Join the Bridges Team In Person!
Access Reimagined:
Eye Gaze and New Paths to Independence
Eye gaze and adapted access can offer powerful pathways to independence. Students with complex needs and multiple exceptionalities become active participants in their learning communities.
Join us to discover, hands-on, how the latest eye gaze technology and creative specialized supports can build inclusive, flexible, and adaptive learning environments.
When
Thursday, November 27th, 2025
- Morning Session: 9:30 AM
- Afternoon Session: 1:00 PM
Where
Bridges Canada Office & Showroom
2123 McCowan Road Scarborough
Ontario M1S 3Y6
- Explore applications that help students build access skills through fun, age-respectful activities, while new analytics give insight into progress and engagement.
- Learn how to support language literacy by using eye gaze to move into writing and text, accessing tools already in schools for literacy success.
- Experience how students can use eye gaze to control sensory equipment, bridging digital and physical experiences.
- Gain new understanding of how to provide solutions for challenging needs beyond what conventional methods can address.
- Empower educators to confidently incorporate switches, sensory tools, adapted toys, and AAC to support all learners.
Participants will come away with:
- Practical tips for success, including positioning, calibration, interpreting heatmaps, tracking data, and other analytics to measure and promote progress.
- A clear understanding of cooperative classroom components using eye gaze as part of creative access and engagement solutions: cameras, mounting, switches, apps, and environmental controls.
- Orientation in a wide variety of purpose-built apps designed to support diverse access needs and differentiated learning goals.
- Creative approaches for supporting implementation with frontline staff, fostering confidence and reducing time demands on specialists.
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More about Bridges Live Events
A lively, fun, intimate, day exploring a wide variety of resources to support students with special needs.
Bridges LIVE! has an interactive format, informed by real experiences in Ontario and Canadian classrooms.
Bridges LIVE! is a great opportunity to network, share and learn from colleagues.
Walk away with the confidence to further explore technology and curricular materials for your classrooms.
What Past Attendees have said about Bridge LIVE!
Thanks for a great session. I learned loads of information that I can bring back to students and the teachers.
--Teacher, Algonquin Lakeshore Catholic DSB
This was a very useful day. I learned a lot! I would definitely attend other (Bridges LIVE!) days.
--SEA consultant at BLive Newmarket.
I enjoyed the workshop, it was very informative.
--TDSB Teacher
Great presenters, knowledgeable, made (BLive) friendly and enjoyable.
--TDSB Itinerant Teacher
Very informative and engaging
--Waterloo Catholic DSB
Bogdan + Iain = great team!
--Halton DSB, Teacher
Loved the speakers, very engaging and charismatic.
--Peel DSB, SEA Support
Lots of great information.
--Hamilton DSB, Educational Assistant
Engaging and interesting.
--Hamilton Catholic DSB, Teacher
Great Presentation
--Bridges LIVE, Newmarket, Teacher
Thanks for a great day! I learned a great deal.
--Limestone DSB, Teacher
Outcomes
- Walk away with a new familiarity with strategies and tools that can make a profound difference for your students with special needs.
- Meet new professionals in your area and broaden your network.
- Learn about assistive technologies through doing with hands-on experiences with the latest tools and curricular material.
Who Should Attend
- Assistive Technologists
- Learning Assistance Teachers
- Inclusion Support Teachers
- Curriculum Support staff
- Literacy Intervention specialists
- Classroom teachers and Educational Assistants
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Administrators and Planners
- Occupational Therapists
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