Coffee Hour Archive
TSBVI Outreach Coffee Hour recordings are not eligible for delayed viewing credits. To earn CEUs for participating in upcoming sessions, please visit the current registration page.
Braille Access, Coordination, and Logistics
Open captioned. Join us for a collaborative coffee hour focused on streamlining Braille access for students. Learn tips and tricks for planning, managing materials, and more. Discover strategies for accessing digital platforms, adapting assignments, and leveraging tools for timely accommodations. Explore creative solutions and effective collaboration with teachers and administrators. Gain actionable insights to establish timelines, maintain organized resources, and enhance student access to high-quality Braille materials.
Understanding the Unique Needs of a Child with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
Open captioned. Following a brief overview of Optic Nerve Hypoplasia, a sampling of assessment and interventions aligned with the House of Human Development (Bolick 2004) will be reviewed.
Magnifying Your Knowledge on Albinism
Open captioned. Grab those low vision devices and sunglasses and join us as we take a closer look at students with albinism. We'll discuss educational implications, strategies to increase access to instruction, social implications, and identify resources to support the entire team.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): A Discussion on Supporting Students with CMV
Open captioned. Join us for an open discussion about serving and supporting students with Cytomegalovirus (CMV).
Meeting Families Where They Are – Culturally Responsive Engagement
Open captioned. Family members, who also serve as family engagement professionals, will share insights from their diverse cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds on fostering meaningful engagement. This session explores strategies for honoring unique family journeys, promoting equitable access to resources, and building respectful, authentic relationships. Attendees will gain practical tools for engaging with families in ways that respect their cultural and socio-economic contexts, empowering them to meet families where they are and support their growth.
Supporting Families of Children with Complex Health Care Needs in Grief Across the Lifespan
Open captioned. In this session, participants will learn about the definition of grief, types of grief, and the physical & emotional manifestations of grief. Grief resources will be shared as well as information about the Sensing Connections Peer-to-Peer Support that is available to bereaved families in the deafblind network.
Involving Dads – How to Encourage and Support Involvement by Dads
Open captioned. This workshop is designed to help moms, significant others, families, and professionals understand the issues that may impact involvement by fathers, to help moms, families, significant others, and professionals recognize and identify specific reasons a dad may not be participating, and to identify strategies for participants to use in helping fathers become more involved in their children’s lives.
Learning with Travelers who are DeafBlind: Insights from Practice and Research
Open captioned. O&M with people who are DeafBlind involves the use of touch-based and kinesthetic strategies that aren’t as emphasized in traditional O&M training programs. These strategies not only benefit people who are DB but also can support all travelers. In our panel discussion, we will share what we are learning from children and adults who are DB about the importance of trust, touch, communication, and technology integration. Panelists will summarize takeaways from research and practice to promote the insights from DB travelers in order to improve O&M services. An ASL interpreter is in this meeting for the presenters.
O&M and Aligning the ECC with Developmental Milestones
Open captioned. This session will provide an overview utilizing orientation and mobility support to address age-appropriate development for infants and toddlers with a visual impairment—exploring developmental milestones and the Expanded Core Curriculum.
Creating Motivating Learning Environments for Children with Special Needs
Open captioned. Given the opportunity, any child can learn! Active learning, an innovative approach developed by Dr. Lilli Nielsen, has reshaped educational programming – motivating and empowering those with multiple special needs to be engaged by their environment, instead of being controlled by it.