NAASLN Webinar: GED Testing Accommodations and Adaptations

GED Testing Accommodations and Adaptations:  How do we level the playing field for adults with special learning needs?
 
February 16 – 4:00 – 5:00 ET
 
Description: Adults with special learning needs taking the GED fall into two categories: (1) Those adults with documented ADA disabilities, who require accommodations such as extended time, supervised breaks, scribes, audiocassettes. (2) Those adults, for whom teachers have identified learning needs requiring adaptations or modifications such as magnifiers, colored overlays, straight edges, rooms without fluorescent lighting, etc.  These latter adaptations do not require prior approval by the GED state offices.

This session will clarify information concerning accommodations and adaptations and will provide effective ways to prepare your students to use these tools to successfully pass the GED Test.
 
Presenter: Connie Leading brings 30 years of professional and personal experience to her position with the Ohio Department of Education's GED Office.  As GED Testing Accommodations Manager and as the Chief Examiner for Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools in Groveport, OH, she has been instrumental in the development of curricula for public and private institutions which addresses the challenges faced by students with disabling conditions.  In these capacities and as a mother of two "accommodated learners" who have experienced the emotional and physical aspects of learning through accommodations, Connie serves as a strong advocate for the needs of special students.