2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
6/21/2017 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Opportunities for Empowering Students with Disability Pride and 21st Century Skills | Cascade D
Opportunities for Empowering Students with Disability Pride and 21st Century Skills
Gain insights about our growing population of students with disabilities and how general and special educators can assist students develop positive identities as students with disabilities. Through personal stories and case studies, you will become familiar with the disability pride framework. Strategies to reduce the stigma of having disabilities and improve school climate will be shared. Teaching students to understand how their disability impacts learning will increase student engagement and achievement. You will discover new ideas for helping to connect students with disabilities to positive role models, build on their assets, and advocate for the services they are guaranteed. Students with disability pride will have the skills they need to successfully transition to 21st century careers.
- Gain evidence-based practices and strategies to empower students with disabilities.
- Understand the importance of disability identity to reduce bullying and stigma and improve student engagement.
- Describe the disability pride framework and support students to develop positive identities as students with disabilities.
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Presenters/Authors
Margo Izzo
(), Ohio State University Nisonger Center, margo.izzo@osumc.edu;
Dr. Margo Izzo is Program Director of Transition Services at the Nisonger Center, a University Center of Excellence on Disabilities at the Ohio State University. With 29 years experience in the fields of special education and developmental disabilities, Dr. Izzo has expertise in grants management, program evaluation, curriculum development, and advocacy for individuals with exceptionalities. She is Principal Investigator of numerous federally funded grants designed to improve academic outcomes of students with disabilities at both the secondary and postsecondary levels. Dr. Izzo maintains a steady regimen of research on characteristics of students with hidden disabilities and development and evaluation of academic, technology-based curricula designed to improve their performance in secondary education and college. Among many awards, she is the recipient of the Mary E. Switzer Fellowship from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Dr. Izzo is Past President of the Division of Career Development and Transition (DCDT) within the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
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