Watch "The Eyes of Me" on PBS television stations on March 2nd. Check local listings for times
Austin showing at 9:00 PM.
This documentary follows 4 teens during an entire school year at TSBVI. ITVS, the co-presenter of Independent Lens, also presents free screenings of the film duringing the month of February in over 50 cities throughout the U.S. followed by panel discussions that connect communities with relevant organizations, resources and opportunities to get involved in today's key social issues. See the schedule for these screenings
Superintendent Bill Daugherty will speak at the Houston screening on February 16th at 7:00 PM.
Announcing the Fred Scheigert Scholarship Program
This competitive scholarship awards three (3) students an individual prize of $3000 annually. Applicants must be full-time college students with low vision, chosen from among those who meet the visual acuity and academic guidelines.
2009-2010 SWOMA Conference - February 4-6th
2010 Statewide Intervener Conference - February 19-20, 2010
2010 Texas Focus June 10-11, 2010
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Inside Line is a FREE 24-hour voice and fax information service and delivers a variety of information to the public through touch-tone telephone. It is the most extensive service of it’s kind in the area and is promoted daily on page B2 of the Austin American-Statesman newspaper and in appropriate sections.
Inside Line is easy to access and use. Callers dial 416-5700, or 800-862-8784 and enter the four digit category number to the information they wish to hear. Fax on Demand or “fax back” will send the caller a free faxed document, usually within a few minutes.
Inside Line is Austin’s choice because it puts answers to thousands of questions right at the callers’ fingertips. Inside Line delivers both audio and fax information and receives more than 10,000 requests for information every day. All of the information on Inside Line is current; updated daily, or as news warrants.
On Inside Line you can choose from over 3,000 categories on:
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February 19th-20th
Residence Inn Austin Downtown/Convention Center
300 East 4th Street Austin, TX 78701
This year's conference, Effective Intervention for Students Who Are Deafblind: Training for Educational Teams That Include Interveners, will include both general and breakout sessions designed to help teams plan and provide quality interventions for their student with deafblindness. Our keynote speaker will be Linda Hagood, speech language pathologist and author of Better Together: Building Relationships with People Who Have Visual Impairment and Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Communication: A Guide for Teaching Students with Visual and Multiple Impairments. Also speaking at the general session will be Melanie Knapp, parent of a son with deafblindness and activist and advocate for the profession of interveners and member of the National Intervener Task Force. Topics will focus on both the general curriculum with a focus on literacy and the language experience approach to instruction. Additional sessions on the expanded core curriculum will include transition, technology, and social skills. Presenters will include Robbie Blaha, deafblind educational specialist and author of Calendars for Students with Multiple Impairments, Amy Parker, assistant professor at Texas Tech University, and Kathie Preece, itinerant teacher of students with visual impairments, as well as Deafblind Outreach staff members.
Both general and breakout sessions are designed to meet the needs of participants working with a diverse group of students. We have organized the breakout sessions by student functioning levels. As you go through our on-line registration process, you will be asked to select the level of student you are most interested in focusing on during the training. These levels are:
Level 1 - Pre-symbolic communication (uses primarily behaviors, signals to request, reject or comment), limited ability to participating in independent instructional activities without support, in self-contained class or program for students with severe disabilities most of the day.
Level 2 - Emerging symbolic communication (may use behaviors, signals, gestures, pictures, object symbols along with limited signs or speech to request, reject, or comment), partial to full participation in independent instructional activities (most likely not at or near grade level), in functional-skills-type classroom part or most of the day.
Level 3 - Symbolic communication (uses primarily speech, signs, pictures, print, or Braille to request, reject, or comment), very independent and able to complete independent instructional activities at or near grade-level, participates in academic classes part of or most of the day.
Dates & Times:
The conference will be held on February 19th - 20th, 2010
Registration & Fees:
All registrations are due no later than 02/05/2010.
Conference registration is on-line. If you are unable to access the on-line registration for any reason, please contact Brian Sobeck at 512-206-9225.
Registration Fees are as follows:
Payment Options
We accept personal checks, agency checks/purchase orders, and vouchers. Each check or P.O. should clearly detail every participant being covered. If you are paying with agency check or PO, please have your business office or agency contact information ready. (Agency name, contact name, and contact phone number)
Cancellation Policy:
Cancelations after 02/15/2010 (including all no-shows) may only obtain a partial refund ($25) of their registration fee. To cancel your registration, you may contact Brian Sobeck at briansobeck@tsbvi.edu or at 512-206-9225.
Financial Assistance:
Limited financial assistance funds are available for family, interveners, and their team members from TSBVI Outreach. Before considering an assistance request from Outreach, determine if DARS-DBS (parents only), your local ISD, or Education Service Center will help pay for your travel costs. Multiple attendees from a school district requesting mileage reimbursement will be asked to make car pool arrangements, as appropriate. Please your coordinate requests with your team members before registering and making your requests.
For more information regarding the conference, please contact anyone of the following persons:
For the 2009-2010 school year TSBVI will be offering Pre-Calculus (as well as Algebra I and Algebra II).
For specific information about the math courses, please contact Math Teacher Maylene Bird, birdm@tsbvi.edu
For admissions information, please contact Admissions Coordinator Cathy Olsen, olsenc@tsbvi.edu, or (512) 206-9182.
On March 7, 2009, much-loved teacher Dennis Powell passed away. His wife, Lisa has requested that all donations in his memory be made to a newly established Dennis Powell Technology Fund. “It was Dennis’s dream to be able to help students who can benefit from technology and have no other means of acquiring it,” commented Lisa. If you wish to make a memorial donation...
Please make your check out to “Dennis Powell Technology Fund”
and mail to
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired,
1100 W. 45th Street,
Austin, TX 78756.
Dallas/Plano Marriott at Legacy Town Center, 7120 Dallas Parkway, Plano, TX
Pre-Conference for Parents & New Teachers, June 9, (Wednesday)
Conference: June 10-11, 2010 (Thursday and Friday)
Tanni Anthony, COMS/TVI, Senior Consultant, Colorado Deafblind Services, Denver, CO
Michael McLinden, Co-Author of Learning Through Touch, University of Birmingham School of Education, Birmingham, UK
Dr. David Birch, Chief Scientific & Executive Officer
Director, Rose-Silverthorne Retinal Degenerations Laboratory, Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, TX
Dawn Adams
Tanni Anthony
Diane Brauner
Randy & Vicki Foederer
Phil Schweigert
Derrick Smith
Millie Smith
Cary Supalo
Terese Pawletko
Jeanette Wicker
Family Pre-Conference $25
New Teacher Pre-Conference free to new teachers, $25 to others as seating permits
Family Main Conference $175
Professionals Main Conference $175
Paraprofessionals/University Students Main Conference $75
Out-of-State Main Conference $250
$85 Single
$110 Double, Triple, Quad
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