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Abacus: Basic Skills - Session ID 259331
Presenters: Karen Crone, Suzanne Scannell, Region 4 ESC
Location: Region 4 ESC
Time: 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Region 4 ESC Contact: Suzanne Scannell, sscannell@esc4.net
Credit: CPE 3 / PDAS: I, II, III
Registration Fee: $10
Braille Formats - SP0811073
Location: Region 13 ESC, Austin, TX
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Contact: Debra Leff, debra.leff@esc13.txed.net
Credit: 6.00
This session will cover commonly used as well as not so commonly used formats for braille. This will cover literary and math use of braille.
Developing IEPs that connect to Instructions for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Location: Region 11 ESC, Ft. Worth, TX
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Fee: $35 per person from Instructional Services contract districts; $35 per person from Region XI districts; $80 per person from Non-Region XI districts.
Contact: Sharon Rutherford, (817) 740-7574 or srutherford@esc11.net
TETN: LID Overview of Attainment Math and Science Materials (#27057)
Presenters: The Attainment Company
Location: Please contact your ESC Distance Education staff or ESC VI Consultant for the location nearest you.
Time: 3:00-5:00 PM
Contact: Mary Scott, Region 3 ESC - LID, 361-573-0731 or mscott@esc3.net
Region 13 TVI Meeting - SP0810570
Presenter: Debra Leff
Location: Region 13 ESC, Austin, TX
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Contact: Debra Leff, debra.leff@esc13.txed.net
Credit: 6.00
These workshops are exclusively for teachers of students with visual impairments. Refer to Catalog Notes for each meeting to view topics that will be covered. Please register for each workshop individually.TETN #25258 The Role of the TVI in Consultation
Presenters: Rona Pogrund, Professor Texas Tech University
Location: Please contact your ESC Distance Education staff or ESC VI Consultant for the location nearest you.
Time: 1:30-3:30 PM
Contact: Kate Moss, 512-206-9224 or katemoss@tsbvi.edu
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.
Credit: CPE 1.5 will be offered. Academy CPU pending approval.
Teaching Tactile Skills - Session ID 259320
Audience: Orientation and Mobility Specialists, Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments
Presenter: Debra Sewell, TSBVI
Location: Region 4 ESC
Time: 9:00 am- 4:00 pm
Contact: Region 4 ESC, Suzanne Scannell, sscannell@esc4.net
Credit: ACVREP 5, CPE 6 / PDAS: III, VI
Registration Fee: $20
Data, Data, Data: Measuring Effectiveness of Assistive Technology Devices and Services
Presenter: Kelly Fonner, Independent Consultant
Location: Region 11 ESC, Ft. Worth, TX
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Fee: $25 per person from Instructional Services contract districts; $25 per person from Region XI districts; $70 per person from Non-Region XI districts.
Contact: Debbie Roybal, (817) 740-7576 or droybal@esc11.net
Region 1 ESC VI Family Leadership Year Two
Presenter: TSBVI Outreach Staff and Invited Guests
Location: Holiday Inn Convention Center, 200 W. Expwy. 83, McAllen, TX
Times: 9/21 (6-9 PM), 9/22 (8:30 AM-4:00 PM), 9/23 (8:30 AM - Noon)
Contact: Peter Graves at 956-984-6165
The Family Leadership training continues this year for select families in Region 1. Participants will learn about their communities and become leaders through local involvement and become leaders who can help others with their children by becoming more knowledgeable about the educational system and their child.
TCASE MidWinter Conference
Contact: 888.433.4492
Learning to Facilitate Personal Futures Planning
Presenters: Eva Lavigne, VI Transition Specialist, TSBVI Outreach and Kate Moss, Statewide Staff Development Coordinator, TSBVI Outreach
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Location: TSBVI Conference Center, Austin, TX
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.
Credit: 6 CPE will be awarded. Academy 6 CEU awarded pending approval.
Registration: $50 Go to On-Campus Workshop Registration.
Contact: Kate Moss, 512-206-9224 or katemoss@tsbvi.edu
Presenter: Peggy Miller, TVI/Speech-Language Therapist, Texas School for the Deaf, Austin, TX
Time: 1:30-3:30 PM
Contact: Your ESC Distance Learning Specialist or VI Specialist
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. Target audience: RDSPD Administrators and Staff, District AI Staff, TVI, COMS.
Credit: CPE 1.5 will be offered. Academy CPU pending approval.
Presenter: TSBVI Outreach Staff
Time: 3:30-5:00 PM
Contact: Your ESC Distance Learning Specialist or VI Specialist
This TETN will provide an overview of Usher Syndrome, the combination of hearing loss and Retinitis Pigmentosa leading to deafblindness. Participants will learn some of the basics of the syndrome, the challenges of supporting the student in the context of his/her family, and highlight educational implications. Simulations will be facilitated virtually and at select sights. Target audience: RDSPD Administrators and Staff, District AI Staff, TVI, COMS and parents of students diagnosed with Usher Syndrome.
Credit: CPE 1.5 will be offered. Academy CPU pending approval.
Mentor Training
Presenters: TSBVI Outreach Staff
Location: TSBVI Conference Center, Austin, TX
Contact: Chrissy Cowan at 512-206-9267 or chrissycowan@tsbvi.edu
The purpose of this training is to prepare experienced teachers for students with visual impairments and O&M specialists to serve as mentors to new professionals. Prior to this face-to-face training, participants will need to complete the on-line Mentor Training Course available on the TSBVI website at http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/course/index.htm.
Spotlight on Technology: What's New for Students with Visual Impairments - Session ID 270300
Audience: Parents, Personnel Working with Assistive Technology, Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments
Presenters: Various Vendors
Location: Region 4 ESC
Time: 9:00 am- 4:00 pm
Region 4 ESC Contact: Cecilia Robinson, crobinson@esc4.net
Credit: ACVREP 5.15, CPE 6
PDAS: I, II, VIII
Registration Fee: $20
JAWS: PowerPoint - SP0811041
Location: Region 13 ESC, Austin, TX
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Contact: Debra Leff, debra.leff@esc13.txed.net
Credit: 6.00
This is a one-day class covering use of JAWS screen reader with a popular application.Techniques for Developing and Using Tactile Graphics - Session ID 270178
Audience: Braillists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, Teachers of
Students with Visual Impairments
Presenters: Cecilia Robinson, Suzanne Scannell, Region 4 ESC
Location: Region 4 ESC
Time: 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Contact: Region 4 ESC, Cecilia Robinson, crobinson@esc4.net
Credit: CPE 3 / PDAS: I, II
Registration Fee: $10
TETN: Orientation and Mobility for Non-mobile Infants
Presenter: Ruth Ann Marsh, TSBVI Outreach O&M Consultant
Location: Please contact your ESC Distance Education staff or ESC VI Consultant for the location nearest you.
Time: 1:30-3:30 PM
Contact: Kate Moss, 512-206-9224 or katemoss@tsbvi.edu
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.
Credit: CPE 1.5 will be offered. Academy CPU pending approval.
Region 13 TVI Meeting for New TVI's Only - SP0811085
Presenter: Debra Leff
Location: Region 13 ESC, Austin, TX
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Contact: Debra Leff, debra.leff@esc13.txed.net
Credit: 6.00
These workshops are exclusively for teachers of students with visual impairments. Refer to Catalog Notes for each meeting to view topics that will be covered. Please register for each workshop individually.Region 2 ESC VI / O&M Networking (0717185)
Location: Region 2 ESC, Corpus Christi, TX
Time: 8:30 AM- 3:30 PM
PDAS: VI-2, VI-4
Contact: Region 2 ESC, https://secure.esc2.net/workshop/results.asp
Information update for Teachers of the Visually Impaired and Orientation & Mobility Specialists.
TETN: Low Incidence Disabilities Training for ESC Deafblind Specialists
Topic: ADAMS-LS
Time: 9:00 AM - Noon
Location: Location: Please contact your ESC Distance Education staff or ESC VI Consultant for the location nearest you.
Contact: Mary Scott, Region 3 ESC - LID, 361-573-0731 or mscott@esc3.net
This TETN will focus on the Assessment of Deafblind Access to Manual Language Systems (ADAMLS) which is a resource for educational teams who are responsible for developing appropriate adaptations and strategies for children who are deafblind who are candidates for learning manual language systems. It includes strategies for organizing the assessment process, assessment questions with considerations for adaptations and summary results. This assessment document can be downloaded from DB-Link at http://nationaldb.org/NCDBProducts.php?prodIE=60
TETN: LID Network Planning Meeting
Presenter: Mary Scott
Time: 1:00-4:00 PM
Location: Please contact your ESC Distance Education staff or ESC VI Consultant for the location nearest you.
Contact: Mary Scott, Region 3 ESC - LID, 361-573-0731 or mscott@esc3.net
The Power of Touch: Developing The Tactual Sense In Children With Visual Impairments And Multiple Impairments
Presenter: Barbara Miles and TSBVI Staff
Location: TSBVI, Austin, Tx
This workshop is for parents and is by invitation only. If you are a parent of a child who is visually impaired under the age of 12 years old and would like more information about this event please contact, Stacy Shafer, 512-206-9140 or stacyshafer@tsbvi.edu.
O&M for MIVI Students
Location: Region 7, Room E
Time: 8:45 am- 3:45 pm
Workshop Fee $10 per person
BrailleNote GPS and Trekker: Two-Way Finding Solutions for Students with Visual Impairments - Session ID 271062
Audience: Orientation and Mobility Specialists, Parents, Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments
Presenter: Dan Brown, HumanWare
Location: Region 4 ESC
Time: 9:00 am- 4:00 pm
Region 4 ESC Contact: Cecilia Robinson, crobinson@esc4.net
Credit: ACVREP 5.15, CPE 6 / PDAS: I, II, VIII
Registration Fee: $20
Region 9 ESC - VI Teacher Meeting
Presenter: Tricia Lee
Location: Region 9 ESC, Wichita Falls, TX
Time: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Credit: 6 CPE
Contact: Tricia Lee, 940-322-6928 or tricia.lee@esc9.net
Mentor Center
Presenters: TSBVI Staff
Location: TSBVI Conference Center, Austin, TX
Contact: Chrissy Cowan, 512-306-9367 or chrissycowan@tsbvi.edu
2008 Intervener Statewide Training: It Is All About Communication
Presenters: Linda Alsop Saffron, Terry Rafelowski Welch and TSBVI Staff
Location: Embassy Suites, Austin, TX
Contact: Miriam Miramontes, 512-206-9268 or miriammiramontes@tsbvi.edu
National Transition Network Forum (for Schools for the Blind)
Presenters: Various
Audience: Schools for the Blind
Location: TSBVI Campus, Austin, TX
Times: 2/28 (10-3:30), 2/29 (8-5), 3/1 (8:30-3)
Registration Cost:
Contact: Kate Moss, 512-206-9224 or katemoss@tsbvi.edu
The mission of the National Transition Network is to assist young people with visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities, to achieve the highest possible level of success in their life pursuits. The 2008 Forum hopes to provide awareness of best practice approaches to addressing transition issues for students with visual impairment and other disabilities at all levels; to provide a forum to discuss solutions to the issues that are being used throughout Texas and the United States; and to develop an action plan to promote specific strategies and practices related to Goal 9 of the National Agenda.
Glaucoma-Understanding, Treating and Living with it
Location: The American Foundation for the Blind Center on Vision Loss 11030 Ables Lane, Dallas, TX 75229
Time: 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Contact: 214-352-7222 or pris@afb.net. Seating is limited.
Senior Adults Experiencing Vision and Hearing Loss – Double Trouble
Location: The American Foundation for the Blind Center on Vision Loss 11030 Ables Lane, Dallas, TX 75229
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Presenter: Paige E. Berry, Program Director, Senior Adult Program, Helen Keller National Center
Contact: 214-352-7222 or pris@afb.net. Seating is limited.
TETN #30917 - The Intervener Team Model: An Overview
Presenters: David Wiley, Transition Specialist and Jenny Lace, Education Specialist, Texas Deafblind Outreach
Time: 1:30-3:30 PM
Location: Please contact your ESC Distance Education staff or ESC VI Consultant for the location nearest you.
Contact: Kate Moss, 512-206-9224 or katemoss@tsbvi.edu
Learning to Facilitate Personal Futures Planning
Presenters: Eva Lavigne, VI Transition Specialist, TSBVI Outreach and Kate Moss, Statewide Staff Development Coordinator, TSBVI Outreach
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Location: TSBVI Conference Center, Austin, TX
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.
Credit: 6 CPE will be awarded. Academy 6 CEU awarded pending approval.
Registration: $50 Go to On-Campus Workshop Registration
Region 1 ESC VI Family Leadership Year Two
Presenter: TSBVI Outreach Staff and Invited Guests
Location: Holiday Inn Convention Center, 200 W. Expwy. 83, McAllen, TX
Times: 9/21 (6-9 PM), 9/22 (8:30 AM-4:00 PM), 9/23 (8:30 AM - Noon)
Contact: Peter Graves at 956-984-6165
The Family Leadership training continues this year for select families in Region 1. Participants will learn about their communities and become leaders through local involvement and become leaders who can help others with their children by becoming more knowledgeable about the educational system and their child.
Mentor Center
Presenters: TSBVI Staff
Location: TSBVI Conference Center, Austin, TX
Contact: Chrissy Cowan, 512-306-9367 or chrissycowan@tsbvi.edu
Region 2 ESC VI / O&M Networking (0717186)
Location: Region 2 ESC, Corpus Christi, TX
Time: 8:30 AM- 3:30 PM
PDAS: VI-2, VI-4
Contact: Region 2 ESC, https://secure.esc2.net/workshop/results.asp
Information update for Teachers of the Visually Impaired and Orientation & Mobility Specialists.
National Braille Association Pre-conference session: Hands-On Training for Braille Translation Software with NIMAS Updates
Contact: National Office 585-427-8260 or check www.nationalbraille.org
National Braille Association Professional Development Conference
Location: Dallas Addison Marriott Quorum by the Galleria, Dallas, Texas
The conference provides opportunities for networking and refreshing skills, learning more efficient methods to do our work, and discussing our unique skills with others working in the same field. All aspects of braille production will be covered including: Literary Braille, Nemeth Code, Music Braille, Tactile Graphics, Formatting Educational Materials, Transcription Software, and more! A special pre-conference session, Hands-On Training for Braille Translation Software with NIMAS updates on April 2-3, 2008.
Contact: National Office 585-427-8260 or www.nationalbraille.org
2008 TAER Conference: Reaching New Summits
Location: Dallas Wyndham North by the Galleria
Fee: Members $100, Non-members $120, Parent/Legal $50
Go to http://www.txaer.org/Conferences.htm for more information.
Session ID 270108 Project D.O.V.E.S. Follow-up
Audience: Orientation and Mobility Specialists, Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments
Presenter: Ana Perez, O.D. FAAO University of Houston School of Optometry
Location: Region 4 ESC
Time: 1:00 pm- 4:00 pm
Region 4 ESC Contact: Karen Crone, kcrone@esc4.net
Credit: CPE 3 / PDAS: III, VI
Registration Fee: $0
All in the Autism Family Conference on Autism & Asperger's Syndrome
Location: Long Beach, CA - Long Beach Marriott, 4700 Airport Plaza Dr
Contact: http://www.autismcalifornia.com/
Texas Association of Blind Students Spring Conference
Location: Hilton San Antonio Airport Hotel, 611 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78216
Contact: Jose Martinez at jose.martizes07@gmail.com
TETN # 25271 Transition Discussion
Discussion Facilitators: Eva Lavigne, TSBVI Outreach VI Transition Specialist and Kate Moss, TSBVI Outreach Statewide Staff Development Coordinator
Location: Please contact your ESC Distance Education staff or ESC VI Consultant for the location nearest you.
Time: 1:30-3:30 PM
Contact: Kate Moss, 512-206-9224 or katemoss@tsbvi.edu
This TETN is the second in a series of two facilitated discussion 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. If you have any interest in how to improve the transition process for your students who are visually impaired or deafblind, please join in on this informal discussion group.
Credit: CPE 1.5 will be offered.
Discovering a Dream — Making it Real Planning Meaningful and Satisfying Adult Lives for Students with Deafblindness A Workshop about Person-Centered Transition Planning
Presenter: David Wiley, Transition Specialist, TSBVI Deafblind Outreach
Location: Drury Inn & Suites North Austin, 6711 I.H. 35 North, Austin TX, 78752
Contact: Brian Sobeck, (512) 206-9225, briansobeck@tsbvi.edu
During this workshop, participants will learn principles of person-centered planning, and how to apply them to make transition planning more effective for a student who is deafblind. Case studies will illustrate the principles and processes. Participants will get information about resources available in Texas, and have a chance to meet agency representatives. Families who attend will have the opportunity to discuss and record their personal ideas about future. Facilitators will be present to assist with this practical application of the principles of transition planning.
TETN: Texas VI Network Meeting
Time: 9 AM - 4 PM
Contact Olga Uriegas, ouriegas@esc11.net or 817-740-7567 or Stacey McKenzie, smckenzie@esc11.net or 817-740-7501.
Region 9 ESC - VI Teacher Meeting
Presenter: Tricia Lee
Location: Region 9 ESC, Wichita Falls, TX
Time: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Credit: 6 CPE
Contact: Tricia Lee, 940-322-6928 or tricia.lee@esc9.net
Region 13 TVI Meeting - SP0810571
Presenter: Chrissy Cowan and Debra Leff
Location: Region 13 ESC, Austin, TX
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Contact: Debra Leff, debra.leff@esc13.txed.net
Credit: 6.00
These workshops are exclusively for teachers of students with visual impairments. Refer to Catalog Notes for each meeting to view topics that will be covered. Please register for each workshop individually.NCDB Topical Conference: Emergent Literacy for Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind: Models and Strategies for Unique Learners
Location: Sheraton Safari Hotel, Orlando, Florida
TETN #25262 Data Analysis of the QPVI Master List
Presenter: Nancy Toelle, TSBVI VI Outreach Consultant
Location: Please contact your ESC Distance Education staff or ESC VI Consultant for the location nearest you.
Time: 10 AM - Noon
Contact: Kate Moss, 512-206-9224 or katemoss@tsbvi.edu
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.
Credit: CPE 1.5 will be offered. Academy CPU pending approval.
TETN #25263 CHARGE Syndrome: Medical Issues, Educational Issues, and Resources
Presenter: To be Announced
Location: Please contact your ESC Distance Education staff or ESC VI Consultant for the location nearest you.
Time: 1:30-3:30 PM
Contact: Kate Moss, 512-206-9224 or katemoss@tsbvi.edu
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.
Mentor Training (open to VI professionals in Regions 3, 4, 5 and 6)
Location: Region 4 ESC, Houston, TX
Contact: Suzy Scannell at sscannell@esc4.net or 713-744-6811 if you are a Region 4 VI professional. For those in ESC Regions 3, 5, and 6 please contact Chrissy Cowan at chrissycowan@tsbvi.edu or 512-206-9367.
International Conference on Self-Determination
Location: Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan
Contact: Pat Carver, Coordinator, International Conference on Self-Determination at 810-231-6364 or www.self-detrmination.com
Participants from across the world will share more humane and cost effective ways to organize supports, especially in a publicly funded system. This summit will address structural changes to the mechanisms of public funding, new and deeper notions of recovery in the context of self-determination, issues of poverty, important life quality matters that unite all of us in a common sense of humanity and so much more . . .
Hosts: Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired Outreach, Texas VI Network of Education Service Center VI Specialists, and Texas Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (TAPVI)
Location: DoubleTree Hotel Austin located at 6505 IH-35 North in Austin, Texas. A block of rooms has been saved for Texas Focus participants at a special conference rate of $85 single, $135 double, $165 triple and $195 quad occupancy. Reservations may be made online at Texas Focus DoubleTree Reservations or you may phone 512-454-3737.
Registration: Go to Texas Focus Registration to download the registration form.
Registration Category |
Registration by May 15, 2008 |
May 16- June 1, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
Family Pre-Conference |
$25 |
$50 |
Family and Professionals (Conference) |
$175 |
$225 |
Paraprofessional (Conference) |
$75 |
$125 |
Out-of-State Guests (Family Pre-Conference) |
$50 |
$75 |
Out-of-State Guests (Conference) |
$275 |
$300 |
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
A special one-day event for parents begins at 9:30 AM with a special keynote by Susan LaVenture, Executive Director of NAPVI. A luncheon hosted by Texas Association of Parents of Children with Visual Impairments starts at 11:30 AM. Olga Uriegas, TVI/COMS from Region 11 ESC will present a workshop for Spanish-speaking families to help them become more familiar with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the ARD process. This presentation will be in Spanish and begins at 12:30 PM. The afternoon has a number of breakout sessions (beginning at 1:30 PM) including sessions that focus on students who are visually impaired with and without additional disabilities. Spanish and Sign Language interpreters will be available on request for the keynote and breakout sessions.
Infusing the Strategies of Miles, Nielsen, and van Dijk in Working with Students with Visual and Multiple Impairments with Sara Kitchen
How to Describe the World to Your Child with Visual Impairments with Dr. Laurel Hudson
Adaptive Physical Education for Students with Visual Impairments with Randy and Vicki Foederer
Adaptive Physical Education for Students with Visual and Multiple Impairments with Randy and Vicki Foederer
¿Habla ARD y IDEA? (En Español) with Olga Uriegas
Location: DoubleTree Hotel Austin located at 6505 IH-35 North in Austin, Texas. A block of rooms has been saved for Texas Focus participants at a special conference rate of $85 single, $135 double, $165 triple and $195 quad occupancy. Reservations may be made online at Texas Focus DoubleTree Reservationsor you may phone 512-454-3737.
Special Keynote Speakers
Dr. Amy Bower, an oceanographer from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, and Kate Fraser, a teacher from Perkins School for the Blind speaking about OceanInsight a collaboration between Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.
Sarah and Alyssa Gerber sharing Alyssa journey from school to life as an adult living in the community.
Breakout Sessions
Texas Focus also offers a variety of breakout sessions and distinguished speakers such as:
We have applied for ACVREP CEUs and SBEC CPEs. We anticipate approval for 9 contact hours for the conference.
Contact: Kate Moss at (512) 206-9224 or KateMoss@tsbvi.edu or Paula Effenger at (512) 206-9344 or PaulaEffenger@tsbvi.edu
TSID/RID Region IV Conference: Countdown to Excellence
Location: Hyatt Regency Houston 1200 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX 77002
Download registration flyer at http://tsid2008.tsid.org/register.php
For more info send email to: info@tsid2008.tsid.org
Texas Assistive Technology Regional Conference
Location: Region 4 ESC
Region 4 ESC Contact: Angela Standridge, astandridge@esc4.net
Statewide Conference on Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Location: Moody Gardens Hotel, Spa and Convention Center, Galveston, TX
Contact: Kathi Perez at 903-872-6534 or kperez@cisd.org
2008 AER International Conference featuring the Orientation & Mobility Conference within a Conference
Location: Chicago Downtown Marriott, Chicago, Illinois
Tuesday, July 22: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, MacFarland Seminar
Wednesday, July 23: Division Day Activities, Orientation & Mobility Conference within a Conference begins, AER Opening Ceremony & reception, Exhibit Hall opens (evening)
Thursday, July 24-27: 7:00 am - 6:00 pm, All Conference Programming
Contact: AER International Conference
Evision Conference: A multi-disciplinary low vision rehabilitation and research conference
Location: Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX
Registration: $425 until July 25th then $525
Credit: CEs available through COPE, ARBO, AOTA, ACVREP, CRCC
Audience: OT, Optomertrists, Doctors, COMS, LVT, VRT, TVI
Contact: Michael Epp, michael.epp@envisionus.com or 316-425-7119
Texas Visually Impaired Network Meeting
Location: Region 11 ESC, Ft. Worth
Introduction to Intervener Team Model
Presenters: Texas Deafblind Outreach
Location: DoubleTree Guest Suites, Houston, TX
Contact: Brian Sobeck, 512-206-9225 or briansobeck@tsbvi.edu
Deaf-Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas (DBMAT) Family Conference
Registration and conference information go to http://www.dbmat-tx.org/
Sports Extravaganza
For more information contact Christy Householter 972-348-1634 or christy.householter@region10.org
Low Incidence Disability Meeting
Time: 4:30-6:30 PM
Location: Austin, Texas
Contact: Mary Scott at Region 3 Education Service Center
10th Annual Virginia Sowell Center Distinguished Lecture Series
Time: 1 PM-5 PM (10/24) and 9 AM-5PM (10/25)
Location: English/Philosophy Building, Room 001, Basement, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX
Keynote speaker is Ella L. Taylor, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor in the Teaching Research Institute at Western Oregon University. She will present on cochlear implants and its impact on people with deafblindness or are hard-of-hearing.
For information about registration go to http://www.educ.ttu.edu/sowell2/
Mentor Center
Location: Conference Center, Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Austin, TX
Contact: Chrissy Cowan at chrissycowan@tsbvi.edu or 512-206-9367.
SWOMA
Location: Radisson Downtown Market Square, San Antonio, Texas
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