SWAAAC Events

Upcoming Webinars, Trainings, and Events

SWAAAC hosts a variety of professional development events each school year, including webinars, trainings, team meetings, and more. Check back here regularly to stay up to date with upcoming events or click the button below to join the SWAAAC email list and get emails about upcoming events! Recordings of some of our previous webinars can be found on our SWAAAC YouTube channel. Please note, registration typically closes 2 weeks before a scheduled event. 

The Future of AAC: AI as an Amplifier of Authentic Voices

with Brenda Del Monte

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the landscape of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), moving beyond predictive text to support idea generation, linguistic expansion, and authentic written expression. Rather than replacing human communication, AI has the potential to amplify the voices of individuals with complex communication needs—if we design and implement it with intentionality. This webinar explores the future of AAC through the lens of access, authorship, and agency which are three constructs foundational to ethical communication support.

Wednesday, October 28th, 2026

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Virtual via Zoom

Registration for this webinar has closed.

SWAAAC Roundtable: Let's talk about your district/BOCES AT library 

Is your district/BOCES and AT Team working to build and maintain a local library of AT?  Perhaps you’ve experienced some challenges and successes growing and managing inventory.  Join us as we share goals, insights, and lessons learned for building and managing a local AT library.

Let’s come together to learn from one another. Whether you’d like to share your experiencesor simply listen in, we hope you’ll join us. RSVP by clicking the button below!

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Virtual via Zoom

This roundtable event is exclusively for SWAAAC Members and Colorado K12 Public School Educators/Providers. See email for registration details. 

SWAAAC Rural Roundtable

Do you work in a rural school district or BOCES? We invite you to join the virtual SWAAAC Fall Rural Roundtable! This is a space to bring your questions, experiences, challenges, and successes, and to connect with others working in rural settings.

Let’s learn from one another—RSVP by clicking the button below!

Tuesday, November 17th, 2026

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Virtual via Zoom

This roundtable event is exclusively for SWAAAC Members and Colorado K12 Public School Educators/Providers. See email for registration details. 

Building a Robust Access System: Tools, Techniques, and Team-Based Planning for Switch Users

with Heidi Brislin, MS, OTR/L

This intensive alternative access course equips educators, therapists, parents, and support teams with practical strategies for teaching switch access to students with significant disabilities.

Grounded in the principles of presuming potential and play-based skill development, the course explores essential access tools. These include common switches, interfaces, voice output devices, spinners, pouring tools, and Powerlinks.

Participants will learn optimal placement strategies to maximize student accessibility. They will also examine cognitive load theory to identify cognitive demands placed on learners, in order to reduce learning barriers for alternative access users.

Through practical frameworks, participants will discover how to implement high-repetition activities that generate hundreds of daily switch activations. Attendees will learn to write rigorous collaborative IEP goals aligned with AOTA, APTA, and ASHA standards. Finally, they will use cognitive load principles to build sustainable, robust alternative access plans for daily classroom integration.

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2026

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Virtual via Zoom

SWAAAC Roundtable: Applications and Practice - A follow up to the recent webinar "AI Prompts for Student Support & Differentiation"

September’s webinar, AI Prompts for Student Support & Differentiation, was packed with practical, user-friendly AI resources and ideas.The challenge? Finding the time to actually use them.

It’s hard to turn new learning into practice when the day-to-day demands of our work leave little room to experiment, explore, and figure out how a new tool might make a real difference.

So, let’s make the time—together!

Join us for one focused hour to revisit Eric Curts’ resources, explore his EduGems, and actually put them to work. Bring a task or challenge you’d like to tackle, and maybe even a colleague. You’ll have dedicated time to experiment, ask questions, share ideas, and leave with something you can put into practice right away.

One hour. Time to explore. Time to practice. And hopefully, a few new tools that make your work a little easier.

***PLEASE NOTE – this is an informal roundtable meeting and Eric Curts will NOT be joining.

Rewatch the webinar, AI Prompts for Student Support & Differentiation, presented by Eric Curts, at our SWAAAC YouTube channel! (opens in a new tab)

Tuesday, December 8th, 2026

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Virtual via Zoom

See email for registration details.

The Conference for Assistive Technology in Education (CATE) 2027

Save the date! The Center for Innovative Design and Engineering (CIDE) and the Colorado Department of Education are proud to announce the 2027 Conference for Assistive Technology in Education (CATE). This 2-day virtual conference features sessions with nationally-renowned trainers addressing a wide variety of assistive technology topics related to the academic support needs of students with disabilities. 

Visit the CATE webpage to learn more.

June 3-4th 

Virtual via Attendee Hub and Zoom

Registration coming early 2027!

Center for Innovative Design and Engineering (CIDE)

CU Denver

The Hub, Bioengineering

1224 5th Street

Suite 130

Denver, CO 80204

303-315-1280

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