Conference Hightlights by the Day

Conference Highlights by the day

WEDNESDAY

Special Guest Artist Justin Kauflin, jazz pianist, VEER magazine's "JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR", 2011 Semifinalist for Thelonious Monk Jazz Piano competition performs and shares his story.

Lauren Lieberman from the Department of Kinesiology, Sport Studies, and Physical Education at Brockport College addresses Adaptive Physical Education, APE, for children with visual impairment. In another session she shares how the loss of sight is never loss of vision.

Holly Lawson compares the Role of the vision Therapist with the Role of the Vision Teacher. Then Alexis Malkin joins her for two sessions on contrast sensitivity

Paul Koons offers Practical Teaching Strategies for working with people with Traumatic Brain Injuries or TBI

Lucia Hasty challenges us with Herding CATs: A round-up of Computer Assisted Tactiles

John Hall guides mastering the environment through audition, kinesthia & cognition

Come for a special evening showing and discussion of the movie, Going Blind, an unique documentary film that increases public awareness of sight loss and low vision issues profoundly affecting the lives of more and more people around the world.

THURSDAY

VENDORS will be present all day

Denise Robinson brings technology sessions on Low Vision Techniques, JAWS, and Braille Scaffolding for successful strategies: Anna Swenson supports Young Readers and Writers of Braille with scaffolding successful strategies Ynes Paterson explores Low Tech to High; Assistive Technology for students with Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities

Dave Wilkerson, skier, marathoner, and world traveler presents a double session on GPS

Learn more about Guiding Eyes with Susan Kroha

Dr. Alibhai give perspective on the Low Vision Evaluation for Visually Impaired children

Lucia Hasty shares the Secret Language of Lines: A curriculum for teaching graphicacy

FRIDAY

Karen Blankenship returns to Virginia to share Essential Assessment that addresses functional vision evaluation, the learning media assessment and the expanded core curriculum the elementary student. In a second session Karen take us on the next step.

Willie Ice discusses medication Interactions with O&M and low vision instruction

Lucia Hasty returns with Creating Tactile Graphics with Phoenix and Firebird

Denise Robinson takes Hats off to Ipad in a double session