April is National Autism Awareness Month. All of Iowa's Area Education Agencies employ certified staff members who specialize in supporting children and students with autism spectrum disorders, their families and the classroom teachers who work with them. This edition of Impacting Lives provides examples of AEA expertise for supporting autism as well as other topics that include Iowa AEA Online, curriculum instruction and technology support. Find the Impacting Lives blog at http://aeas4iowa.wordpress.com/. This issue includes:- AEA 'Angel' Gave Hope to Family Living with Autism
- Oscar's Story: Supporting a Child with Autism
- Northwest AEA Employees Present Research at International Autism Conference
- Learning with the Resources of Iowa AEA Online
- AEA Social Workers Serve as Link Between Families and Schools
- My Ears Help Me Read: The Important Role of AEA Audiology Staff
- Training Aims to Increase Teachers’ Skills in Literacy Instruction
- How Putting Laptops in Student Hands is Changing Education Today
- Grant Wood AEA Launches iPad Project
- Capturing Student Interest through the Use of Virtual Reality
Heartland AEA's Facebook page has changed to a "Timeline" layout. Take a look at here, and let us know what you think! Don't forget to share our page with your friends.
Heartland's Professional Development is excited to share some new web-based functions! For some time, you have been able to print a confirmation letter, make changes to your credit options or order a transcript. You can now print a certificate of completion. This functionality allows you, as a participant, to print a certificate for workshops or other learning activities you have completed. This can only be done if the instructor has created the opportunity, held registration through the Universal Registration system here at Heartland and closed out the activity. For more information, please click here.For those of you setting up activities, please be aware of this new functionality! The certificate is printed with the name of the activity, description, instructor, date and contact hours of the activity.As always, if you have questions or concerns, please contact the Professional Development team at profdev@aea11.k12.ia.us or (800) 255-0405 ext. 14701.
