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from @laura_a11ynews on Instagram.
Want to level up your accessibility auditing game? Join our Section 508 Trusted Tester study group hosted by GDG Vienna!

🗓 When: Every other Friday, at 4 PM CET
📅 Kick‑off: Feb 6 (6‑month journey)
🌐 Where:  gdg.community.dev/gdg‑vienna 
or search "Google Developer Group Vienna"
this is session1
https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-vienna-presents-dhs-trusted-tester-study-group-1-what-is-section-508-functional-performance-criteria-and-testing-tools/

curriculum
🔹 Session 1 February 6: Section 508 basics & testing tools
🔹 Session 2 March 6: Auto‑playing, auto‑updating & flashing content
🔹 Session 3 March 12 (attention: Thursday 6 pm instead of Friday 4pm): Keyboard access & focus management
🔹 Session 4 March 20: Forms & validation
🔹 Session 5 April 3: Links, images & adjustable time limits
🔹 Session 6 April 17: Repetitive content & structure
🔹 Session 7 May 1: Language, page titles, frames & iFrames
🔹 Session 8 May 15: Sensory contrast & tables
🔹 Session 9 May 29: CSS positioning, audio‑only & video‑only animations
🔹 Session 10 June 12: Synchronized media
🔹 Session 11 June 26: Resizable text, multiple ways & parsing
🔹 Session 12 (final session) July 10: Alternate versions, non‑interference, reporting & Q&A

all the recordings and transcripts are provided.
go here for session 1https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-vienna-presents-dhs-trusted-tester-study-group-1-what-is-section-508-functional-performance-criteria-and-testing-tools/
and Here's Laura Wissiak's substack https://substack.com/@a11ynews

Session 1 of the dhs trusted tester study group on YouTube https://youtu.be/NzBo3sU0ki8?si=cSkEJXCRzUdE7Qli

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DHS Trusted Tester Study Group 1: What is Section 508? Functional Performance Criteria, and Testing Tools | Google Developer Groups

Virtual Event - Join for the kickoff session of our DHS Section 508 Trusted Tester Study Group. This will set the foundation for underst...

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Psychotherapy Commission ACPE 9h ago

SIP Level 2 begins on 03/20/26 and expands therapists’ capacity to work with clients’ spiritual resources through focused study in Course 2.1, Spiritual Interventions: Working with Spiritual Resources, Part 2. This course presents seven common spiritual interventions, enabling therapists to draw from explicit and implicit practices such as sacred texts, music, nature, meditation, and prayer. Participants learn to ground these interventions in careful spiritual assessment and to apply them ethically in clinical settings.

The curriculum emphasizes tailoring interventions to client needs, strengthening participants’ ability to identify internal and external resources that support resilience, meaning making, and healing. Learning occurs within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment that encourages curiosity, reflection, and attention to the whole person.

The instructors bring deep experience. Beth Toler integrates psychotherapy, theology, and spirituality with expertise in trauma informed work and family systems. Her teaching emphasizes compassionate presence and meaning making. Tere Canzoneri draws from psychodynamic theory, systems theory, and mindfulness based approaches, offering learners a reflective and present focused teaching style rooted in decades of clinical practice. Melissa Lemons brings an eclectic, relational therapeutic approach informed by supervision, higher education, pastoral leadership, and clinical experience with diverse populations.

Together, they offer grounded instruction that supports therapists in applying spiritual interventions responsibly and effectively.

Registration at https://bit.ly/3Zk0wNx

More about trainers Beth, Tere, & Melissa at: https://bit.ly/3ZV0bkr

More about the Spiritually Integrated Training Program at: https://bit.ly/480y2gL

The #ACPE #Psychotherapy Commission is a community invested in the practice of integrating #spirituality into our work. This work may done by a volunteer helper, a #spiritual #healer, or a licensed mental health practitioner. We offer training. Learn more at https://sip-com.wildapricot.org . Blog at https://sip-com.wildapricot.org/news .

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Leon Furze Feb 5, 2023

Teaching Writing in the Age of AI

With Victoria the latest state to ban ChatGPT, teachers everywhere are grappling with the implications of the large language model and the impact it will have on the classroom. We know that banning and blocking technology is - at best - a temporary solution. Students will find ways around the blocks, and teachers will be faced with policing the technology and its use. Aside from the "cheating narrative", many teachers are also very hopeful of how the technology could be integrated into their […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/02/06/teaching-writing-in-the-age-of-ai/

Leon Furze Sep 19, 2023

Generative AI, plagiarism, and “cheating”

Back in January, I wrote a post called Beyond Cheating, reflecting on the ChatGPT bans that were rolling out across various Australian states and the "cheating" narrative that had accompanied the chatbot since its release. In that earlier post, I argued that banning and blocking generative AI would only contribute to the digital divide - students who have greater access to digital technologies would inevitably be able to access and use GAI, putting those who rely on in-school technology […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/09/20/generative-ai-plagiarism-and-cheating/

Leon Furze Jan 28, 2023

Creative but critical: How educators can learn to live with AI

December 2022 represented a step-change in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. With the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, suddenly the whole world (or at least the millions of users who logged in within a week of its launch) were talking about Large Language Models. LLMs represent just a portion of AI technologies, but ChatGPT shifted the public narrative in ways we hadn’t seen before, even with impressive image generation applications like DALL-E 2 and Midjourney. LLMs are a form of […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/01/29/creative-but-critical-how-educators-can-learn-to-live-with-ai/

Websavers Inc 1d ago

Structuring your content into bullet point headlines, and then dividing the finished content along those bullet points, is a great way to do this from the get-go.

A Complete Beginner's Guide to Building a Basic eLearning Course - Websavers

Introduction to building an eLearning Course A previous position of mine was as a junior eLearning developer for a leading eLearning company based in Halifax, NS. While I ultimately pursued other goals, during my time there I paid close attention to what the instructional designers were doing, and asked questions…

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Neuromatch 3d ago

FINAL CALL to submit your application to join us in July as a student!

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Climatematch 5d ago

Applications are open for Computational Tools for Climate Science course (13–24 July, 2026); live, intensive online course from Climatematch!

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Psychotherapy Commission ACPE Mar 5

Join Karen Sussan, LMHC, and Steven Ingram, D.Min., LPCC-S, for the ACPE Spiritually Integrated #Psychotherapy (#SIP) Training Level 2, starting April 14, 2026 online. This 15-hour #onlinelearning program is designed for #mentalhealth professionals seeking to deepen their skills in integrating #spirituality into clinical practice.

The training includes five 3-hour courses:
• Spiritual Interventions: Working with Spiritual Resources, Part 2
• Spiritual Interventions: Working with Harmful Spirituality and Religion
• Spirituality and Belief System of the Therapist
• Spiritually Integrated Case Conceptualization, Part 1 & 2

Karen Sussan brings nearly 30 years of experience in #psychotherapy and chaplaincy, specializing in trauma-informed care, EMDR, and spiritually integrated psychotherapy. Her work emphasizes holistic, client-centered healing, making her an ideal guide for therapists seeking to address spiritual struggles and resources in their practice.

Steven Ingram, with over 30 years of counseling experience, focuses on the intersection of spirituality, religion, and emotional well-being. His background in education and clinical practice ensures a thoughtful, integrative approach to teaching spiritually informed #psychotherapy.

This training is ideal for licensed and pre-licensed professionals, including #counselors, #socialworkers, and #psychologists. 15 #CECredits are available, and limited scholarships are offered.

Registration at https://bit.ly/4slqhcC

More about Karen Sussan & Steven Ingram at: https://bit.ly/3OQMaCe

More about the Spiritually Integrated Training Program at: https://bit.ly/480y2gL

The #ACPE #Psychotherapy Commission is a community invested in the practice of integrating #spirituality into our work. This work may be done by a volunteer helper, a #spiritual #healer, or a licensed mental health practitioner. We offer training. Learn more at https://sip-com.wildapricot.org.
Blog at https://sip-com.wildapricot.org/news.

#MentalHealth #MentalHealthTraining #HolisticHealth #Clinicians #Healing #Therapists #Resilience #SafeCare #SIPTraining #SpiritualCare #TraumaInformedCare #Wellness #professionaldevelopment #onlinelearning #EthicalCare #MindBodySpirit

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