Accommodating Students Who Are Deaf or Blind In An MSW Online Learning Environment

Moderator(s)

Ann Marie Yamada, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Dean of Inclusion and Diversity, Associate Professor
University of Southern California

Panelist(s)

Laura Gale, EdD, LCSW (she/her/hers)

Associate Teaching Professor
University of Southern California
DB

David Bringhurst, PhD, MSW

Associate Teaching Professor
University of Southern California
Estela Andujo, Ph.D, LCSW

Associate Teaching Professor
Suzzanne Dworak Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California

This panel shares faculty experiences overcoming intersecting challenges of accommodating the needs of students with auditory or visual impairments in policy and practice courses in an online MSW program. Panelists highlight benefits of using emerging technologies in moving from an individual accommodation model to a disability justice-infused proactive accessibility-focused approach.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:

...describe two challenges in applying best practices for accommodating learning needs of students who are deaf or blind in an online learning environment.
...apply one strategy to improve the accessibility of in-class activities in practice and policy courses for students taught virtually.
...identify two emerging technologies that may be used to support online social work education of students who are deaf or blind.