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 11:50 am – 12:50 pm

Handouts

• Integrating Language Acquisition Motor Planning (LAMP) into Literacy Education - PowerPoint
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: To Inferencing and Beyond! Supporting Children’s Language Comprehension in the Inference Galaxy

By Kristen McMaster and Reagan Mergen

Wednesday, April 30, 2025:

Handouts

1. To Inferencing and Beyond! - PowerPoint.pptx
   • Full-size slides.pdf
   • Text-only.txt
2. IG Read Alound Lesson Template - Handout.pdf.pdf

Presentation: Transitioning from K-12 to Higher Education: Accommodations, Advocacy and Actions required by Special Educations

By Michelle Ziebarth

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 11:50 am – 12:50 pm

Handouts

• Transitioning from K-12 to Higher Education - PowerPoint.pptx
• Full-size slides.pdf
• Text-only.txt

Presentation: Data Changes Everything

By Kelli Roddy

Wednesday, April 30, 2025: 11:50 am – 12:50 pm

Handouts

1. Data Changes Everything - PowerPoint.pptx
2. Full-size slides.pdf
3. Text-only.txt
4. All Student Data System Documents - Handout.pdf