Hi, I am Paige Buckingham, the owner of Buckingham Educational Services and Training, LLC. I have 32 years of experience in public education. For the last 20 years, have been a Special Education Facilitator and have focused on the areas of Assistive Technology (AT), Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC), Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment (DLM), Professional Development, and the systemic needs of related service providers. I am a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) by training and have worked at all levels as an SLP by supporting students from ages birth-21, as well as doing PRN work in clinical and hospital settings.
I have been a member of the Kansas Infinitec Cadre (KIC) since 2012, which has allowed me to provide professional development across Kansas. As part of KIC, I have been trained to use the
High-Quality Professional Development Checklist to ensure that the training I give meets the highest standards. My areas of professional development have included best practices in AAC evaluation and selection, use of specific AAC devices/ systems, AT consideration, Executive Function Skills, and Dynamic Learning Maps. I have consulted with school districts on how to set up effective Assistive Technology systems so that they have a structure in place to provide quality Assistive Technology services to students.
As a Facilitator in the Lawrence (KS) Public Schools, I created an Assistive Technology structure that did not use the expert model of an outside AT team but focused on empowering IEP teams to have the ability to make AT decisions for the student based on data-driven AT consideration and evaluation. I created a rubric that the district uses to make decisions about caseload size for the Speech-Language Pathologists that looked at the impact of workload instead of just using the number of students on a caseload. I am able to see the big picture view of a school district or Coop while also being able to stay student-focused and data-driven.
