Best Practice for Providing Sexuality Education to Students who are Blind, Deafblind, or Have Low Vision
Open captioned. Youth and Adults who are blind, deafblind, or have low vision are often left out of the conversation about sexuality, almost as if they are incapable of having thoughts, feelings, and needs. In reality, they, too, are sexual beings who need information and skills for making healthy decisions about sexuality. This workshop will help you become more comfortable talking about this sensitive topic by teaching tips and tools for working and teaching with this population.
Count Us In! Understanding the Annual VI Registration and Deafblind Child Count
Open captioned. It’s time to get ready for the annual VI Registration and Deafblind Child Count! This session will walk you through the timeline, registration steps, and key questions on the reporting platform. Everyone is welcome, but the session is especially helpful for those completing the counts in Texas: TVIs, TDHHs, TDBs, Special Education Directors, and 504 Coordinators.
Learning Media Decisions for Students with Low Vision
Open captioned. The Learning Media Assessment (LMA) is a critical document in a student’s educational program. This session will focus on using LMA data to determine and implement the use of multimedia (e.g., print, braille, audio) for a student with low vision who may or may not use print. The focus will be on applying LMA data, rather than instructions on how to write the LMA.
Visual Impairment Scale of Staffing Pattern Analysis (VISSPA)
Open captioned. The Visual Impairment Scale of Staffing Pattern Analysis (VISSPA) is a workload analysis tool designed to help itinerant VI professionals account for tasks performed as part of their job in addition to direct and collaborative consultation services. Join us for this session covering step-by-step instructions on how to complete the VISSPA.
Access without Barriers: Integrating Assistive Technology into District IT Practices
Open captioned. Empower your team with the know-how to merge assistive tech into district IT. Plus, take home practical questions and vocabulary to begin effective conversations with IT staff.
TSBVI Tech Tea Time: Access without Barriers: Integrating Assistive Technology into District IT Practices
Open captioned. Empower your team with the know-how to merge assistive tech into district IT. Plus, take home practical questions and vocabulary to begin effective conversations with IT staff.
Ask an Adult with Albinism
Open captioned. An unscripted panel of adults with albinism as they share their unique experiences growing up with albinism. Panelists will share about their education, upbringing, involvement in the albinism community, and their journeys into adulthood and the working world.
Pathways to Family Leadership: Turning Lived Experience into Collective Impact
Open captioned. Family leaders share how lived experience empowers others. Educators learn how supporting family leadership builds stronger schools and partnerships.
TSBVI Tech Tea Time: Virtual Reality for Visual Impairments: A Study of Object Perception
Open captioned. A review of research that explored the potential of Virtual Reality (VR) technology to enhance the perception of objects among students with Visual Impairments (VI).
Virtual Reality for Visual Impairments: A Study of Object Perception
Open captioned. A review of research that explored the potential of Virtual Reality (VR) technology to enhance the perception of objects among students with Visual Impairments (VI).
