April 7-10, 2016 Los Angeles LAX Airport Marriott

HOTEL INFORMATION

Los Angeles Airport Marriott 5855 West Century Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90045 Phone: 1-310-641-5700 Toll Free: 1-800-228-9290

Hotel Room Conference Rate: $139.00 per night Book by 3/16/16; quantities are limited.

Transportation to/from LAX airport Airport shuttle service, scheduled, complimentary Estimated taxi fare: approximately $17.00 USD (one way including tip) Parking (Be sure to mention CTEBVI to receive this discounted rate) Self-Parking: $16/day, Valet: $25/day

Amenities: Los Angeles Airport Marriott features efficient internet connectivity with Wired for Business. Beautiful guest rooms offer Marriott bedding for a restful night’s sleep. One-touch access to At Your Service team will expedite your requests. ADA-accessible guest rooms are available. Concierge Level offers upgraded amenities and services to guests. Additional amenities include concierge, valet, dry cleaning and room service.

A dog relief area has been designated at the Century Pavilion Driveway.

On-Site Car Rentals Hertz: 1-310-568-5100

On-Site Restaurants J.W.’s Steakhouse 1-310-641-5700 Latitude 33 1-310-337-8039 Starbucks Coffee 1-310-641-5700 Champion’s Sports Bar 1-310-641-5700

Nearby Restaurants Daily Grill ( 0.5 miles) 5410 W. Century Boulevard 1-310-215-5180 Marmalade Café (2 miles) 2014 East Park Place 1-310-648-7200 McCormick & Schmick's Seafood & Steaks (3 miles) 2101 Rosecrans Avenue 1-310-545-4100

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GENERAL CONFERENCE

INFORMATION

On-Site Registration Exhibit Hall

You may register at the Registration Desk. Please Attendance is free to everyone. CTEBVI’s Exhibit note that on-site registration is nonrefundable. Hall offers a large number of vendors presenting

(check-in for pre-conference workshops only) the latest in assistive technology, braille jewelry, Thursday, April 7 8:00 am - 9:30 am and really neat toys. Special times have been set aside exclusively for the Exhibit Hall that will be (regular conference registration) listed in the Conference program. Thursday, April 7 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Friday, April 8 7:00 am - 4:00 pm Announcement Board Saturday, April 9 7:00 am - 4:00 pm at Registration

Have an announcement or job opening? Please Continuing feel free to post it on the board that will be located Education Units near the Registration Desk.

CEUs are again being offered with an ACVREP fee of $35, payable in advance with registration Hospitality Suite fee. This fee will allow CEUs for an unlimited num- If you need a place to relax and rejuvenate, visit ber of workshops. You will get instructions for re- our Hospitality Suite for light snacks and ceiving certificates after conference. Please pro- beverages, and browse through photo albums of vide an email address where you wish the instruc- conferences past. tions sent.

Silent Auction … we’re a profession that

All proceeds of the silent auction go to the Donna doesn’t use the word

Coffee Youth Scholarship Fund. This event also “impossible.” Instead, we provides you with the opportunity to take home some beautiful gifts. have been a profession that, for years, has discovered Please consider donating an item for the Silent how to solve impossible Auction. For more information, contact tasks, how to use the Dawn Gross at [email protected] or creativity that permeates 805-383-0187 x105. our profession, how to think Silent Auction items must be claimed and paid for so far out of the box that by the end of the banquet unless other arrange- we amaze our friends and ments have been made. Items not claimed will be colleagues! offered to the next highest bidder. GOOD LUCK!!! - Phil Hatlen

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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

THURSDAY, APRIL 7 Pre-Conference Activity (registration in advance required) CTEBVI Board Meeting Grammy® Museum Tour 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Time: 10:30 am - 2:00 pm Cost: $20 Pre-Conference Workshops Location: Hotel Lobby meet at 9:45 am (registration in advance required, check-in is 8-9:00 am) The GRAMMY® Museum explores and celebrates the Making Google Applications Accessible with enduring legacies of all forms of music; the creative pro- JAWS: Drive, Docs, Gmail, & Classroom Time cess; the art and technology of the recording process; and the history of the GRAMMY® Awards, the premier recogni- Presenters tion of recorded music accomplishment. Lead Presenter: Veronica Gunn with Stephanie Herlich, Price includes round-trip transportation and admission. Yurika Vu, and Joe Vona Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm FOCUS ON THE FUTURE (includes one hour break for lunch on your own) Welcome Reception sponsored by: Location: LAX Marriott room TBD TRANSCRIBING MARINERS Thursday Cost: Free Quality Braille and Large Print 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm www.tmbraille.com Join the CSB Assistive Technology Team for a day of all things Google. This workshop will be a hands-on training Enjoy complimentary hors d'oeuvres and a no-host bar where all participants will learn to use Drive, Docs, Gmail, while you get to know your fellow conference attendees. and Classroom with JAWS. Many schools throughout Cali- Groove to the future vibe with fornia, including CSB, are using Google Education. Come learn how your students with visual impairments can participate in this exciting technology. CTEBVI will provide Wi-Fi and the Cheeseballs for all participants during this workshop. This workshop is limited to 50 participants.

CSB “Training Day”

Presenters Lead Presenter: Sharon Sacks with Adrian Amandi and Angela Martyn FRIDAY, APRIL 8 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (includes one hour break for lunch on your own) Silent Auction Begins/Exhibit Hall Open Location: LAX Marriott (room TBD) Cost: Free 9:30 am - 6:30 pm In a time when school districts seem to be eliminating or Come to the Exhibit Hall to browse the vendors and see all the great silent auction items. cutting services for students with visual impairments, this pre-conference workshop will provide participants with val- uable tools for enhancing skills to promote quality service delivery to students. The workshop leaders will review the I long to accomplish a great California Guidelines for Serving Students with Visual Im- and noble task; but it is my pairments, and provide an in-depth review of chief duty to accomplish caseload analysis strategies. These useful tools will provide a framework for professionals and families to deter- small tasks as if they were mine the frequency and duration of services. This workshop is interactive. We encourage questions and solution- great and noble. driven problem solving. This workshop is limited to 50 - Helen Keller participants. 4 57th Annual CTEBVI Conference 2016

Welcome Luncheon FOCUS ON THE FUTURE 12 Noon - 1:15 pm Symposium Friday, 8:00 am - 10:00 am Luncheon will also include General Business Session, Please join us for two impactful hours at Symposium II. Part 1. Everyone is invited to attend whether or not you Five more passionate speakers could not be assembled are registered for the meal. Separate seating will be for your benefit this year. The experts will answer provided for non-dining attendees. questions about the use of UEB math, Nemeth within UEB, pairing electronic devices used with Smarter Exhibitors’ Reception Balance and other purposes. The impact of code 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm changes touches the lives of transcribers, educators, par- Take this dedicated time to visit with the exhibitors, ask ents, and certainly students. These presenters will provide questions about their products, get demonstrations and a path to consider for college, career, and independence indulge in some delicious hors d'oeuvres. No Host bar. affecting our students with vision impairments. Don’t miss out on a chance to check out the Silent Auction items. Panelist: Eileen Curran (appearing via Skype) SATURDAY, APRIL 9 Eileen Curran is a TVI and AT Specialist working with the Carroll Center for the Blind in Massachu- Last Day for Silent Auction setts. She is the Chair of the Braille Literacy 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Advisory Council and serves at National Braille Press (NBP) as Vice President for Education Services and Chief Exhibit Hall - Exclusively Braille Officer. 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm Panelist: Jennifer Dunnam This is the last chance to visit the Exhibit Hall. Browse the Electronic Devices booths, talk with exhibitors, see demonstrations on the Jennifer Dunnam has twenty-five years of experi- latest assistive technology, play with the toys, and more! ence with braille instruction and production. Blind Don’t forget to visit the Silent Auction table and place your herself, she is a certified braille transcriber and bids for some really great items. also uses braille every day. She is the manager of Braille Programs for the NFB Jernigan Insti- tute. Under a contract with NLS, she coordinates certification in President’s Reception braille transcribing and proofreading 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Entertainment provided by: Panelist: Cindi Laurent Wayne Siligo and the Cheeseballs featuring Ilan Ota Cindi Laurent has been transcribing braille since 1997 and is Coordinator for Volunteer Braille Meet your CTEBVI President, Tracy Gaines. Socialize and Services in Minnesota. She has served on the relax with your fellow conference attendees after an board of the National Braille Association, is cur- intense day of fun and informative workshops. Unwind, rent chair of the NBA Formats Committee and is relax and enjoy! No-host bar. chair of the BANA Formats Committee, and is certified in Liter- ary, Nemeth and Formats and UEB from the Library of Congress. FOCUS ON THE FUTURE Panelists: Bob and Sue Sweetman Banquet Accessible Assessments Bob Sweetman earned a BS from Stanford, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm a JD from UC Davis, and an MS in Assistive Technology from Cal State Northridge. He Keynote Speaker: Mr. John Romeo founded his own company, Sweetman Sys- “Inspiration from Beyond the Walls”

tems. Sue Sweetman graduated from Cal Poly Get ready for a wonderful evening of good food, good San Luis Obispo and spent six years as a high school agricul- company, and a captivating speaker. Everyone is ture teacher before transferring her passion for "learning by doing" to folks with visual impairments. She founded her own com- invited to attend whether or not you are registered for pany, Sweetman Systems, along with her husband Bob and has the meal. Separate seating will be provided for been providing assistive technology and training to people with non-dining attendees. visual impairments since 1989. 5 57th Annual CTEBVI Conference 2016

SUNDAY, APRIL 10

FOCUS ON THE FUTURE SUNDAY FORUMS FROM Come to Learn, Stay to Discuss 8:00 am - 9:30 am BEYOND Choose from two fabulous forums to share ideas, challenges, and solutions. Make the most of your last day at conference! THE Forum 1001 Focus on the Future Transcribers’ Forum Moderator: Sue Reilly WALLS Let's focus on sharing transcriber topics related to transcription, training, certification, formatting, contracting, re- Learning From muneration, supporting teachers/students/clients, and leg- Men and Women in Prison islation. Come prepared to learn from and support each other! Braille Programs

Forum 1002 Don’t Miss our Focus on the Future Educators’ Forum Beyond the Walls Workshops! Moderator: Dr. Sharon Sacks Beyond the Walls is a program idea from John Romeo. John is passionate about braille and the rehabilitative Complimentary Sunday Brunch and qualities the vocation provides offenders who participate iPad Drawing!!! in prison braille programs across the nation. John 10:00 am - 12 Noon wanted a way to showcase the wonderfully immense knowledge base inside the prison programs for the Our Conference concludes with a greater good of the braille community. He envisioned Complimentary Buffet Brunch a program where prison braille programs could (must be pre-registered to eat) and create professional-quality, expert presentations for the WIN CTEBVI conference. will include General Business Ses- AN sion, Part 2, and a Roundtable John presented his idea at the APH prison forum and the Discussion. response was overwhelming. In the end, Michigan Braille Transcribing Fund (MBTF), the Miami Accessible Media Pre-register for the brunch and not iPAD! Project (MAMP), and the Mountain View Braille Facility only do you get to enjoy a FREE (in collaboration with the AMAC) were selected to be meal, but you will receive a ticket the pioneering program partners with CTEBVI. They for a FREE chance to win our have all put together first-rate presentations for drawing. Transcribing Mariners, of Auburn, CA, has gen- braille transcribers. erously donated an iPad Mini that will go home with the lucky winner. You must be present to win. We are incredibly excited to announce that the presentations from MBTF and MAMP will be telecasted Everyone is invited to attend the meeting whether or not live into the conference and the men and women in you are registered for the meal. Separate seating will be these prison braille programs will be personally present- provided for non-dining attendees. ing the materials they have prepared. Please be aware that in the course of the workshops you will see and be seen by the offenders in the program.

We proudly present workshops 201, 303, and 501 as our first presentations in the Beyond the Walls program. We hope you enjoy them!”

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CTEBVI 57th Annual Conference PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. April 7-10, 2016 LAX Airport Marriott Online registration begins February 10, 2016. 5855 West Century Blvd. www.ctebvi.org Los Angeles, CA 90045

LAST NAME FIRST NAME PHONE (INCLUDING AREA CODE) HOME ______WORK ADDRESS E-MAIL

CITY, STATE/PROVINCE ZIP/ MAILCODE CLASS MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS: BRL Large Print BADGE INFORMATION ( e.g., NICKNAME, EMPLOYER and GUIDE DOG ORIENTATION POSITION) HOTEL ORIENTATION

WORKSHOPS open to members only. Please include dues with registration if you are not a current member. All $US TOTAL Earlybird Registration w/meals (postmark/online before midnight 3/11/16) $260 Earlybird Registration only (postmark/online before midnight 3/11/16) $175 On-Time Registration (postmark/online 3/12/16 to midnight 3/25/16) $190 Late Registration (postmarked/online on or after March 26, 2016) $200

Meals: (Sunday complimentary – with or without meal deal) Meal Deal Pricing: (Friday, Saturday and Complimentary Sunday) $85 Friday Lunch  Buffet Vegetarian Vegan Friday - $45 Saturday Banquet  Chicken  Filet Mignon Veg. Wellington Vegan Saturday - $55 Sunday Brunch  Breakfast Buffet Complimentary I would like to attend the following receptions: President’s Reception Welcome Reception Vendors’ Reception Complimentary ACVREP - approved credit for attendance, including certificate $35 *mailed to participant immediately following conference Pre Conference Events:  CSB Training Day No Charge  Making Google Applications Accessible with JAWS: Drive, Docs, etc No Charge  Grammy Museum $20 Membership Dues: Annual/Family $50 Dues paid after 10/1/2015 apply to 2016 Student $25 Dues are not refundable at any time. Life $500 Please MAKE CHECKS or PURCHASE ORDERS Check/PO # PAYABLE TO: CTEBVI 2016 Conference Total $US only

DAY OF EVENT Please mark one workshop choice for each section you will be attending. April 8, Friday 100 200 300 400 April 9, Saturday 500 600 700 800 | 900 April 10, Sunday 1001 -Forum 1 1002 -Forum 2

Cancellation Policy: Send PO and/or checks to: Questions:

No refund of membership dues plus CTEBVI Annual Conference Vicki Garrett, Registrar $25 cancellation administration fee 1847 145th Place SE [email protected] Bellevue, WA 98007 702-575-9913 Copy completed form for your records. or Fax: 866-479-6729 Fax: 866-479-6729 7 57th Annual CTEBVI Conference 2016

MEAL CHOICES

FRIDAY LUNCH: Taste of Italy

Salads and Sides Caesar salad with fresh romaine, roasted tomato, parmesan, and housemade croutons Mixed green salad with fresh mozzarella, grape tomatoes, rustic crostini and fresh basil Seasonal vegetable medley

Entrées Parmesan crusted breast of chicken with Asiago cream sauce Penne pasta with house made pomodoro sauce, mozzarella, and parmesan cheese Seared salmon with white wine and garlic braised mussels and lemon

Dessert Tiramisu and chocolate dipped biscotti

SATURDAY DINNER All meals served with premium coffee, decaffeinated coffee, and selection of teas

Entrée Choice:

Chicken Florentine stuffed breast of chicken with baby spinach, herbed ricotta and Asiago cheeses with roasted tomato cream sauce Fire Grilled Filet Mignon with red onion compote and wild mushroom demi-glace Roasted Vegetable Wellington grilled vegetables wrapped in puff pastry served with Pomodoro sauce

with

Garden Salad with garden greens mozzarella, enoki mushrooms, cucumbers, tomatoes, herb croutons, and balsamic vinaigrette

Fresh Market Vegetables Swiss Cheese au gratin potatoes

Red Berry Mousse Cake with elderflower mascarpone mousse/red berry

SUNDAY BRUNCH BUFFET

Freshly baked gourmet muffins Freshly baked bagel assortment, breakfast breads, and croissants Whole and cubed fruits Individual fruit yogurts and house made granola Kellogg’s cereals with ice cold skim and 2% milk Fluffy scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese and sliced scallions Brioche French toast with candied pecans, berry compote, and warm maple syrup Smoked bacon and chicken apple sausage Country style breakfast potatoes Chilled orange, cranberry, and grapefruit juice Fresh brewed premium coffee, decaffeinated coffee, and selection of teas

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PRESENTERS: CURRICULUM VITAE

Justin Adams and Chester Goodale have a Keith Christian is a TVI for Anaheim City School District. combined 40+ years in education, though both He enjoys his job as a TVI, are new to the field of Visual Impairments. Both and is enthusiastic about are “fix-it” kinds of guys who love a challenge teaching elementary aged and the “learn by doing” approach. When they students how to use tech- recently discovered 12 “broken” braillers in a nology to increase their par- County Office closet and learned there was not ticipation in the general ed- money in the budget for repairing them, they ucation classroom. He asked themselves what could be done. They thinks it is awesome to see found an online Perkins Brailler Repair Video, kids get excited about using cool tools to get the which helped them successfully restore most of job done today and prepare them for the real the dirty braillers to service! world that lies ahead.

Stacy Aguilera is an expert reviewer on the Open Hands Joe Chung has thirteen years in the vision impairment Open Access initiative and is industry, as well as teaching, training and currently a lead Host for co- knowledge of Daily Living Aids and Electronic horts conducted by Califor- Low Vision products. nia Deafblind Services (CDBS). She has been affiliat- Ralph Cioffi is currently dually credentialed as both an ed with CDBS for two years Orientation & Mobility Spe- as an Educational Specialist. cialist and TVI. He serves as Prior to joining CDBS, she the O&M Specialist for was an educator of students with deafblindness CTEBVI. Previous to his re- while serving as a deaf/hard of hearing itinerant tirement, he worked for the in numerous school districts. Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) for 24 years Adrian Amandi is the Director of the California Educa- where his experiences tion Resource Center for ranged from providing service to VI students in Blind/Visually Impaired. He Early Start and pre-school programs, along with has 10 years as Assistive Tech- working with students at the elementary and nology Specialist at the Cali- high school level. Prior to his work for PUSD, he fornia School for the Blind. was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Kingdom of Tonga; taught kindergarten for several years in the South Bronx, New York City; and was adjunct faculty at Mt. St. Mary’s College (1993- Jim Carreon is a retired Adaptive Technology Teacher 2009). During that time, he was also Director of from the California School the Hilton-Perkins Grant Program at Mt. St. for the Blind. Jim has devot- Mary’s College (1997-2003) which acculturated ed more than twenty years students going into helping professions to the to helping students learn to issues of blindness and visual impairment. Cioffi access information using var- is a graduate of the O&M Masters program at ious hardware and software Cal State Los Angeles and holds a Masters de- products. gree from Antioch College in Elementary Educa- tion. Michael Cheverie has been a TVI with the Los Angeles Unified School District for 12 years. He has been Cathleen Coombs has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology a STEM teacher for 35 years. and a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Coun- seling, both from San Diego State University. She is also a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor

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(CRC). In December she completed a certificate, the Slate and Stylus. She serves on the board of Career Planning and Placement for Youth in the Braille Authority of North America (BANA) Transition, offered through the University of and currently serves as its chair. Maryland. She has 26 years of experience in the field serving individuals with disabilities. She Robert Eutz is the director of the Miami Accessible Me- has worked with every disability population, dia Project. He is certified in Nemeth and UEB particularly individuals with intellectual and de- (Canada). The men of MAMP have literary and velopmental disabilities and those with vision Nemeth certifications and proficiency in MS impairments. She has especially been dedicated Word, MS Word, Abbey Fine Reader, and Adobe to the needs of youth with disabilities, working Pro XI. closely with educational and community partners to improve the process and outcomes for Jennifer Fiero manages the accounts in 27 western US this age group. states and is the national trainer for ViewPlus.

Taylor Cox is a 7th grade braille student in Huntington Jennifer Fisher is an early childhood/preschool special Beach. She uses many pieces of technology education program specialist with Southwest throughout her school day. Her hobbies include Special Education Local Plan Area (SW SELPA) learning new technology, music, jujitsu, and and a master trainer with the Desired Results running. She also enjoys writing for the Donna Access Project. She has taught extensively in Coffee Scholarship Blog. early childhood/preschool special education programs for children with IFSPs and IEPs and Gaeir Dietrich is the director of the High Tech Center holds a master’s degree in Early Childhood Spe- Training Unit (HTCTU) of the cial Education. California community colleges, and the system-wide Tony Fletcher is a 25 year employee of the LightHouse trainer for Section 508 com- for the Blind and holds a master’s Degree in pliance. Gaeir has served on Special Education with an emphasis in Orienta- the advisory boards for tion and Mobility Instruction. Tony has served in AHEAD, Bookshare, DIA- many roles for the LightHouse but is most recog- GRAM Center, the Alternate nized for his long tenure as the Director of En- Text Production Center (ATPC), and the Silicon chanted Hills Camp. Valley Independent Living Center (SVILC). In 2010-2011, she served as the chair for the na- Laurie Garcia is the Staff Services Manager II, Division tional Advisory Commission on Accessible In- Support and CSMT administration unit, CDE. structional Materials (AIM) in Postsecondary Education. She is a contributing author to Be- Marc Gillard is a certified Orientation and Mobility yond the Americans with Disabilities Act, pub- Specialist (COMS). His expe- lished by NASPA. rience includes licensed guide dog instructor and Jennifer Dunnam has twenty-five years of experience assessor of guide dog with braille instruction and schools. He has worked at production. Blind herself, Guide Dogs for the Blind, she is a certified braille (GDB) San Rafael, CA as well transcriber and also uses as at multiple Guide Dog braille every day. For nine facilities in Australia. years she has served as the Manager of Braille Pro- Nancy Goldstone is an early childhood special education grams for the National Fed- coordinating teacher with the Los Angeles Uni- eration of the Blind Jernigan Institute. Under a fied School District and a master trainer with contract with NLS, she coordinates the admin- the Desired Results Access Project. She has istration of courses for persons seeking certifica- taught extensively in early childhood special tion in braille transcribing and proofreading. education programs for preschool age children She is the author of The Slate Book: A Guide to

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with IEPs and holds a master’s degree in Educa- Dr. Sunggye Hong, associate professor of the depart- tional Administration/Policy Studies. ment of disability and psychoeducational studies and the program coordinator of the visual Chester Goodale and Justin Adams have a combined 40+ impairments teacher training program, received years in education, though both are new to the both his master’s and doctoral degrees from the field of Visual Impairments. Both are “fix-it” University of Arizona in Special Education/ kinds of guys who love a challenge and the Education of Students with Visual Impairments. “learn by doing” approach. When they recently He took a faculty position in the Department of discovered 12 “broken” braillers in a County Special Education at San Francisco State Univer- Office closet and learned there was not money sity and at the University of Northern Iowa in the budget for repairing them, they asked where he served as a coordinator of the visual themselves what could be done. They found an impairment programs. He has conducted re- online Perkins Brailler Repair Video, which search in the areas of braille reading, assistive helped them successfully restore most of the technology, and expanded core curriculum of dirty braillers to service! students with visual impairments. His research agenda is aimed at promoting equal access to Jake Gross is a sophomore at California School for the educational opportunities including curriculum Blind in Fremont, though he and his family live materials, classroom activities, and other school in Camarillo. He is an avid user of NVDA and has programs of students who are blind or visually even created add-ons for the open source impaired with or without additional disabilities. screen reader. In his spare time he enjoys work with various forms of technology, especially old- Kevin Hughes is the West Region Manager for er technology, playing with his dogs, eating fast HumanWare. Kevin has led numerous hands-on food, and working on his personal website. workshops over the past 14 years with the emphasis on the education market and technology. Veronica Gunn, Technology Teacher, California School These training sessions allow teachers to best for the Blind utilize the HumanWare technologies to meet the curriculum access needs of their visually im- Cyndi Hammonds is an Associate Information Systems paired students. Analyst providing technical assistance to CSMT, CDE. Mike Ju is the owner of Berryessa Designs, a lighting design house and manufacturer with primary Stephanie Herlich, M.A., has been a teacher of the visu- business focused on reading lights for seniors ally impaired and orientation and mobility spe- with low vision. His core experience is in elec- cialist for over 20 years; currently she is an As- tronics designs, in particular high frequency sistive Technology Specialist for the California semiconductors. Mike's last position was mar- School for the Blind in Fremont, CA. She is co- ket segment manager for North America and author of Getting to Know You: A Social Skills South America for LED Drivers. Mike became Curriculum for Students Who Are Visually Im- interested in lighting as his eyes started to fade paired and Their Sighted Peers, published by the when he turned 43. He started Berryessa De- American Printing House for the Blind, author of signs in 2009. He was lucky to have the support Learning Braille Contractions, and The Mangold of people in Low Vision such as MDSupport Braille Program, Unit 3 UEB published by Excep- Group, Braille Institute, and Low Vision Clinics tional Teaching, contributing author of Learning at UC Berkeley and UCLA. He was able to learn to Listen/Listening to Learn, published by Amer- what his customers needed and use what he has ican Foundation for the Blind, and contributing in terms of engineering skills to create lights to author of ECC Essentials; Teaching the Expanded meet their needs. A lot of his customers are 80, Core Curriculum to Students with Visual Impair- 90, and 100 years old. He is very happy to know ments. Stephanie was a researcher on the Al- that he is actually helping them with his lights. phabetic and Contracted Braille Study funded by He would like to start understanding the lighting American Printing House for the Blind. needs of people under 18 by initiating collaboration with teachers.

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Cheryl Kamei-Hannan, Ph.D., is a co-author of Reading Judith Lesner is the proud parent of Jacob Lesner- Connections: Strategies for Teaching Students Buxton. Judith worked in with Visual Impairments. She is an associate the residential department professor at California State University Los An- of the California School for geles and the Coordinator of the Education Spe- the Blind for 30 years and cialist Credential in Visual Impairment and helped to raise many stu- Blindness. She has authored many articles on dents who were visually literacy and technology for students with visual impaired or blind. She is impairments. Her most recent project has been presently retired and serves to lead a team of experts in collaboration with as the co-chair of Blind Babies Foundation Pro- Braille Institute of America, to develop the iB- fessional Advisory Committee, on the board of raille Challenge mobile app, a mobile reading CAPVI, is treasurer of the CSB Parents and intervention and assessment program that sup- Friends Association and advisor to the Lucky ports literacy. Because of the visual nature of Touch Braille Fortune Cookie Company. most information, people who are blind, severe- ly visually impaired or who have poor sight can- Jacob Lesner-Buxton is an alumnus of CSB, OUSD, not readily use the wealth of information pro- California State University, Monterey Bay and vided in the environment. At the LightHouse for California State University, East Bay . the Blind we provide people access to the printed word and to any visually conveyed infor- Patti Maffei is the Executive Director of Northern and mation – graphics, illustrations, maps - which Central California Services at Junior Blind, super- we render as raised line drawings and 3D print- vising and ensuring the success of Junior Blind’s ed objects. two major programs in the region, Blind Babies Foundation and The Hatlen Center, as well as Jerry Kuns has been involved with information access transition services state-wide. Prior to assuming issues since the mid 1970s. this role in 2015, Patti had been the Program He has worked with some Director for The Hatlen Center since 2006, fol- of the industry's leading lowing 15 years of experience as an Orientation product developers to affect & Mobility Instructor. A respected authority in solutions for employment the field of transition for those who are blind or and education. He retired visually impaired, Patti has lectured and pre- from the California School sented workshops at numerous professional for the Blind as an Adaptive conferences. She is the author of Quick & Easy: Technology Teacher in September of 2014. He Expanded Core Curriculum, published by the continues to work tirelessly to promote braille American Printing House for the Blind (APH) in literacy and the use of information access tools. 2014, and has been an expert reviewer and con- sultant for APH projects. Patti holds a master’s Cindi Laurent has been transcribing braille since 1997. degree in Special Education and a Rehabilitative She is currently the Coordi- Services Credential in Orientation and Mobility nator for Volunteer Braille from San Francisco State University. She is Services in Minnesota. She ACVREP certified in Orientation & Mobility. has served on the board of the National Braille Associa- Debi Martin has been a TVI for 33 years, O&M for 17 tion for seven years and is years, and a Guide Dog pup- the current chair of the NBA py raiser for 10 years. The Formats Committee. She puppies that she has raised served on the BANA board as the NBA repre- have become an integral sentative for several years and is now the chair part of her curriculum. of the BANA Formats Committee. She is certified in Literary, Nemeth and Formats and has received the Letter of Proficiency in UEB from the Library of Congress. She has also received certificates in UEB from CNIB and Australia.

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Mike May is co-founder and CEO of Sendero Group, de- Debby and Larry McFatter are the parents of Gavin velopers of the first accessi- McFatter, an alumnus of ble GPS for the blind in CSB. 2000 and distributors of various adaptive technologies. He has been the princi- ple investigator on several US federal grants as he works with numerous or- ganizations to advance wayfinding technologies Gavin McFatter is an alumnus of CSB and is living around the world. independently.

Dr. Bennett McAllister graduated with Honors from Cali- Ramona McLaughlin worked for the Employment Devel- fornia State University, San opment Department for 20 years Bernardino with a degree in managing crucial program eligibil- Social Science before ity interviews with applicants and attending graduate school employers. While she was there, at the University of Califor- she accepted the opportunity to nia, Berkeley. There, in participate in the Director’s Disa- 1979, he received his B.S. bility Advisory Committee where degree in Physiological Op- she navigated conversations fo- tics and, in 1981, his doctorate in Optometry. cused on work place concerns of state employ- His clinical background runs from general pri- ees with disabilities. Most recently, she has vate practice, pediatrics and contact lenses to worked as a TVI at Corona Norco USD. low vision care and surgical pre- and post-op for cataracts and LASER surgery. While teaching Beth Moore is a retired Teacher of the Visually Impaired senior interns one day a week at a specialty par- from Saddleback Valley tially sighted clinic during the 1980s, he super- USD. She has a M.A. in Edu- vised the first program in the Los Angeles area cation and is a Family Re- for treating vision loss from AIDS. Later, he source Specialist at the Cen- helped establish a pediatric low vision clinic for ter for the Partially Sighted. multiple handicapped children with vision loss. Currently, he is Chief of Primary Care Services at Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry. Through the diversity of vision Yolanda G. Moreno is the Director of Multiple Disability conditions, pathologies and patient ages, he Services, Inc. maintains that he does not treat vision or eyes, but people. Jamie Murdy is a Teacher of the Visually Impaired and Orientation and Mobility Specialist in Hunting- William McCann is the President of Dancing Dots, Braille ton Beach. She has been teaching students with Music Technology. visual impairments for the past five years. Prior to that, she worked for Sendero Group where James McCarthy is President of HIMS, Inc. based in she worked with Accessible GPS and other tech- Austin, Texas. He has a B.A. nology for the blind and visually impaired. from the University of Red- lands and an M.B.A from Caryn Navy has worked on Duxbury Braille Translator the American Graduate (DBT) development involving math for quite School of International some time. Before and after earning a Ph.D. in Management. He has math, she taught math to sighted students at worked in the field of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at Assistive Technology for 33 Bucknell University. She has been serving on the years and is a legally blind user of video magnifi- BANA task force for creating guidelines for pro- ers for over 40 years. ducing Nemeth Code in UEB context.

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Nancy Niebrugge is the Associate Vice President of Na- Dennis Littleton has been a Transcriber since tional Programs for Braille Institute. She has 2007. He is certified in Literary and been leading The Braille Challenge for more Nemeth and is a Nemeth instructor, than ten years, helping grow the program from lead worker in Nemeth, and liaison for a regional Southern California event to a nation- MBTF graduates. al contest that includes more than 1,000 con- Carlos King - Transcribing since 2010, he is certi- testants in more than 40 sites throughout North fied in Literary and is a Literary and America. Formats instructor, and lead worker in Lisa Okikawa is currently a Teacher of Students with Literary and UEB transitioning. Visual Impairments for the Jason Armour has been a Transcriber since West Orange County Con- 2007. He is certified in Literary and sortium for Special Educa- Nemeth. He’s a tactile and CorelDraw tion in Huntington Beach, instructor and was Lead Worker in the CA and serves on the board Graphics Department. for CTEBVI. Okikawa, a 2014 Mitchell Keil has been a Transcriber since 2009. theatre education Tony He is certified in Literary, Formats and Award nominee, is an advo- Nemeth. cate of performing arts education for students Lorenzo Harrell has been a Transcriber since who are blind and visually impaired. She was 2008. He is certified in Literary and the first and sole L.A.-area recipient of the Nemeth. Broadway League's Apple Educator Award for Dennis Pogarch has been a Transcriber since her work advocating literacy-based theatre edu- 2008. He is certified in Literary and cation for students with visual impairments; Nemeth. was selected as an Educator Fellow by Los Ange- les’ Center Theatre Group and was a National Katrina Ostby has been an independent braille Education Association grant recipient. Okika- transcriber since 2003. wa's article, Putting It Together: Musical Theatre Katrina works from NIMAS & Literacy for Children with Visual Impairments or publisher PDF files, but was published in The Journal of Visual Impair- scans and OCRs books when ment & Blindness (2012). Okikawa has present- those resources are not ed at the Association for Education and Rehabil- available or have insur- itation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, mountable flaws. Katrina is Getting in Touch with Literacy and the CTEBVI certified in Literary and conferences and participated in a presentation Nemeth Code, as well as 2012 Braille Formats. at the American Printing House for the Blind. Prior to her career in education, Okikawa held Allen Pan, graduate of USC is a self described “Freelance positions in the entertainment industry includ- Engineer, Electrical Mercenary, and Imagination ing Manager of New Media, Entertainment Pub- Man.” Allen has invented “Conductak,” his spe- licity for NBC Universal and Publicist at E! Net- cially designed solderless conductor. works. She is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree Dr. Linda Pang graduated from Southern California in Theatre and minor in English and completed College of Optometry. After both the credential and masters programs in graduation, she pursued Special Education/Visual Impairments from Cali- advanced training in low fornia State University, Los Angeles. vision rehabilitation at the renowned Lighthouse Inter- Cindy Olmstead is the President/CEO of Michigan Braille national in New York City. Transcribing Fund. MBTF is a full braille tran- After residency, she joined scription production facility and their main the staff in a full-time ca- product is K-12 textbooks. They are located in pacity at Lighthouse International and served as the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility. Pre- an adjunct clinical faculty for SUNY College of senting are: Optometry. She has published a book, The Lighthouse Clinician’s Guide to Low Vision Prac- 14 57th Annual CTEBVI Conference 2016

tice. She has served as an advisory board mem- Damian Pickering was mainstreamed as a blind student ber for Baruch College’s Computer Center for and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in phi- Visually Impaired People. She taught ophthal- losophy from St. Mary's College of California. A mology residents, optometry students and resi- veteran of the Blindness Tech industry, he has dents. Currently, Dr. Pang is the Chief of the represented Freedom Scientific, Humanware Vision Rehabilitation Service and an assistant and currently serves as Regional Sales Manager professor at Western University of Health Sci- for HIMS, Inc. Damian is grateful for the doors ences, College of Optometry. She spends most technology has opened in his life. He believes of her time in the Eye Care Center training op- there is always room for new and better prod- tometry students about the humanistic ap- ucts, but there is also room for all of us to im- proach to patient care and guest lectures in vari- prove our mastery of the products we have. ous didactic courses. She also provides low vision rehabilitation at Casa Colina Centers for Stephanie Pieck holds a degree in piano performance Rehabilitation. When she’s not teaching, she from Ithaca College. works in a private practice in Burbank. She was a semifinalist in the Tenth International Jonn Paris-Salb was a classroom teacher for 20 years, Competition for principal for 12 years, and Blind Musicians in Prague has been with the Depart- and received the 2006 Vivi- ment of Education for nine an Nelson Prize from years. Currently Jonn is the the National Federation of Assistive Technology Con- Music Clubs. A passionate advocate sultant. Jonn serves on the of braille and music literacy, she has worked to CTEBVI board, Braille Chal- increase the number of blind stu- lenge Advisory, and Assis- dents participating in the music exams program tive Technology Advisory for the Department of of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Rehabilitation. Music.

Michael Parker currently owns and operates Access Ben Pomeroy is the Director of Digital Services, Braille Ingenuity, an assistive technology resource in Institute of America. the bay area. To boot he has a master’s in mechanical engineering and is always up for a Leila Ricci, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor, California challenge in mathematics. State University, Los Angeles

Saroj Pathak and her son are founders of the non-profit John Romeo is the program coordinator for "Beyond the organization, Explorabox. They have developed Walls" and is the owner/ engaging science kits designed to be used at operator of Full Cell Braille, school and at home. Saroj has more than 50 Inc. He has been transcrib- years experience in engineering, technology, ing print to braille for over robotics, and teaching. 20 years. John is certified in literary, textbook, and Sue Parker-Strafaci, M.A., ECSE holds a master’s degree Nemeth codes. in Special Education/Early Childhood and has spent Dr. Sharon Z. Sacks is the Superintendent of the over 35 years in the field of California School for the Early Intervention as a Child Blind. Prior to her appoint- Development Specialist. She ment at CSB, Sharon was a has been the Director of full professor and the coor- Child Development Services dinator of the teacher prep- for Braille Institute for the aration program in blind- past eleven years. ness and visual impairment at California State Universi- ty, Los Angeles. Also, Sharon coordinated the

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teacher preparation program for students with this time, Diane continues to work primarily moderate to severe disabilities at San Jose State with students with CVI and conducts many University. Sharon has published widely and teacher and parent trainings every year on presented nationally and internationally in the strategies to use with this population. areas of social skills instruction, psycho-social implications of visual impairments and transit, Ting Siu, Ph.D., is a part-time itinerant TVI from the Bay from school to adult life. She was the President Area, and is also an adjunct of AERBVI, and has served on numerous boards. lecturer in the Vision Im- pairment program at San Tori Schladen, M.A., Early Childhood Education, is Direc- Francisco State University tor, Family Resource Project, Center for the Par- (SFSU). Ting earned a Ph.D. tially Sighted. in special education from UC, Berkeley and indulges a Lore Schindler has been teaching for over 30 years, with social geeky side in re- the last eight years as the technology coordina- searching social media as professional develop- tor for the Visually Impaired Program in the Los ment and developing effective strategies for Angeles Unified School District. improving TVIs’ use of technology. She also provides education and consulting support in acces- Rob Schulenburg taught for nine years at the Arizona sibility issues to a number of community organi- Schools for the Deaf and the Blind in the Ele- zations including universities, technology devel- mentary, Middle, and High School Departments. opers, and vision-related researchers. He left Arizona to join the Peace Corps where he worked on special education curricula and poli- Seanarae Smith, M.A., is a Curriculum Expert, California cy development for Ministries of Education in State University, Los Angeles. Central America and the Caribbean. Returning to the States he now works for Junior Blind, a Robert Stepp is a frequent presenter at CTEBVI. He is non-profit dedicated to positively impacting the the designer of the lives of youth with visual impairment. His role Braille2000 system. as Director of Transition Services has Rob assisting in designing curricula and workshops to serve transition age youth in California.

Diane Sheline: After completing graduate work at San Francisco State University, Diane began working with Theresa Stern is Vice President of Outreach, Admissions students with visual impair- and Alumni Services for ments in 1981. After many Guide Dogs for the Blind, moves, including two over- and has worked in the field seas stints in the Middle of blind rehabilitation for East, she came back to the over 20 years. Theresa is states in 2001 to find large visually impaired and trav- numbers of students on her caseload who were els with her Guide diagnosed with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Dog,"Wills." She then began doing research on the area and attended three workshops provided by Dr. Greg Stilson has been with HumanWare since 2006. Christine Roman. Concurrently, she put this During this time he has held positions on both new knowledge into action as she worked with the technical support and sales teams. He cur- the students on her caseload. While learning rently is the Product Manager for HumanWare's about the many strategies that this population blindness product lines, working out of Wiscon- responded to, she began writing her book, sin. Being blind since birth, Greg was an avid Strategy To See; Strategies for Students with user of assistive technology during his educa- Cortical Visual Impairment, and developed her tional career and continues to use all different website of the same name, Strategy To See. At types of technology today.

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Peter Sullivan is Vice President of Development (CTO) of Dr. Bill Takeshita is an optometrist who specializes in Duxbury Systems, Inc. and product manager for pediatric low vision care. He the Duxbury Braille Translator (DBT). is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry as Bob Sweetman honed his assistive technology skills dur- well as the College of Op- ing his 15 years as an attor- tometrists in Vision Devel- ney and as the technology opment. He is currently the instructor with Junior Blind chief of optometric services of America. He earned a B.S. at the Center for the Partial- from Stanford University, a ly Sighted and an adjunct professor of the J.D. from UC Davis, and an Southern California College of Optometry. M.S. in Assistive Technology from Cal State, Northridge. John Taylor became involved with tactile graphics in He founded his own company, Sweetman Sys- 2010, when he joined the staff at ViewPlus, fo- tems, along with his wife Sue and has been cusing on customer/technical support and mar- providing assistive technology and training to keting for their tactile graphics embossers. John people with visual impairments since 1989. was named Product Manager at Irie-AT Inc. in 2015 and since has become the nation’s main Sue Sweetman graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo support agent for the TactileView Tactile and spent six years as a high school agriculture Graphics Design Suite. The majority of John’s teacher before transferring her passion for time is dedicated to traveling the United States "learning by doing" to folks with visual impair- to train schools and other agencies on use of ments. She founded her own company, Sweet- tactile graphics for supporting STEM students man Systems, along with her husband Bob and who are visually impaired. has been providing assistive technology and training to people with visual impairments since David Tobin created Audiojack and has been working 1989. with educational programs all over the world to help Arif Syed has been working at The Hatlen Center in vari- student engagement and ous capacities for over eleven years, from achievement. He has bookkeeping to IT to teaching. He has received worked to create custom training in multiple adaptive technologies and programming and content programs, has attended and participated in for over 10 years. many conferences and workshops, and strives to stay on top of technology trends. He graduat- Guy Toles is the Braille Services Manager for AMAC Ac- ed from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in Environmen- cessibility Solutions and Research Center and tal Science. works with the ""Beyond the Walls"" project. Presenting with him are: Richard Taesch has been the CTEBVI Music Specialist C. Stone - Literary, Nemeth, Textbook For- since circa 1993. He is the matting certified (UEB pending) founder and retired chair of C. Harris - Literary, Textbook Formatting certi- Braille Music Division at fied (Nemeth & UEB pending) Southern California Conserv- J. Turner - Literary, Nemeth certified atory of Music (SCCM est. C. Casas - Literary certified 1971). He is also the founder Y. Espinoza - Literary certified (UEB pending) of the Music Education Net- work for The Visually Im- Joanie Treptow served 26 years as a school braille tran- paired – MENVI (est. 1997). He has authored scriber and five years as an “An Introduction to Music for the Blind Student” independent contractor. She series and A Blind Music Student’s College Sur- served CTEBVI as president vival Guide (free download – www.menvi.org). from 1999-2000, is a past Richard is a NLS certified music transcriber and Tactile Graphics Specialist has been a music educator since 1961. and current Large Print Specialist. 17 57th Annual CTEBVI Conference 2016

Caleb van Docto is the Director of Services at Lions Cen- Anne Ward is the mother of an adult son with rod/cone ter for the Blind in Oakland, dystrophy and nystagmus, and the grandmother CA. He holds a Master's of of a boy with cerebral palsy and cerebral visual Special Education with an impairment. She is the Northern California Co- emphasis in Visual Impair- chairperson of CAPVI. Panel members are to be ments from San Francisco announced. State University, and is a Certified Orientation and Roberta Williams and Jennifer Hirsh are TVI/O&Ms in Mobility Specialist. Prior to Monterey County. With over 50 years com- joining the Lions Center he worked as a behav- bined experience they are long time teachers ioral researcher with the Marin County Office of and collaborators, and first time CTEBVI pre- Education, as well as internationally in India and senters. They have incorporated STEM activities the Philippines. His work focuses on research as part of a unique ESY summer program. and teaching strategies addressing cyclic and endemic issues of poverty, educational access, and social equity within the blind and low vision communities of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Sharon von See is the Braille Coordinator for TechAdapt, Inc. She has been a certified braille transcriber for 25 years. As a partner with the American Foundation for the Blind Textbooks and Instructional Materials So- lutions Forum and Member of the AFB Joint Technology Task Force: Braille Production; TechAdapt col- laborated in development of the NIMAS file standard.

Joe Vona is an assistive technology specialist at the Cali- fornia School for the Blind in Fremont, CA and a Teacher of the Visually Impaired. He studied at San Francisco State University for a VI credential and a master’s degree in special education: visual impairments. This is his first presentation at CTEBVI and he is excited to be able to participate in such a wonderful event!

Yurika Vu, M.A., has served in the field of blindness as an orientation mobility specialist and vision rehab specialist for over eight years and currently works at the California School for the Blind as an Assistive Technology Specialist. Previously, she worked at the Western Blind Rehab Center in Palo Alto, CA as a Computer Access Technolo- gy Specialist working with veterans and active duty service members. She was published as a co-author in the Journal of Visual Impairment: Neurological Vision Rehabilitation: Description and Case Study.

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WORKSHOPS SCHEDULE ples with some illustration of foreign language and After each workshop number is (are) the strand(s) graphics materials. the workshop is most likely to appeal to.

T = Transcriber, E = Educator, P = Parent 203 (T, E) FOCUS ON THE FUTURE Introduction to the new IMODS 2.0 (Instructional Materials Ordering Distribution Systems) SYMPOSIUM Presenters: Laurie Garcia and Cyndi Hammonds FRIDAY, APRIL 8 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM The CSMT is currently in the final stage of launch- ing our new Instructional Materials Ordering Distri- Please join us for two impactful hours at Symposium bution Systems - IMODS 2.0. This is a completely II. Five more passionate speakers could not be as- different ordering system than current educators sembled for your benefit this year. The experts used to see when ordering instructional materials will answer questions about the use of UEB math, for their blind or visually impaired students. There Nemeth within UEB, and pairing electronic devices will be a new look and new features which we will used with Smarter Balance and other purposes. The go over with educators and we will answer ques- impact of code changes touches the lives of transcrib- tions that they may have. The new ordering system ers, educators, parents, and certainly students. These will also help differentiate which books are tran- presenters will provide a path to consider for college, scribed using UEB and EBAE (older books). We will career, and independence affecting our students with also discuss the different services that CSMT pro- vision impairments. vides: APH products (new accessible products), listservs (Braille-N-Teach), and other items that are FRIDAY, APRIL 8 coming down the pike, such as upcoming adoptions 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM and the ELA/ELD materials availability.

201 (T, E) BEYOND THE WALLS 204 (E, P) Using MS Word To Create Braille Textbooks in UEB Blending Assistive and Mainstream Technology to Presenters: Robert Eutz and John Romeo Achieve Optimal Efficiency Presenters: Kevin Hughes, Jerry Kuns and Use MS Word to create braille textbooks into EBAE Greg Stilson and UEB. You will be presented with steps showing MS Word style set up using both the BANA 2014 The touch screen has changed the way that both and the B2K templates and steps showing how to sighted and blind people access information today. take existing .ABT files into .UEB files in both Liter- Whether you are reading the latest news article, ary and Nemeth context. checking your Facebook feed, or reviewing a document for school or work, today’s technology most 202 (T) likely has you doing these tasks on a touch screen. Transcription from Word with DBT 11.3 And because of modifications to gestures, methods Presenter: Peter Sullivan to explore a screen by touch, and even verbal dic-

This workshop focuses on the basic operation of tation, much of today’s touch screen content can DBT, but with a particular focus on producing UEB be accessed by those who cannot see the screen. documents following BANA format guidelines. The But just because content can be found on a touch presentation will include the use of SWIFT, a Mi- screen and read aloud by a screen reader, is this crosoft Office Add-in to aid the transcriber who truly an efficient way for a visually impaired indi- wishes to use Word as a primary document editor. vidual to access information? In addition, those Transcription will be illustrated using UEB exam with visual impairments need to create content as well as access it. The process to create content via 19 57th Annual CTEBVI Conference 2016

a touch screen leaves much to be desired for those ing Connections: Strategies for Teaching Students who are visually impaired. with Visual Impairments For many years, blind students and professionals have been using electronic braille note takers to 206 (E) CANCELLED create and access content. These devices have been built specifically for blind and visually im- 207 (E, P) paired users, with braille as the underlying support Unique Optical Devices That Optimize Functionality for the efficiency of these tools. As the efficiency of for Visually Impaired word processing, book reading and information Presenter: Linda Pang management capabilities often are much easier for a blind user to understand, these devices often lag During this workshop, we will identify the catego- behind in their ability to access the same applica- ries of custom prescribed optical devices (i.e., tions that are used by their sighted peers. If blind aspheric lenses, microscopic lenses, diffractive opti- users of these devices need to access a mainstream cal lenses, clip-on loupes, bioptic telescopes, full application, they would need to wait for the manu- diameter telescopes, expanded field telescopes, facturer of the specific braille device to develop a etc.), intended purposes of each custom device for special version of that app that is specifically de- maximizing functionality, and provide hands-on signed for the braille user. This often results in demonstration of each device with the audience. blind users excelling in the native tasks on the device, but may lag behind in other areas because of 208 (E, P) lack of exposure to popular mainstream applica- Wait! What? JAWS Reads Math? tions. Presenters: Michael Parker and Adrian Amandi

Attendees of this session will learn how the combi- "So you're telling me there is hope for students us- nation of assistive and mainstream technology can ing screen readers in accessing math on the com- provide a productive experience, while introducing puter? Imagine a world where students have access students to the technology that many of their to screen content mathematics. This used to be like sighted peers are using. Attendees will see how imagining a world where pigs can fly (They would braille input in mainstream apps can allow a blind really need industrial strength wings or possibly user much more confidence and can create less even jet propulsion considering their mass.) hesitancy to learn such new technology. Observa- Enough about pigs, JAWS can read math. MathML tions will be made about the benefits of having is an accessible markup language that presents braille available at all times regardless of whether math and scientific notation online and in other the user is using an AT or mainstream device. applications. During this workshop we will cover: accessing MathML with JAWS, where to find 205 (E, P) MathML content, and how to create basic MathML Reading Connections: Strategies for Teaching content. Students with Visual Impairments Presenters: Cheryl Kamei-Hanna and Leila Ricci

In this workshop, presenters will discuss five essential components of reading and additional compo- Kindness is the nents required for successful reading. Connections language which the to the National Reading Panel research and the impact of a visual impairment on these essential com- deaf can hear and the ponents will be made. Presenters also will examine the importance of assessing the program as well as blind can see. the individual. A case study will be presented and activities for improving reading will be shared. The - Mark Twain presentation is based on the AFB publication Read- 20 57th Annual CTEBVI Conference 2016

209 (T, E, P) FRIDAY, APRIL 8 How to Leverage Social Media to Build Your Profes- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM sional Network: Tools and Strategies for Maintain- ing a Community of Practice 301 (T, E) Presenter: Ting Siu Producing Nemeth Math in UEB Context Many professionals and parents in the field of visu- with DBT 11.3 al impairment feel like we are merely surviving as Presenter: Caryn Navy classroom practices, technology, and student needs This workshop focuses on using DBT 11.3, with or quickly change around us. Our experiences are without Word and MathType or LaTeX, to produce often isolated and it takes time and resources to Nemeth Code math in UEB documents. Discussion find like-minded peers and support networks. This and examples will show how to get the proper workshop will cover tools and strategies for con- math-related styles in the DBT document to pro- necting to others online. Emphasis will be on keep- duce start and end Nemeth Code indicators where ing up with technology to support students with they should be. Some examples will be done direct- visual impairments. Participants will learn how to ly in DBT; others will be done in Word, with and find virtual communities that can help us sustain without using MathType and the BANA Braille tem- and evolve our professional field. Buckle up; includ- plate. Examples will range in level from elementary ed will be a ride through the Twitterverse! school to college.

210 (E) 302 (T, E) AT Curriculum: Equipping Our Students for Success Taming the Tiger (repeated in 403) Presenter: Arif Syed Presenter: Jennifer Fiero Learn how we at The Hatlen Center assess our stu- With the increased use of computer-generated dents and develop individualized technology curric- graphics comes the necessity of understanding how ulum to meet their educational and vocational to set up and effectively use the Tiger embosser. In goals. Once the foundation has been established, this workshop, you will learn how to download the we strive to expose our students to other areas of necessary drivers for embossing files, and how to technology beyond the essentials. This could in- set up the parameters (size, orientation, and mar- clude disassembling a computer, learning code, in- gins) for printing. The Tiger Max will be used to stalling operating systems, and using software such demonstrate the embossing of tactile graphics that as MS Excel. This workshop will cover how to de- have been created using a variety of software fine the basic tech skills and learn ways to help (Word, CorelDRAW, and TigerDesign) so that you make our clients more comfortable with comput- can compare various lines and textures used to ers. produce the graphic. Bring your questions, and

have them answered by the expert.

303 (T,E, P) BEYOND THE WALLS

How to De-Program the Use of EBAE

Presenters: Cindy Olmstead and John Romeo

This workshop is designed to give you a glimpse into the mindset of braille instructors/transcribers that have overcome challenges, and often frustra- tion, in the transitional adaptation of Unified Eng- lish Braille (UEB) coming from an English Braille American Edition (EBAE) background. This workshop will cover two problematic areas that will as- 21 57th Annual CTEBVI Conference 2016

sist transcribers, educators and parents in de- JAWS 17 help with Google Docs. Step-by-step docu- programming the use of EBAE and incorporating mentation will be provided so that teachers will be UEB. We will also review a few examples of able to apply this technology in the classroom. Nemeth within UEB context. We feel you will benefit from the shortcuts, tips and techniques 306 (E, P) we’ve created. Our goal is to help you navigate Introducing the California School for the Blind's more easily through the roadblocks in working to New Braille Note Taker Guide understand UEB. Presenters: Stephanie Herlich and Yurika Vu

304 (E, P) Come see the unveiling of California School for the OHOA: An Overview of Online Training Modules Blind’s new Braille Note Taker Guide that can be Used to Support and Train Paraeducators and Edu- used with a BrailleNote Apex or Braille Sense. Basic cators Working with Children and Youth with and advanced task-oriented lessons are linked to Deafblindness the Common Core Anchor Strands and Expanded Presenters Stacy Aguilera Core Curriculum with easy to follow instructions that can be adapted for students of all ages. Exam- Access to local resources to meet the needs of stu- ples include Book Report Project (Bookshare), Cre- dents who are deafblind is often a struggle for prac- ating a Journal, Effective Email Communication, etc. titioners and family members. Open Hands Open The guide is available in hard copy and electronic Access (OHOA) is a federally funded online training format enabling the authors to continually edit and initiative developed by the National Center on add new materials. This workshop is designed for Deafblindness. OHOA is designed to provide high Teachers of the Visually Impaired and parents. quality, relevant learning materials to support in- terveners (one-on-one paraeducators trained spe- 307 (E) cifically in deafblind strategies) and other team Analysis of Seven Informal Reading Inventories for members at no cost to participants. This session Conducting Learning Media Assessment will provide an overview of OHOA and the role it Presenter: Dr. Sunggye Hong has in education for teams that serve this unique population. Details on how to join California and/ Seven informal reading inventories (IRI) have been or national training cohorts will also be included. analyzed for factors such as visual impairments learner specific variables, assessment related varia- 305 (E, P) bles, administration variables, and reading fluency Using Google Docs with a Chromebook, a Comput- variables. This presentation will include strengths er, or an iPad and weaknesses of different IRIs, how those varia- Presenters: Keith Christian, Bob Sweetman, and bles will affect administration of IRIs for learning Sue Sweetman media assessment, and strategies in obtaining reliable reading assessment with the use of IRIs. The Many schools are using Google Docs to share docu- participants will be provided with a handout sum- ments in the classroom. This has presented chal- marizing the findings of the analysis and additional lenges for both students and teachers, since Google resources for using IRIs when conducting learning Docs is a web-based application. media assessment

In this presentation, Keith Christian, TVI, and Bob and Sue Sweetman of Sweetman Systems will show 308 (E, P) how students and teachers can create and share Lighting Basics documents using a Chromebook or an iPad. We will Presenter: Mike Ju then show how JAWS can be used to access Google A workshop on understanding how to choose ap- Docs and share files with teachers and other stu- propriate lighting for classroom, home, and individ- dents. We will demonstrate how new features of uals with low vision needs. 22 57th Annual CTEBVI Conference 2016

309 (E, P) examples will show how to create the proper sym- Accessible Curriculum bols with appropriate UEB translation and appro- Presenter: Jonn Paris-Salb priate spacing. Examples will range in level from elementary school to college. With access to curriculum, students can achieve college and career goals. Learn about the resources 403 (T, E) provided by the state in standards, frameworks, Taming the Tiger (repeat of 302) and instructional materials. Assistive technology is Presenter: Jennifer Fiero the gateway to access these resources. With the increased use of computer-generated 310 (E, P) graphics comes the necessity of understanding how U2 Can Social Network to set up and effectively use the Tiger embosser. In Presenter: Damian Pickering this workshop, you will learn how to download the necessary drivers for embossing files, and how to Social networking has become a mainstay for to- set up the parameters (size, orientation, and mar- day’s teenagers. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube gins) for printing. The Tiger Max will be used to have all become ubiquitous parts of their social be- demonstrate the embossing of tactile graphics that ing. But apps constantly change for these services have been created using a variety of software which can make it difficult for blind students to (Word, CorelDRAW, and TigerDesign) so that you have reliable access. The BrailleSense U2 provides can compare various lines and textures used to reliable, blind-friendly support for YouTube, Face- produce the graphic. Bring your questions, and book and Twitter while providing a mechanism to have them answered by the expert. regulate students’ access to these programs. 404 (E, P) Cranmer Abacus Hands-On Practice FRIDAY, APRIL 8 Presenter: Dr. Sunggye Hong 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM This is a hands-on session so bring your Cranmer abacus or download the UAbacus app for your iPad 401 (T, E, P) (free!) from the App Store. We'll touch on the Using Word to Get Your Dux Lined Up different methods of abacus computation including Presenter: Gaeir Dietrich the logic method, counting and secrets. Next we'll review addition and subtraction using the logic Whether adding structure to e-text, creating acces- method. Participants will be encouraged to share sible documents, or preparing text to go into braille techniques they use to teach abacus computation transcription programs, properly formatting your to students. document in MSWord will save you time and effort. It’s easier than you think! This session will 405 (E) show you how to utilize Word styles and for- Quick and Easy Expanded Core Curriculum: The matting features. We will also learn to use the Hatlen Center Guide Duxbury Word Template to make going from Word Presenter: Patti Maffei to Duxbury quick and easy. Quick and Easy Expanded Core Curriculum: The 402 (T, E) Hatlen Center Guide written by Patti Maffei and Producing UEB Math with DBT 11.3 contributors is now available through Federal Quo- Presenter: Caryn Navy ta! In Dr. Hatlen’s forward for the book, he states, “The lessons in this book can be completed in short This workshop focuses on using DBT, with or with- periods of time and provide critically needed curric- out Word and MathType or LaTeX, to produce UEB ulum for teachers in the local school systems and braille containing UEB math. Discussion and 23 57th Annual CTEBVI Conference 2016

schools for the blind, as well as for parents. This This workshop will present unique and dynamic book, simple as it is, will amaze you with its useful- ways of engaging with BVI children to develop their ness.” During the first year this Guide was tempo- own perspectives of personal power. rarily backordered, having sold almost double the projected number. 409 (E) Teach ‘n’ Learn 406 (E) Presenters: Richard Taesch, William McCann, and Traveling More Independently Using iPhone Apps Stephanie Pieck Presenters: Mike May and Jerry Kuns How to teach music braille while you learn – for There are several apps which can help a blind per- music teachers, tutors, and over-extended resource son more effectively use public and private trans- teachers. portation as well as navigating on foot and in a ve- hicle. We will talk about and demonstrate these 410 (E, P) apps as much as possible without actually going Accessing the Google Suite Apps with iOS and out on the street. These apps include Uber and Lyft VoiceOver for booking a ride, NextBus and Routesy Pro for Presenters: Yurika Vu, Joe Vona, Stephanie Herlich, public transportation, TripIt and airline apps for air and Veronica Gunn transportation and hotels, Blindsquare for knowing what is around, Seeing Eye GPS for turn-by-turn Come and learn how to navigate the Google Suite navigation and People Finder for locating friends in (Gmail, Drive, Docs, and Calendar) with VoiceOver a bar. on an iOS device (tablet/phone). We will be demonstrating simultaneous use of Google Apps 407 (E, P) across platforms. For example: how to dictate text Blazing Braille, or OCR With An Edge to your iPad with live edits on a computer with a Presenter: Damian Pickering braille display using a screen reader. Participants will leave with the knowledge and skills to teach It’s a bird, it’s a plane…The Blaze ET by HIMS is a students basic and advanced gestures to navigate portable bookplayer/recorder with built-in optical Google Apps. character recognition for hard copy text, and now braille support! This tutorial will cover download- SATURDAY, APRIL 9 ing DAISY books, accessing print handouts, and will demonstrate the powerful combination of reading 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM with both text-to-speech and braille. Whether you are shopping for a portable OCR package or a pow- 501 (T) BEYOND THE WALLS erful bookplayer, join us to learn more. The Impact of UEB in Nemeth Math Presenters: Guy Toles and Mountain View Braille 408 (E, P) Facility, Texas, with John Romeo Personal Power: Its Relationship to Student Performance This workshop builds on the material presented in Presenters: Lisa Okikawa and Ralph Cioffi workshop 303. Here, we will continue to study the effects of UEB in Nemeth text. We will include all How you respond to student behavior may be criti- material from the title page to the end of the text- cal to the performance of each one of your stu- book and will discuss how UEB has changed the dents. The personal dynamics you display with transcription and formatting of Nemeth textbooks. each student can be a model for healthy perspec- There will be a comprehensive handout in print or tives of growth and independence. In addition, en- PDF format. couraging other significant adults to do the same is critical to the continuity of student self-awareness.

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502 (T, E) which of these easy-to-use products is the best From Book to Computer: Scanning and OCR match for you and gain independence with these Presenter: Gaier Dietrich simple and effective solutions.

Have you ever wondered if maybe creating e-text 505 (E, P) from hard copy material might speed up your tran- Introducing the iBraille Challenge Mobile App scribing job? Have you wanted to scan documents Presenters: Cheryl Kamei-Hanna, Nancy Niebrugge, but been unsure how to go about it? Have you Ben Pomeroy, and Seanarae Smith tried scanning but been unhappy with the results? Do you run an OCR program on what you’ve In this workshop, presenters will provide a hands- scanned and still spend hours editing? Do you copy on experience in using the iBraille Challenge (iBC) and paste from PDF documents but figure there Mobile App. The mobile app is designed to support must be a better way? This workshop will answer both literacy and technology instruction for braille all these questions and more. We will take you readers through the use of an iPad paired with a from the basics of scanning through running optical refreshable braille display. The iBC is based on The character recognition and creating a text document National Braille Challenge and incorporates similar that you can use with your transcription program. contests and practice activities as those seen in the national program. Activities being featured in this 503 (T, E, P) workshop will be Reading Comprehension, Reading 3-D Printing for the Benefit of Visually Impaired Speed and Accuracy, and Braille Hunt. Future plans and Blind Students for the iBC will be shared, including announcing the Presenters: Michael Cheverie and Lore Schindler anticipated release date.

3-D Printing is still a fairly new technology. How 506 (E, P) can it be used for the benefit of blind and visually Don’t Micro Manage, Macro Manage Your impaired students? Two educators who have been Notetaker using this technology for their students will provide Presenter: Damian Pickering an overview of several of the possibilities that will definitely benefit blind and visually impaired stu- A major tenet of notetakers has always been to in- dents. Among the topics discussed in this work- crease productivity. The BrailleSense U2 by HIMS shop: How can 3-D printing provide access to STEM features a simple yet sophisticated Macro Manag- subjects? How can 3-D printing be used to enhance er, empowering users to quickly launch a series of orientation and mobility lessons? How will 3-D commands/key strokes expediting complex or re- printing incorporate braille transcription and petitive tasks. Examples include creating templates, improve tactile diagramming? Included will be a list switching math codes between Nemeth and UEB, of links and resources. automatically saving files to specific folders in DropBox, and locking U2 into test taking mode. 504 (E, P) Macros are easy to create and can be shared be- New Innovative Products for Students (Optelec) tween users saving even more time and effort. In- Presenter: Joe Chung creased productivity is just two keystrokes and one workshop away. Whether it’s reading a textbook or completing a homework assignment, these once seemingly im- 507 (E, P) possible tasks can be accomplished with the help of The Secrets (Literally) of Student Success Optelec’s latest breakthrough in assistive technolo- Presenters: Robert Schulenburg and Caleb van Docto gy. Joe Chung will be sharing Optelec’s newest and most innovative products to help those living with Why are they secrets? Because secrets are hidden low vision or blindness, including the Traveller HD, truths. Some things (like soft skills) we know about ClearNote HD, Compact Touch and more. Find out but usually can’t explain. Some things like sus-

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tained motivation can be defined but we might not 510 (E, P) know how to break it down into curricula. Most of Accessing STEM: Fun and Accessible Science Projects us have a sense of what core competencies are Presenters: Roberta Williams, Jennifer Hirsh, Saroj needed for success, but can we name them? Pathak, and Allen Pan

All these topics will be explored to understand the In this workshop, participants will learn creative greater hidden truths of culture; to explore how hands-on approaches to teaching science concepts both home cultures and subcultures within society to blind and visually impaired students. Scientists (including blind culture) can affect programming and makers, Saroj Pathak and Allen Pan will elements such as expectations, values, motivation, demonstrate simple, fun STEM projects that are and ultimately success. accessible and engaging for students of all ages. Activities are designed to explore concepts of phys- 508 (E, P) ics, chemistry, life science, space technology, and CVI and Intervention; What's New to Help You electronic circuitry. Students are encouraged to Determine Successful Strategies for Your Student attend. with CVI Presenter: Diane Sheline 511 (T, E, P) Transition into Your Future (Partnering with DOR) You’ve completed The CVI Range and your student Presenter: Cathleen Coombs with CVI has a score. Now what? Come to this workshop and learn how to determine specific The period of transition, starting at age 14, is criti- strategies and techniques that will help your stu- cal in determining a young person’s independence, dent use their vision more efficiently and consist- self-determination, and success after leaving high ently during daily activities that are impacted most school and beyond. Department of Rehabilitation is due to CVI. a critical partner, along with the education team and family, to guide a student through the transi- 509 (E, P) tion process. There have been important changes How You Can Effortlessly Make NVDA Lessons Fun as a result of the Workforce Investment and Oppor- for You and Your Students in 90 Minutes! tunity Act that mean expansion of Pre-employment Presenters: Joe Vona and Jake Gross (student) Transition Services (PETS) and work-based learning opportunities. It also means that schools and com- NVDA (Non-Visual Desktop Access) is a free screen munity partners will need to work much more reading program for computers running Windows closely to achieve effective and positive outcomes Operating System. This workshop will introduce for students. participants to NVDA and explain why teachers should introduce it to their students. Through easy SATURDAY, APRIL 9 to follow lessons and charts, participants will be 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM shown how they can get started downloading and using NVDA. Presenters will demonstrate how user friendly NVDA is and how users might choose to 601 (T, E) switch between screen readers depending on the What About Formats? (repeated in 801) task at hand. This workshop is designed for Presenter: Cindi Laurent Teachers of the Visually Impaired, parents, and consumers. Much of Braille Formats 2011 will stay the same, but there are some things that need to be changed in order to incorporate the UEB code into the transcription work being done. This workshop will discuss how the implementation of UEB will affect Formats.

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602 (T) has now been expanded to teach the Unified Eng- Getting the Most From Braille2000: Math Topics lish Braille code with reading and writing exercises Presenter: Bob Stepp designed to promote rapid and efficient braille reading. Unit 3: UEB Contractions is controlled for Braille2000 has new features for transcribing math. contractions, contains popular trade books, and Learn how to use them. includes assessments to help determine mastery of what has been taught. If you are wondering what is 603 (T, E) available to help you teach UEB to your students, Large Print Discussion then this workshop is for you! Presenter: Joan Treptow Come to a group discussion of tips and techniques 606 (E, P) for quick production of large print materials for the Going to the Dogs! classroom. Bring ideas to share and problems to Presenters: Debi Martin and Theresa Stern brain-storm. This is ideal for new TAs. This workshop illustrates the advantages and bene- 604 (E) fits of taking a puppy-in-training to school. We will Refreshable Braille: Opportunities and Challenges also discuss some of the outreach programs availa- Presenter: Jennifer Dunnam ble through Guide Dogs for the Blind.

The advent of Unified English Braille provides 607 (E) tremendous opportunity for increased accuracy in Be More Effective in Your Future Crucial print-to-braille and braille-to-print translation. Conversations However, other factors continue to stand in the Presenter: Ramona McLaughlin way of this potential and present significant obsta- cles to the correct representation of digital materi- We all have had crucial conversations with parents, al for braille readers. This workshop is intended to co-workers, and administrators sneak up on us. raise awareness about the types and sources of in- These are conversations where we discover opin- accuracy that may be experienced when reading in ions are varied, stakes are high and decisions could refreshable braille or when writing using refresha- potentially have a huge impact on us, and emotions ble braille for back translation to print. The presen- are strong. We will explore basic tools for talking tation will include scenarios to illustrate the many and keeping dialogue open. Join in group participa- variables on the path between print and braille in a tion activities, practice new skills, and take time to digital environment and how those variables can self-deliberate as we work together to improve our cause the end result to be different from what is future crucial conversations. intended. 608 (T, E, P) 605 (E, P) iPads as Multi-device Assistive Technology: Uses, The Mangold Basic Braille Program, from Tactual Implementation, and Justification Perception to Learning the Unified English Braille Presenter: Ting Siu

Code In this workshop, participants will learn about be- Presenter: Stephanie Herlich coming a more transformative TVI using iPads with

In 1973, Dr. Sally Mangold (1935-2005) published their students who are blind, visually impaired, or the Mangold Developmental Program of Tactual have multiple disabilities. The workshop will show- Perception and Braille Letter Recognition, now case updated accessibility features of the iPad and known as the Mangold Basic Braille Program. provide strategies for using the iPad as aligned with Based on Dr. Sally Mangold’s innovative and time the Expanded Core Curriculum, academic goals, proven techniques, the Mangold Basic Braille and students’ IEPs. Participants will learn how to Program (Unit 1: Tracking & Unit 2: Alphabet) plan and advocate for implementing technology 27 57th Annual CTEBVI Conference 2016

into any classroom. We will also provide points of the steps necessary to enter into the program and comparison to other devices and suggest how to the types of training a student receives. write AT goals for implementation and justification. SATURDAY, APRIL 9 609 (E, P) 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM The Benefits of a Functional Low Vision Examination 701 Presenter: Dr. Bill Takeshita Annual Meeting of Birth to Five Vision Network and A functional low vision examination is one of the Northern and Southern CA Consortium most important visual examinations for students Hosted by: Sue Strafaci, Julie Bernas-Pierce, and with low vision. In addition to examining the health Mary Gaston of the eyes, the low vision examination measures The meeting addresses areas of interest happening the level of vision and uses this information to de- in California for public and non-public agencies sign specialized low vision glasses, filters, and com- which provide early intervention services to the puter technology to help the student access educa- blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind children tional materials most efficiently. This workshop will throughout the state. Please bring your own lunch. include many examples of how the tests performed during the examination lead to the development of 702 a solution to assist the student. CAPVI Annual General Meeting

Hosted by: Anne Ward 610 (E, P) What’s in My Technology Toolbox? A Day in the This is the annual general meeting of CAPVI. Items Life of a Braille Student discussed will include an update on the National Presenters: Taylor Cox, Jamie Murdy, and Bob Association for Parents of Children with Visual Im- Sweetman pairments, recent events within CAPVI, any issues of concern regarding CAPVI, and the education of My name is Taylor Cox. I will talk about what tech- children with visual impairments within the state nology I use to get through my day as a seventh of California. Please bring your own lunch. grader. I use many tools which help me be independent. I will explain what I use and how I use it. Each piece of technology has a special part to play SATURDAY, APRIL 9 in my independence. My TVI, Jamie Murdy, and 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM Bob Sweetman from Sweetman Systems will be on hand to offer suggestions that might be appropri- 801 (T, E) ate for other students. What About Formats? (repeated from 601)

Presenter: Cindi Laurent 611 (E, P) Work Adjustment for Transition-Aged Students Much of Braille Formats 2011 will stay the same, Presenter: Tony Fletcher but there are some things that need to be changed in order to incorporate the UEB code into the The importance of this workshop is the firsthand transcription work being done. This workshop will experience attendees will gain by meeting Light- discuss how the implementation of UEB will affect House for Blind administrators and graduates of Formats. the agency’s “Work Adjustment Training Program.”

Learn how the LightHouse prepares students to walk away with a new network of peers and develop a strong work ethic that they can apply to any leadership experience. The workshop will focus on

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802 (T, E) 805 (T, E, P) Getting the Most Out of Publishers Files Restoring a Gunky Perkins Brailler to Health Presenter: Gaier Dietrich, Sharon von See, and Presenters: Chester Goodale and Justin Adams Katrina Ostby Do you have any “gummy” or “broken” Perkins We often hope that getting files from publishers braillers sitting on a shelf? Did you know that most will make the work of converting textbooks quick braillers that “need repair” only need to be cleaned and easy, but the reality is not always the simple and oiled to be restored to service? At this work- solution we imagine it could be. Together the pre- shop we will walk you through the steps to clean senters offer a wealth of experience of dealing with and oil your dirty, gummy brailler. Bring a brailler publisher files from elementary through college from your office or come practice on one of ours! A level, with both technical and nontechnical materi- kit containing brushes, oils, and cleaning cloth will als. We will share the lessons learned and our fa- be available at the workshop for a minimal fee. vorite tips and tricks to get the most out of your publisher files. 806 (E, P) A Smarter Transportable for the Low Vision Stu- 803 (T, E) dent Sources and Resources for Unified English Braille Presenter: James McCarthy Presenter: Jennifer Dunnam The new transportable magnifier from HIMS is a This interactive session will cover the ins and outs lightweight, easily transportable solution that re- of the growing number of resources available for quires little setup. A crystal clear 22- or 24-inch HD learning, teaching, transcribing, and reading Uni- monitor ensures students can easily and clearly fied English Braille, including the process for up- view documents in front of them or presentations dating transcriber credentials. in the front of the classroom. Integrated optical character recognition (OCR) and built-in text-to- 804 (E, P) speech allow for scanning printed materials and Connecting Desired Results Development Profile reading them aloud. (2015) to Instruction for Young Children with Visual Impairments Unique to this magnifier is the ability to directly Presenters: Jennifer Fisher and Nancy Goldstone view PowerPoint, Excel, Microsoft Word, PDF, RTF and TXT documents from a USB drive. Use the inte- The California Department of Education has imple- grated file browser to locate and open the docu- mented the new DRDP (2015). The DRDP is re- ment you wish to view. Utilize all the highlighting, quired for all infant and toddlers with Individuals magnification and TTS options one would expect. Family Services Plans (IFSPs) reported in CDE’s Additionally, a digital photo framing feature allows CASEMIS system, and for all preschool-age children photos to be viewed on the “full screen” for en- with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). hanced low vision viewing.

This workshop addresses the connection amongst 807 the components of the California Early Learning Transition to Employment Development System to support the learning and Presenter: Debi Martin development of young children. Participants will In 2012 only 17 percent of all people who were learn how to utilize the adaptations for the DRDP blind were employed at all. What needs to be done 2015 as they apply to young children with visual to remedy this statistic? Participate in a discussion impairments and learn how to confidently rate a about resources and assistive technology supports measure using observation and documentation. that will improve the opportunities for students with vision impairments.

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808 (E, P) to young adulthood. The aim of this workshop is to Troubleshooting and Accessing Tech-Support With help parents develop their skill in “Letting Go.” Your Students Presenters: Damian Pickering and Bob Sweetman SATURDAY, APRIL 9

Tech! We can't live without it and we can't shoot it! 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM We know how essential it is and how frustrating it can be. This session covers best practices for ensur- 901 (T) ing commonly used tech tools are working optimal- Getting the Most From Braille2000: UEB Topics ly, navigating help systems, and settings menus, Presenter: Bob Stepp performing factory resets and updates, and working successfully with Tech Support professionals. Now that you are wanting UEB, learn how to get Involving your students in the troubleshooting and the most from Braille2000. tech support process is one of the greatest gifts of independence you can give. They will have to do it 902 (T, E, P) without you someday. Empower them now. Tactile Graphics for STEM Studies Presenter: John Taylor 809 (E) An Introduction to Music for the Blind Student This workshop will focus on the TactileView Tactile Presenters: Richard Taesch, William McCann and Graphics Suite as a cost-effective method for Stephanie Pieck producing quality tactile graphics for STEM (and other) subjects. The presenter will demonstrate A simple tutorial for busy teachers. new features of TactileView, including compatibil- ity with Duxbury DBT and “dot-view” editing. The 810 (E) presenter will also show other special features of What’s the Fuss About Focus? TactileView, like bitmap filtering, automatic chart Presenter: Bennett McAllister creation and translation of braille math codes from LaTex and MathType. Focus is commonly thought of as the spectacle cor- rection of nearsightedness, farsightedness and 903 (E, P) astigmatism, but it is really much more. For the What’s Available in Assistive Technology for Stu- partially sighted student, not only is good focus dents Who Are Blind/Visually Impaired with glasses important for printed materials, but Presenters: Adrian Amandi and Joe Vona proper focus of magnifiers (hand held and stand), high plus readers and telescopes is critical. In addi- There is a whole lot of technology and assistive tion, given the advent of computers and smart de- technology available on the market today. We will vices with small displays, good focus has become discuss at length every single product potentially more and more a significant factor in optimal low useful for blind and visually impaired youth. All vision rehabilitation in the learning environment. right, maybe not. We will provide a document that comes pretty close and we will discuss many of the 811 (E, P) most relevant as well as the current tools that are Letting Go/Being Let Go worth knowing about and using with students on Presenter: Judith Lesner, et.al. your caseloads. This workshop is relevant to educators, administrators, parents, and students. As parents focus on the future they need to work towards the goal of their children participating in their community as fully as possible. To do this, parents have to encourage independence in their child starting at a very early age and continuing in-

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904 (E) the types of training and education that can be pro- Creation of Tactile Graphics and Maps vided. Presenters: Jim Carreon and Jerry Kuns 907 (E, P) Jim and Jerry will present graphic and map making The Prodigi Connect 12: New Mobile Solutions in tools and techniques for students to effectively use Low Vision Technologies tactile information for math, orientation and way Presenter: Kevin Hughes finding. Jim will demonstrate the use of software including Tiger software, TactileView, Duxbury, Since coming to market in Fall 2015 the Prodigi SnagIt, MS Word, Google Map and more. Jerry will Connect 12 (PC12) has captured the needs of the show techniques for interpreting diagrams and low vision student unlike any product in recent maps so students can orient to a campus, travel memory. At just about five pounds the PC12 is easy route and intersection. He will show some easy-to- to transport and quick to set up. No more bulky use manual drawing tools found in the TactiPad carts or the need for power outlets. Now the fun drawing kit and other tools. starts! With the PC12 your student will magnify, read, listen, learn and play. The PC12 makes learn- 905 (E, P) ing in class fun again with our adaptive software Transition to Community College and full access to the Android World of Apps with Presenter: Gaier Dietrich the high quality 12” tablet. The auto reading modes allow for sustained reading in smooth line, column The shift from high school to college can be or page mode. We will examine the various reading daunting for many students. What the high schools modes and reflect on what may be best for your and colleges provide and what students are re- student. sponsible for differ greatly. Preparing students for what to expect at the college level and sharing a 908 (T, E, P) few survival tips can go a long way toward ensuring A Touchy Subject: Tactile Learning and Literacy student success. The California community colleges Greg Kehret and BJ Dietz-Epstein (CCCs) can ease the transition between high school and four-year college. Come learn what services To succeed at Common Core and STEM subjects, in the community colleges offer to BVI students, how addition to braille and computer literacy, students to access those services, and how to prepare stu- need also to develop tactile literacy, that is, the dents to meet the challenge of surviving in the col- ability to make sense of a raised line drawing or lege environment. 3-D educational object. Being able to read bar graphs, pie charts, diagrams and maps leads the 906 (E, P) way to success in education, independent living Assisting Clients To Become Ready For Guide Dog skills, wayfinding and access to STEM materials. Mobility and the Guide Dog Lifestyle Presenter: Marc Gillard Through demonstration and hands-on activities participants will learn strategies to train students The use of a guide dog involves more than achiev- on reading tactile graphics and maps. ing independent mobility. Other lifestyle areas such as social, physical and environmental aspects are involved. Guide Dogs for the Blind use the con- cept of the ‘guide dog lifestyle’ to describe the combination of these and other factors. The workshop will identify and discuss the categories in which a prospective guide dog client needs to achieve readiness for the guide dog lifestyle and

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909 (E, P) FOCUS ON THE FUTURE From Theory to Practice for Students with CVI FORUMS Presenters: Beth Moore, Yolanda Moreno, Sue Parker-Strafaci, and Tori Schladen SUNDAY, APRIL 10 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Under the leadership of Dr. Bill Takeshita, various agencies serving the visually impaired throughout the Southern California region have formed a study 1001 (T) group, The Southern California CVI Consortium, to Focus on the Future Transcribers’ Forum explore how to implement best practices in serving Hosted by Sue Reilly children with Cortical Visual Impairment. The Cen- ter for the Partially Sighted’s doctors incorporated Let's focus on sharing transcriber topics related to Rating II screening tool into their low vision exam transcription, training, certification, formatting, on patients who are suspected to have CVI. The contracting, remuneration, supporting teachers/ agency that serves that child then implements the students/clients, and legislation. Come prepared to instructional strategies that will correlate with that learn from and support each other! child’s assessment. 1002 (E, P) Our panel will share the process that we have im- Focus on the Future Educators’ Forum plemented. This presentation will include handouts Hosted by Jonn Paris-Salb and video clips of assessment and instruction for the purpose of demonstration to staff, families, and others. I believe that the 910 (E, P) experience that I have had Audiojack: Education in Imagination in my lifetime demonstrates Presenter: David Tobin

Come in and take back your imagination! Learn how important are the early why Audiojack is being used in schools all over the acquisitions of braille skills, world and with parents that homeschool. Hear why facility in mobility, a our imagination is so important to our learning process and how we can create engagement with knowledge of print practice, some very simple tools. and good attitudes.

911 (E, P) Equipped with these skills, a How Did They Decide What To Do With blind person can progress as Themselves? far as his motivation, his Presenters: Anne Ward and Panel ingenuity, and his talent will This is a panel of working adults with visual impairments, talking about key decisions in their lives and permit. how those decisions led to where they are today in the working world. Part of the discussion will center on their visual impairments and whether those - Dr. Abraham Nemeth impairments impacted their decisions about what sort of careers they have chosen to pursue.

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