Sharing VI Specific Information Statewide

Outreach Programs produce a large number of training events each year for broadcast over the Texas Education Training Network (TETN).

All TETN broadcasts provide 1 ¾   hours of continuing education credit pending approval from the SBEC and ACVREP.

If you would like to join us for any of these broadcasts, please contact your local education service center several days before the broadcast.  Handouts for these sessions are posted on-line approximately a week prior to the broadcast.  Links to the workshop handouts and may be found under the Descriptive Listing for each event.

Forms You to Download

• Sign-in Sheet - Please download this form or use a sign-in sheet from your ESC or district.  Submit this sign-in sheet to Amy Lancaster via fax at 512-206-9320 after the broadcast.  Use the on-line evaluation link below to submit an evaluation.  Once we receive the roster and your evaluation we will email your certificate(s).

• Delayed Viewing CE Request (SBEC or ACVREP)

On-line Evaluation

Please be sure to complete the on-line evaluation after the TETN broadcast is complete.  Your SBEC and/or ACVREP certificates will be emailed to you once your evaluation is submitted.

At-a-Glance

Download the TETN At-a-Glance listings to post on your bulletin board or put in your calendar!

Descriptive Listing

This information is also available in a downloadable format in our 2010-2011 Outreach Programs Catalog of Services and Supports.

October 2011

November 2011

December 2011

January 2012

February 2012

March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

November 2011

TETN #10097

HAS BEEN CANCELLED!

Date and Time of Broadcast:  November 16, 2011 from 1:30-3:30PM

Students with hearing loss or deafness, frequently experience problems with vision.  In fact many of the causes of hearing impairment also result in vision problems.  For an individual with deafness, vision is their primary distance sense.  This broadcast will discuss the need for good vision screening for students who are deaf and hard of hearing.  The implications of vision problems on education for these students will be discussed.

TETN #10098 TAPS Curriculum Update

Date and Time of Broadcast:  November 30, 2011 from 1:30-3:30 PM

This broadcast takes a look at the newly updated TAPS curriculum from the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.  Originally published in 1995, this edition has been updated and more information added to cover a broader range of students.

Handout for TETN # 10098 TAPS Curriculum Update

December 2011

TETN #10099 Abacus:  Getting Started with the Counting Method

Date and Time of Broadcast:  December 14, 2011 from 1:30-3:30 PM

This TETN will emphasize the importance of the Crammer Abacus for students with visual impairments and introduce TVIs to ways to use the Counting Method.  It will explore prerequisite skills for students, provide an overview of reading, setting and clearing numbers, and provide practice in the exchanges involved in using the abacus for addition and subtraction.  Suggestions and resources will also be given for using the abacus for multiplication, division, fractions, and decimals.

Handout for TETN #10099 Abacus: Getting Started wtih the Counting Method

January 2012

TETN #10372 CSCOPE and Students with Visual Impairments

Date and Time of Broadcast:  January 18, 2012 from 1:30-3:30 PM

CSCOPE is described as a comprehensive, customized, user-friendly curriculum support system.  This system has been introduced into many Texas School Districts.  There are some challenges to successful implementation of this program with students who have visual impairments.  Vicki Rainwater will provide an overall introduction to CSCOPE as well as adaptations and strategies for effective use of CSCOPE with you visually impaired students.

NOTE:  Please go to the following links to access the materials we will use during this presentation. You may want to bring your personal computer.

http://www.cscope.us/index.html

http://www.cscope.us/docs/sample_lesson/socstud_ushist_sample_lesson.pdf

Treaty of Versailles Lesson

If you cannot access the pdf file for the sample lesson, you may download the content in an accessible word file.

February 2012

TETN #10100 TVI and O&M Collaboration:  A Great Experience HAS BEEN POSTPONED

Date and Time of Broadcast:  February 15, 2012 from 1:30-3:30 PM

Who wants to work as an island?  This session is geared towards O&Ms and TVIs who want to learn to better collaborate for student success.  Participants will learn to develop, create and utilize experience books to address both VI and O&M goals and objectives.  They will also have the opportunity to view video of a collaborative O&M and VI session in which experience books are used.

March 2012

TETN #10101 Why Parent Organizations Matter

Date and Time of Broadcast:  March 7, 2012 from 1:30-3:30 PM

Texas is fortunate to have a strong network of family organizations that provide information, family connections and leadership specifically to parents of children with sensory losses.  A panel of representatives from Texas Association of Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (TAPVI), Deaf-Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas (DBMAT), Texas Chargers, National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation, and others will share the importance of these organizations to families and the impact they have on public policy.

Why Parent Organizations Matter Handout

April 2012

There are currently no TETN broadcasts scheduled for April.

May 2012

TETN #10102 EXIT (Experiences in Transition) Program

Date and Time of Broadcast:  May 2, 2012 from 1:30-3:30 PM

This presentation will share information about the Experiences in Transition (EXIT) Program at TSBVI.  Designed to focus on transitioning young adults from school to the adult world, this course of study provides programming for Practical Academic students ages 18-22 in an environment that more closely replicates the adult environment in which they will be living.

TETN #10374   Portfolios for Students with Visual and Visual and Multiple Impairments

Date and Time of Broadcast:  May 16, 2012 from 1:30-3:30 PM

Portfolios are more than just notebooks, files or a collection of student performance. Portfolios are excellent self-advocacy tools that can document student strengths and abilities, interests, use of adaptive equipment, levels of independence, strategies for being successful, etc. This TETN will examine introduction portfolios as an effective communication tool to assist others in getting to know the student for who he/she is and not just for his/her disability. We will also look at elements of a self-advocacy portfolio including sections researching and learning more about the student’s eye condition and being able to explain it to others in their own language, including how they best learn, and what they need to be successful in different environments. The TETN will also cover the elements and use of transition portfolios as an excellent basis for IEP development and transition planning focusing on career information including interests; strengths and preferences, vocational, post-secondary and daily living goals.

TETN #10374 Portfolios for Students with Visual and Visual and Multiple Impairments

Attachments:

TETN Sign-in Sheet/ Roster	46 Kb
TETN #10372 SCOPE and Student VI.doc	476 Kb
TETN At-a-Glance	37 Kb
ACVREPorDelayedViewingPacket	125 Kb
PortfolioHandout	3042 Kb
TETN#10099 Abacus Handout	270 Kb
TETN #10096 Handout Accessing E-books	110 Kb
TETN#10098TAPSCurriculumUpdate Handout	693 Kb
Why Parent Organizations Matter Handout	323 Kb
Treaty of Versailles Lesson	367 Kb