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Announcements/Regional, State, and National Training and Events
Mail or email your item for the Bulletin Board to Beth Bible: TSBVI Outreach, 1100 W. 45th St, Austin, TX 78756 or <bethbible @ tsbvi.edu> An up-to-date Statewide Staff Development Calendar is posted at <http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/vi.htm>
The Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in Visual Impairment
Dr. D. Jay Gense & Ms. Marilyn H. Gense
November 10, 2007
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
For more information, call Robin Rekieta at 806-742-1997 ext. 251,
or visit the Sowell Center web site: <www.educ.ttu.edu/Sowell2/default.htm>.
Nov. 29 . Dec. 2, 2007
TradeWinds Island Grand Resort, St. Pete Beach, FL
Learn to Chart a Course to Literacy for Students with Visual Impairments
in a casual, tropical setting.
For updates and more information go to: <www.gettingintouchwithliteracy.com>
Phone: (813) 837-7829 Fax: (813) 837-7979 E-mail: <kratzlaff @ fimcvi.org>
December 3 – 7, 2007
Helen Keller National Center, Sand Point, NY
The information explosion created by ever advancing technology has affected everyone. It has impacted the deaf-blind population on every level from living independently and safely in their home to better jobs and careers at the worksite to increased socialization and access to information. This seminar demonstrates the technology, the software and the methodology for teaching a wide variety of adaptive equipment to consumers who are beginners and/or advanced students in the world of technology. Vendors will demonstrate the latest state of the art technology and participants will have access to availability and funding resources. CEU credits are available.
For addition information, e-mail Deborah Harlin at <deb.harlin @ hknc.org>, or
Anindya Bhattacharyya at <anindya.bhattacharyya @ hknc.org>.
<http://www.hknc.org/images/2007SeminarBrochure2_1_2007_with_links.htm>
One-day workshops are $50. Two-day workshops are $75. Paraprofessionals free.
All workshops will start at 9 AM and end at 4:30 PM at the TSBVI Conference Center. Lunch on your own. Make your own reservations at a hotel of your choice.
Registration may be limited and is first-come, first-served.
For information about any of these workshops, contact:
Kate Moss, Statewide Staff Development Coordinator
Outreach Department, Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired
512-206-9224 — <katemoss @ tsbvi.edu>
Ann Adkins, VI Education Specialist, TSBVI Outreach & Debra Sewell, Director, TSBVI Curriculum
November 16, 2007
Developing appropriate IEPs for visually impaired students is often challenging; aligning them to state academic standards, even more so. Explore ways that TVIs can make the state academic standards (TEKS, TAKS, general ed curriculum, grade level content, etc.) meaningful and accessible for VI students. The presenters will examine the “evaluation to IEP to instruction” cycle and present ways to align both academic and expanded core areas to state standards at the student’s assigned grade level. CPE credits offered. Academy CPUs pending.
Eva Lavigne, VI Transition Specialist, TSBVI Outreach and
Kate Moss, Statewide Staff Development Coordinator, TSBVI Outreach
January 25, 2008
Personal Futures Planning is a form of person-centered planning pioneered by Beth Mount in the 1970s-80s. This workshop is meant to introduce a group of individuals to this valuable planning tool for helping individuals with blindness or deafblindness and their families plan for the future.
Please contact your Regional Education Service Center Consultant in the area of visual impairments to participate in these broadcasts. Sorry, but at this time the distance education broadcasts can only be viewed in real time and within the state of Texas.
Ann Adkins, VI Education Specialist, TSBVI Outreach
November 7, 2007 (1:30-3:30)
This TETN offers a brief overview of issues facing VI professionals in helping their students with visual impairment to access the general education curriculum. CPE 1.5 will be offered.
KC Dignan, Professional Preparation Consultant, TSBVI Outreach
December 5, 2007 (1:30-3:30)
The TVIs and COMs of Texas are aging out leaving a critical shortage of teachers for the future. This TETN offers a brief overview of the issues facing our profession and ideas for recruiting others to replace you in your job when you choose to leave. CPE 1.5 will be offered. Academy CPU pending approval.
Dr. Elina Mullen, Adaptive PE Teacher, TSBVI
December 12, 2007 (10:00-12:00)
This TETN session will be of special interest to adaptive Parents, PE teachers, COMS, and TVIs. Dr. Mullen will provide specific information about how to adapt a wide variety of recreation and leisure activities for students with visual and multiple disabilities or deafblindness. She will also share information on the importance of considering communication and concept development through the use of the activities. CPE 1.5 will be offered. Academy CPU pending approval.
Rona Pogrund, Professor, Texas Tech University
January 17, 2008 (1:30-3:30)
A TVI faces many challenges in consulting with all of the other professionals serving children with visual impairments. This session will give a brief overview of the role they have and offer resources for helping the TVI become a more adept consultant. CPE 1.5 will be offered. Academy CPU pending approval.
Peggy Miller, TVI/Speech-Language Therapist, Texas School for the Deaf, Austin, TX
January 30, 2008 (1:30-3:30)
This TETN will focus on the unique needs of the deaf student with Usher Syndrome, the combination of hearing loss and Retinitis Pigmentosa leading to deafblindness. Participants will learn about how a diagnosis is made, some of the basics of the syndrome, and how to support the student and family through the diagnostic process. Educational implications will also be discussed briefly and resources will be provided.
Ruth Ann Marsh, Statewide O&M Consultant, TSBVI Outreach
February 13, 2008 (1:30-3:30)
This TETN will focus on promoting the development of skills in non-mobile infants that lead to the exploration of (orientation) and movement through (mobility) a child’s environment. This will include a discussion about developing body awareness, promoting the exploration of near space, and developing awareness and use of the other senses. The participants will learn instructional methods and techniques to promote the development of a child’s awareness of the environment, his relationship to it, and ways to interact with it.
Nancy Toelle, VI Consultant, TSBVI Outreach
April 16, 2008 (10:00-12:00)
CPE 1.5 will be offered.
Academy CPU pending approval.
Discussion Facilitators:
Eva Lavigne, VI Transition Specialist TSBVI Outreach and
Kate Moss, Statewide Staff Development Coordinator, TSBVI Outreach
April 23, 2008 (2:30-4:00)
This TETN is the second in a series of two facilitated discussions on transition issues facing students with visual impairments and deafblindness. Teachers, TVI, O&M, and parents can learn and share ideas for helping to work for more successful outcomes in the adult transition from school to adult life. CPE 1.5 will be offered.
Nancy Toelle, VI Consultant, TSBVI Outreach
May 14, 2008 (10:00-12:00)
Analyzing your Master List of Students can be a helpful part of a programming accountability process. We will represent your Master List data graphically for ease of analysis and presentation to peers and administrators. CPE 1.5 will be offered. Academy CPU pending approval.
Presenter: To be Announced
May 21, 2008 (1:30-3:30)
CHARGE is a very complex syndrome that requires extensive modification to the educational program for the child. Family members are intensely involved in on-going medical management. They also may need to be intensely involved with their educational team in providing appropriate programming. This broadcast will share some basic information about the syndrome, discuss statewide and national resources for parents, and briefly discuss educational issues that must be addressed for these children.
Keeping an Eye on Texas There are dozens of additional training activities listed on the statewide staff-development calendar found at the TSBVI website. Look for more training opportunities in your area by visiting: <www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/vi.htm>. If you know of any trainings to list on the calendar, contact Kate Moss at: (512)206-9224, or <katemoss @ tsbvi.edu>
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