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TX SenseAbilities

A Quarterly Newsletter For Families And Professionals On Visual Impairments And Deafblindness.
A collaborative effort of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Division for Blind Services

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TX SenseAbilities Español
SeeHear 1997-2006

Spring/Summer 2008 Volume 2, No. 3

• Spring/Summer 2008 - regular print (7.38 mb)
• Spring/Summer 2008 - regular print (704k)
• Spring/Summer 2008 - large print (7.38 mb)
• Spring/Summer 2008 - large print (705k)
• Family Wisdom
  • Parent Perspective on Team Meetings
  • Communication Between Family and School: Creating a Communication Notebook
  • Parent Perspectives of The Power of Touch Workshop
  • Hunting with Dad
  • Keeping the Vision: Not Limiting Career Options Because of Perceptions
  • Keys to Driving with Low Vision
  • TAPVI Talks
• Effective Practices
  • Becoming Empowered Through Self-Determination Skills
  • Let’s Play
• News & Views
  • Cafeteria Life
  • The Status of Services in the Blind Children’s Program
• Free Braille Book Bags from National Braille Press
• Finding a Provider: new book announcement
• Announcing: Special Education Record Keeping Folder from PACER
• Publications from the Delta Gamma Center
• Read This To Me!
• Family Connect Brings Together Parents of Visually Impaired Children
• Addled by ARDs? Here’s a Popup You’ll Like
• Volunteer’s Needed for our 3rd Annual Texas Charger’s Retreat
• National Braille Association: Ask an Expert
• Website Information: The Better Hearing Institute
• Bulletin Board
  • Regional, State and National Training and Events

Winter 2008 Volume 2, No. 1

• Winter 2008 in regular print (10.1 mb)
• Winter 2008 in regular print (896 kb)
• Winter 2008 in large print (10.1 mb)
• Winter 2008 in large print (885 kb)
• Family Wisdom
  • Student Led ARD Meetings … A Little Advice
• Texas CHARGERS Host 2nd Annual Family Retreat
• WRESTLING: Illness doesn’t set back Cy Falls’ Mouton—Partially blind wrestler also competitive in judo
• How to Hire a Care Provider for your Child/Young Adult - Tips from a Parent who has been Employing Helpers for Years
• Stop! The Cart is before the Zebra: A Call to Define an “Appropriate Education” for Students having MI/CVI
• What Did You Do During Your Summer Vacation? The Families Connecting with Families Conference
• Effective Practices
  • Observations of Learning Styles of Infants and Toddlers with Visual Impairments or Deafblindness: Using Information About How Children Learn to Plan Effective Intervention
  • Learning-Style Observations: Infants and Toddlers With Visual Impairments
  • Individual Learning Needs of Visually Impaired Children and Youth From Birth to Adulthood
  • Enriching Interactions With Children Who Have Multiple Impairments Including Visual Impairments
• News & Views
  • Preparing Young Texans for a Successful Future
  • The Rebuilding of TSBVI
  • Spoken Text Website Launched…And It’s Free
  • Bookshare.Org News Update
  • TEA Commissioner’s Rules Finalized
  • Updated IDEA Manual Now Available
  • Book Announcement: A Parent’s Guide to Special Education for Children with Visual Impairments Edited by Susan LaVenture
• Bulletin Board
  • Regional, State and National Training and Events

Fall 2007 Volume 1, No. 3

• Fall 2007 in regular print (1.28 mb)
• Fall 2007 in large print (3.7 mb)
• Fall 2007 in large print (4.25 mb)
• Family Wisdom
• The Blind Photographer: Finding beauty through the eyes of an unlikely shutterbug
• A Quest for Focus: Lubbock’s Ninth Annual Family Conference
• Finding a Tele-Support Group
• Meet Texas Parents of Blind Children (TPoBC)
• It’s FREE!
• A Note From the Texas Assn. of Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (TAPVI)
• Effective Practices
  • Informed Choices: Accountability and Individualization
  • Nemeth Braille Translation Technology
• News & Views
  • Blind Children’s Program: Challenges Ahead
  • Looking Forward at TSBVI
  • Short-Term Classes for Academic Student at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  • Book Reviews.
  • New Resources from NCDB
  • Announcement of Competition to Attend International Congress
• Bulletin Board
  • Regional, State and National Training and Events

SEE/HEAR, published for the last 11 years by the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in collaboration with the DARS Division for Blind Services, has a new look and a new name! We hope you enjoy the first issue of TX SenseAbilities.

Formerly SEE/HEAR — A collaborative effort of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and DARS Division for Blind Services

Previous Issues

• Fall 2007 Volume 1, No. 3
  • Fall 2007 in regular print (1.28 mb)
  • Fall 2007 in rugular print (3.7 mb)
• Summer 2007 Volume 1, No. 2
  • Summer 2007 in regular print (4.28 mb)
  • Summer 2007 in large print (399k)
  • Summer 2007 in large print (4.25 mb)
  Spring 2007 Volume 1, No. 1
  • Spring 2007 in regular print (2.5 mb)
  • Spring 2007 in large print (853K)
  • Spring 2007 in large print (18.5 mb)

TX SenseAbilities

Published quarterly:  February, May, August, and November
Available in Spanish and English on TSBVI’s website at  <www.tsbvi.edu>
Contributions to the newsletter can be mailed to TSBVI Outreach, 1100 West 45th Street, Austin, Texas 78756 or emailed to section editors.

If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, please call Beth Bible at (512) 206-9103 or email <bethbible@tsbvi.edu>.

Deadlines for Submitting Articles

December 1st for the Winter edition
March 1st for the Spring edition
June 1st for the Summer edition
September 1st for the Fall edition

Production Staff

Editor-in-Chief
David Wiley (512) 206-9219, <davidwiley@tsbvi.edu>

Editor’s Assistant
Beth Bible (512) 206-9103, bethbible@tsbvi.edu

DARS-DBS Editor
Beth Dennis (512) 377-0578, <Beth.Dennis@dars.state.tx.us>

Website Editor
Jim Allan (512) 206-9315, <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>

Spanish Edition Editor
Jean Robinson (512) 206-9418, <jeanrobinson@tsbvi.edu>

TCB Braille Transcriber
B.J. Cepeda (512) 377-0665, <Bj.cepeda@dars.state.tx.us>

Section Editors

Family Life
Edgenie Bellah (512) 206-9423, <edgeniebellah@tsbvi.edu>

Effective Practices
Ann Adkins (512) 206-9301, <annadkins@tsbvi.edu> or Holly Cooper (512) 206-9217, <hollycooper@tsbvi.edu>

News and Views
Beth Dennis (512) 377-0578, <Beth.Dennis@dars.state.tx.us>

The audio version of SEE/HEAR is provided by Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Austin, Texas

This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education.  The Outreach Programs are funded in part by IDEA-B Formula, and IDEA-D Deaf-Blind Federal grants.  Federal funds are administered through the Texas Education Agency, Division of Special Education, to the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.  Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services.

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