Telepresence and Distance Learning
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Summary During FY 2010 Glenwood provided: Teacher Consultations 430 Teachers Trained 1,328 Current Waiting Lists - 4 month wait by schools for assessments - 2 month wait by schools for training/consults - up to 1 year for the summer training program
Consultations School System Individuals Served Preschool # Served Total AIDB/EI 17 17 Alexander City 5 2 7 Andalusia City 1 1 Anniston City 1 2 3 Arab City 1 1 Autauga 9 9 Auburn 1 Baldwin 4 4 Bibb 4 5 9 Birmingham City 8 2 10 Blount 14 4 18
School System Individuals Served Preschool # Served Total Bullock 1 6 7 Calhoun 6 5 11 Chambers 1 3 4 Chilton 7 3 10 Choctaw 1 1 2 Clarke 1 1 Clay 1 1 Cleburne 7 7 Colbert 0 Covington 0 Cullman City 3 3 Cullman County 10 3 13 Dallas 1 1 2 Decatur City 1 8 9 DeKalb 4 1 5
School System Individuals Served Preschool # Served Total Elmore 5 2 7 Escambia 3 4 7 Florence City 8 8 Gadsden City 2 2 Escambia County 1 1 Etowah 1 1 Fayette County 1 1 Florence City 3 6 9 Geneva 3 1 4 Guntersville City 2 2 Hale 3 3 6 Haleyville City 2 1 3 Henry 1 1 Homewood City 2 2 Hoover city 1 1
School System Individuals Served Preschool # Served Total Huntsville City 3 1 4 Jacksonville City 5 1 6 Jefferson 18 6 24 Lamar County 3 3 Lauderdale 3 2 5 Lawrence 7 1 8 Leeds City 1 1 Madison 1 2 3 Marion 9 1 10 Marshall 0 Midfield City 1 1 Mobile 4 4 Monroe 5 5 10 Montgomery 5 1 6 Morgan 17 4 21
School System Individuals Served Preschool # Served Total Muscle Shoals City 1 1 2 Oneonta City 2 2 Opp City 1 1 Oxford City 1 1 Pell City 1 1 Perry County 1 1 Piedmont City 1 1 Prattville City 1 1 Russell 4 2 6 Scottsboro City 1 1 Selma City 4 3 7 Sheffield City 2 2 4 Shelby Co 1 1 St Clair 8 3 11 Sumter 2 2
School System Individuals Served Preschool # Served Total Sylacauga city 1 1 Talladega 5 5 Tallapoosa 3 3 Tallasee City 2 2 Thomasville City 2 2 Trussville City 7 7 Tuscaloosa City 6 1 7 Tuscaloosa 19 2 21 Tuscumbia City 2 1 3 Vestavia City 2 2 Washington Co 1 1 Wilcox County 2 2 4 Winfield City 9 4 13 Winston 1 1 Total 291 139 430
Teacher Training School System Teachers Trained School System Teachers Trained AIDB 1 Escambia County 2 Albertville City 2 Eufaula City 1 Auburn City 2 Fairhope City 1 Barbour County 10 Florence City 2 Birmingham City 7 Fort Payne City 4 Butler County 1 Franklin County 5 Calhoun County 2 Gadsden City 5 Chambers County 1 Geneva County 1 Cullman City 1 Guntersville City 1 Cullman County 5 Homewood City 1 Dekalb County 3 Hoover City 9
School System Teachers Trained School System Teachers Trained Huntsville City 1 Montgomery County 2 Jackson County 4 Morgan County 9 Jasper City 1 Mountain Brook City 2 Jefferson County 5 Opelika City 1 Lamar County 2 Pell City City 3 Lanett City 1 Perry County 1 Lauderdale County 5 Phenix City 6 Lee County 1 Phenix City City 2 Limestone County 1 Shelby County 3 Macon County 1 St Clair County 7 Madison City 1 Sylacauga City 1 Madison County 2 Talladega County 8 Marion County 2 Tarrant City 1 Mobile County 4 Trussville City 3 Monroe County 1 Tuscaloosa City 1
School System Teachers Trained Tuscaloosa County 10 Vestavia City 1 Total 160 Other Sponsored Training Statewide 1,068 GRAND Total 1,228
How to do more with less? How to satisfy the waiting list and expand the total number of units provided with the same level of staffing?
2010 Glenwood along with DeKalb County School System received a significant grant from the USDA Rural Utilities Services (RUS) for audio-visual distance learning equipment that operates over the internet. Ideas for Use Includes:
Interactive Real Time Training via Internet 1. Autism 101 2. Visual Strategies 3. Social Skills 4. Social Stories 5. Independent Work 6. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) 7. Transition 8. Prompting 9. Working with Families 10. Behavior Management 11. FBA and BIP
Online real time Teacher Consultation sessions with Glenwood Staff Potential for Parts of an Assessment Which parts can be done via equipment? (e.g. parent and teacher interviews, classroom observation) Actual interactive training with teacher and student in the room (is this possible?)
Parent-Teacher Consultations Remote participation of classroom instruction during Summer (week long) training Multiple site interactive meetings/conferences
Future Ideas: Pod casts on topic areas for schools and parents Recording of behavior(s) for future consultation/training Parent consultations with Glenwood staff(?) Telemedicine/Telepsychiatry Speech/Language/Occupational Therapy Feeding Problems and other behaviors ABA Services
2011 Glenwood along with Indian Rivers Mental Health Center in Tuscaloosa received another significant grant from the USDA Rural Utilities Services (RUS) for audio-visual telemedicine equipment that operates over the internet to provide tele-autism, tele-psychiatry and Telepsychology services in Bibb and Pickens Counties
Ideas for Use Includes: Mental Health Consultations Mental Health Assessments (partial/full?) Medication Check and Monitoring Psychological Assessments (partial/full?) Behavior Management Consultations One to one Training Sessions Family Therapy/Support Groups Treatment/Discharge Planning Parent/Caregiver Trainings
Final Questions/Needs How can we get the school systems better able to participate in these efforts using the Project ACCESS equipment?