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**Physical Education at Home for Students with Visual Impairment
With school campuses closed due to COVID-19, educators are having to adapt to remote or virtual classrooms. This is a challenge for teaching children who are blind or visually impaired. Teaching Physical Education remotely adds additional challenges. In this webinar, TSBVI PE Teacher, Krinstine Seljenes discusses strategies and resources for remote PE instruction.
**Inclusion for Students with VI In PE
Kristine Seljenes is a physical education teacher at Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. In this webinar, she shares information about specific types of visual impairment and how these may impact student participation as well as any attendant safety issues. In addition, Ms. Seljenes provides an overview of techniques and strategies that are most effective for teaching physical education activities for children with visual impairments.
Videos used in this webinar are provided by Dr. Laura Lieberman and campabilities.org. Be sure to check out the website for more information on accessible PE.
**Tomás and the Case of the Mysterious Missing Dog
Tomás and the Case of the Mysterious Missing Dog is a book for encouraging and empowering students with low vision. Inspired by the book, Monocular Mac created by Dr. Anne Corn in the 1970’s, this book is an illustrated story intended to inspire students with low vision to explore the many possibilities in which their equipment and strategies can be helpful, not only in the classroom, but in real-life situations as well. Intended for elementary readers, the tale relates the adventures of Tomás and his friends as they search for his beloved dog. The book will be available for free download in digital format, both in black and white. During this webinar, the book will be presented in its entirety, showing all illustrations and a dramatic reading.
**Physical Education: Inclusion for Students with Visual Impairments
Students with blindness or visual impairment are sometimes excluded from activities of physical education in the mistaken belief these activities are unsafe or inaccessible for them. This webinar will provide information and suggestions for adapting a variety of sports commonly found in general education so that BVI students experience full and meaningful participation.
**Visual Art for the Visually Impaired: Theater Arts
This webinar is part of an ongoing series addressing accommodations and strategies for making art accessible for students with visual impairment. In this session Robert Pierson, Theater Arts teacher at TSBVI, will share his experiences and insight regarding methods for effective inclusion of VI students in dramatic productions as well as the positive outcomes that can result from their participation.
**Yoga Webinar Series: February 2017
In this final webinar of the three part series, we will present strategies to support the academic learning of students with visual impairments. Participants will be given a sequence appropriate for middle-- high school academic students with visual impairments. Participants will gain an understanding of how to include yoga in to the school environment and how to garner support from other staff members.
**Yoga Webinar Series: December 2016
In this Part 2 of a three part series, focus will be on teaching yoga to children with multiple disabilities. Participants will be given a yoga sequence appropriate for children with varying disabilities including Autism, motor impairments, speech impairments, and dual sensory losses. Strategies for incorporating motor skills, social skills, language skills, and self-determination skills will be discussed.
**Yoga for Children with Visual and Multiple Impairments: Intro
Learn about TSBVI's new publication, "Yoga for Children with Visual and Multiple Impairments". This series of webinars hosted by Kassandra Heil will provide participants with an overview of the book and feature strategies for working with students who are visually impaired as well as students with visual and multiple impairments, including deafblindness. Learn about the benefits for students including bodily and spatial awareness, recreation and leisure, and stress management. Additional dates for this series includes 12/8/16 and 2/23/17.
Using Play and Recreation for Concept Development from Preschool to Graduation and Beyond
Mickey Damelio, Assistant Instructor, Center for Education Research and Policy Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida explores the Recreation and Leisure component of the Expanded Core Curriculum. He discusses keeping everything integrated as we plan for instruction, and the importance of not losing sight of social skill instruction, or O&M, etc. Mickey talks about specific games and activities that students might enjoy, and ways to work with school staff and families to ensure that our students are getting healthy access to opportunities for recreation and leisure.
Building Spatial Skills through Video Game Play
Developing Spatial Navigation Skills through Video Game Play. Keynote presentation by Dr. Lofti Merabet at the 2016 SWOMA conference. Dr. Merabet shows the neuroscience behind evidence-based enhancements in navigation skills for individuals who are blind by using audio/video games to motivate learners and stimulate brain function.