Upcoming Training: Save the Dates!
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Save the Date! Fall 2018
Upcoming Conferences and Events
Training Opportunities Sponsored by TSBVI Outreach: (Professional Development Library)
- December 11, 2018
“Studies in DeafBlindness for the Advanced Practitioner: with Barbara Miles”
https://txtsbvi.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?&session_id=39651
James C. Durkel Conference Center, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI), Austin, Texas
- January 8-11, 2019
“January Braille Boot Camp: Braille Document, Tactile Graphic, and Music Production” James C. Durkel Conference Center, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI), Austin, Texas
- February 21-23, 2019
“2019 Texas Symposium on DeafBlindness Symposium, Preconference and Conference
Austin Marriott North, 2600 La Frontera Boulevard, Round Rock, Texas
- May 3, 2018
“Low Vision Conference: Literacy for Students Who Rely on Print”
James C. Durkel Conference Center, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI), Austin, Texas
- June 10th-11th 2019
“Active Learning Conference”
Hosted by Region 10 ESC in the Dallas area (details to be announced).
2018-2019 Webinars from TSBVI Outreach
(all webinars are from 3:00-4:00 Central Time):
Professional Development Library
- January 10, 2019: Accessible Instructional Materials: What TVIs Need to Know
- January 29, 2019 and March 26, 2019: Designing Routines
- February 26, 2019: Art for Students with Multiple Impairments
- March 7, 2019: Self-Determination: Be the Boss of Your Assistive Technology
TSBVI Outreach Study Groups:
Professional Development Library
- Active Learning – January 24, 2019 and April 18, 2019
- CVI – December 10, 2018, February 11, 2019 and April 15, 20
For COMS:
- January 31-February 1, 2019
International Online Orientation and Mobility Symposium, a three-day online conference. https://www.orientationandmobilitysymposium.com; contact Kassy Maloney [email protected] for more information.
COMING SOON!
Podcasts from TSBVI Outreach Director Emily Coleman: A Sense of Texas

Podcasts from TSBVI Outreach Director Emily Coleman: A Sense of Texas
ANNOUNCING: LETTERS FROM SANTA!
See Paths to Literacy for information on how your child can receive a letter from Santa in braille or large print http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/resources/braille-letters-santa
The deadline for requests is December 15, 2018 for most of the organizations that provide this service. Also see https://brailleworks.com/santa-reads-braille/

“Braille Letters from Santa” from Paths to Literacy