1. Promoting Collaboration between Disability Services and Information Technology Cindy Camp SERID 20081

2. One National Center Mission: To increase the educational, career and lifetime choices available to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. Goal: To improve postsecondary outcomes individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, including those with co-occurring disabilities.

3. Why do we need to collaborate? Because we don’t work in silos.

4. Do your conversations feel like this?

5. Speaking the Same Language

6. We Can be Friends

7. What’s in it for me?

8. Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, what’s in it for me? Quote from: www.statusant.com

9. Perspective is Everything

10. CLEAR Communication is Key

11. Five Principles of Collaboration Collaboration: –Requires that all team members want to work together towards a common goal –Is based on a sense that all participants are valued –Embraces the unique perspectives of all team members –Is based on a strong sense of purpose –Requires trust and a sense of shared responsibility Critical Elements for Collaboration 2008, University of Vermont and Pacer Center

12. Creating a Champion for your Cause

13. Always be Friendly, Thankful, and Considerate

15. Art of Communicating / Seems easy but we all know it isn’t http://fearlessmen.com/are-we-communicating /

16. It’s a Team Effort

17. Think Outside the Box Rarely is there ONLY one Solu tion

18. Who is responsible? We all are!

19. Ask vendors to demonstrate the accessibility features. Get an accessibility statement, which includes upgrades, from vendors in writing before buying. Have a review process for technology to ensure accessibility. Provide faculty with an accessibility checklist. Don’t wait for accommodation requests. Be proactive Beyond Internal IT

20. Resou rces o "From Where I Sit" Video Series o http://www.calstate.edu/accessibility/resources/videos.shtml o Pepnet2 o Access: The Fundamentals o http://www.pepnet.org/e-learning/access o QuickClasses o http://www.pepnet.org/quickclasses o DO-IT: Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking & Technology o http://www.washington.edu/doit/ o Free Technology Tutorials Beaches o http://members.tripod.com/MR_LEGO_JOE/free_online_tutorials.ht m o GCF LearnFree.org o http://www.gcflearnfree.org/Computer/

21. Cindy Camp, Personnel Development Specialist cindy.camp@pepnet.org Thank you for Attending!

22. pepnet 2 receives support from: Pepnet 2 is funded by the Research to Practice Division, Office of Special Education Programs and the US Department of Education via Cooperative Agreement #H326D110003 www.pepnet.org