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Mail or e-mail your new classifieds to Carolyn Perkins:
TSBVI Outreach, 1100 West 45th St., Austin, TX 78756, or carolynperkins@tsbvi.edu.
An up-to-date Statewide Staff Development Calendar is posted on TSBVI's website at www.tsbvi.edu.
A Special Opportunity for Students with Usher Syndrome and their Parents
January 22-25, 2004
For Students with Usher Syndrome
TSBVI Special Programs offers a program for middle school and high school students and high school graduates under the age of 22 with Usher Syndrome. This onc-campus class is offered through the Special Programs department in collaboration with Texas Deafblind Outreach at TSBVI. The weekend will be informative and will provide an opportunity for these students to come together and share experiences. More details about the program will be distributed on the TXVIN and the TSBVI web page. So be watching!
Contact: Lauren Newton (512) 206-9119
January 24-25, 2004 - For Their Parents
There will be a special program for the parents held in conjunction with this student weekend. Parents of students attending the Special Programs' class are invited to arrive on Saturday afternoon and stay over Saturday night for information sharing and support before picking up their children. Parents of children younger than middle-school-age with Usher Syndrome are invited to participate in the parent portion of this event.
Contact Beth Bible at (512) 206-9103
February 27-28, 2004 - Austin
Sponsored by Region 13 ESC, APH, and TSBVI. Registration and travel reimbursement costs are available for new professionals. For more information, visit the TSBVI website or contact Jim Durkel at (512) 206-9270 or email jimdurkel@tsbvi.edu.
November 21-22, 2003
The Four Points Hotel
Austin, Texas
Featuring: Joyce Olson,
Coordinator of The Provincial Outreach Program for Students with Deafblindness
Richmond, British Columbia
Texas Deafblind Outreach is pleased to offer this very special training event for Texas Interveners and their educational team. Limited support is available if needed to help the intervener and one professional team member participate. Additional team members are welcome, but not eligible for travel assistance. More information on the hotel will accompany acceptance letter. If you are an intervener who did not received a registration form or need additional information, contact:
Contact: Beth Bible at (512) 206-9103 or bethbible@tsbvi.edu
Presents Dr. Lilli Nielsen
January 19-21, 2004
The Three Low Incidence Disabilities Decentralized Function is offering this special "by invitation only" opportunity for educational teams from each of the twenty education service center regions to participate in an intensive training event on Active Learning Theory. Participants will complete the asessment for the FIELA Curriculum and learn how to implement this curriculum. Teams will be expected to complete follow-up assignments and submit data on their targeted students. District teams are being selected by the ESC 3 LID Specialist or Deafblind Specialist. Each region will be sending two or three teams to this event. Contact your ESC Three Low Incidence Specialist or Deafblind Specialist for more details.
Six days of training for school and ECI professionals working with families who have children birth through five years of age who have multiple disabilities and sensory impairments. Topics include information on vision and hearing loss, communication development, motor development, active learning, and working with families. Training sites for 2003-2004 include:
January 27 & 28, 2004
February 24 &25, 2004
March 30-31, 2004
Contact: Tricia Lee, Region 9 ESC (940) 767-3836
Dates in May or June to be announced
Contact: Beth Bible, Texas Deafblind Outreach (512) 206-9103
December 16 & 17, 2003
February 2 & 3, 2004
April 27 & 28, 2004
Contact: Karen Crone, Region 4 ESC (713) 744-6368
September 18 &19, 2003
October 20 & 21, 2003
November 12 & 13, 2003
Contact: Deborah Thompson, Region 20 ESC (210) 370-5433
To request INSITE training in your region,contact
Gigi Newton at (512) 206-9272 giginewton@tsbvi.edu.
The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired will host its 3rd annual Parent Weekend Saturday, January 31, 2004. Mark your calendars now and plan to spend lots of time with your child's TSBVI teacher, residential instructor, classmates and their families. The theme for this year's event will be "How to find and adapt recreational activities for your child".
Get ready to have some fun!
Contact Roy Martz @ (512) 206-9316 roymartz@tsbvi.edu
February 21-22, 2004
This two-day workshop will familiarize families with issues of adult life for young people with deafblindness. Participants will learn about the lives of young adults who are currently leading lives in the community. They will learn how to plan and prepare for a preferred lifestyle, and how to locate the support needed to make the plans become reality.
More details will be available later this fall. Watch for the flyer!
Contact David Wiley, or (512)206-9219 davidwiley@tsbvi.edu
This year TSBVI will not hold a single Technology Institute, but will offer several all-day workshops throughout the school year. Workshops will be held on the TSBVI campus. Cost is $50.00 per participant; lunch provided. Paraprofessionals and Braille transcriptionists are free. Please see http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/tech-workshop.htm for complete details and to download registration forms.
December 6 - Saturday
An overview of software applications for screen enlargement, whiteboard magnification using the Mimeo www.mimeo.com, and video magnification products.
January 16 - Friday
Talking books are now available in more compact formats than the old books on tape. This ia an introduction to digital talking books and their available formats. Digital talking books and digital talking book players will be demonstrated.
February 6 - Friday
Learn about generating meaningful activities for MIVI students, including promoting literacy awareness activities, using computer based talking books and other activities using PowerPoint, Clicker 4 and other applications.
These presentations will be offered through the TETN network at the Regional Education Service Centers. Contact your ESC to learn if they are participating. For general information contact Karen Brown at TSBVI (512) 206-9314 or email to karenbrown@tsbvi.edu.
January 14, 2004
Beyond Single Switch Games & Toys: Advanced Level
February 18, 2004
Working Together-the VI Teacher & the Diagnostician
March 10, 2004
The Braille Note
April 14, 2004
Motor Issues for Babies with Visual Impairments
December 2, 2003
ESC XI - Fort Worth, Texas
During this two-day workshop, participants will become familiar with the implementation of the F.A.C.E.S. curriculum modules in Science, Social Studies, Math, Personal Health, and Vocational. The primary purposes of the F.A.C.E.S. curriculum are to teach meaningful, age appropriate skills within school and non-school settings and to systematically evaluate students' progress within those settings.
Contact: Olga Uriegas at ouriegas@esc11.net
To register: Central Registration Information System at www.esc11.net
December 13-16, 2003
New Orleans, Louisiana
Contact: George Tully or Lynn Gautreaux at oandm@lsvi.org
December 9-10, 2003
South Padre Island, Convention Center
Contact: Debbie Buchanan at 956-984-6202 or Clabelia Solis at 210-632-3285
March 5-7, 2004
Washington, DC
Contact: Gabriella Smith, American Foundation for the Blind, 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300, New York, NY 10001
212-502-7600 or afbinfo@afb.net
July 9, 10 & 11, 2004
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
For information email to txmoebiu@flash.net or visit
http://www.moebiussyndrome.com/2004/texas2004.htm
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