Course description
THANK YOU FOR A GREAT 2020 VISION SYMPOSIUM CONFERENCE!
See you next year:
November 5, 2021
Thank you to our 2020 Presenters: Mr. Bert Moore, Dr. Dawn L. Anderson, Ms. Sarahelizabeth Baguhn, Mrs. Kathee Scoggin & Dr. Yue-Ting Siu
Thank you to our 2020 Sponsors: TASN, KSSB, KIRC, KS Deafblind Project
Thank you to the 2020 Vision Symposium Planning Committee: Anna Cyr, Sabrina McAdoo, Amber Hanson, Toni Harrell, Marites Altuna, Jon Harding, Aundrayah Shermer, Erin Kelly, Pam Arbeiter
Thank you to our 2020 Group Facilitators: Toni Harrell, Susan Threinen, Aundrayah Shermer, Pam Arbeiter, Molly Reardon, Jon Harding, Debbie Moody, Marites Altuna, Deb Howser, Julie Ituarte, Sabrina McAdoo & Menely Hogan
Thank you to the Vision Symposium 2020 TASN Evaluators: Dr. Marilyn Ault & Lauren Enlow
Kansas State School for the Blind has a fantastic virtual event planned for you!
Date: Friday, November 6, 2020
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Cost: FREE
Sponsored by: KSSB, KIRC, Deaf-Blind Project, and TASN
This collaborative event will include breakout sessions for COMS (including those in university training programs), TSVIs (including those in university training programs), and additional professionals working directly with students with a visual impairment.
The content and presentations of the Vision Symposium are intended to address the specific needs/interests of TSVIs and COMS in Kansas. Other district employees are welcome to register/attend with the understanding that the focus of the event will be geared toward certified professionals in the field of vision.
Agenda
8:00-8:15 Virtual Registration Check in
8:15-8:30 Welcome / KSSB highlights
8:30-10:00 Session A Dr. Dawn Anderson & Sarahelizabeth Baguhn
Effective Ways to Teach Echo-Identification
10:00-10:30 BREAK
10:30-12:00 Session B: Kathee Scoggin
What is ACCESS for Students with Deafblindness or Multiple Disabilities in a Distance Learning Environment?
12:00-1:00 LUNCH BREAK
1:00-2:30 Session C: Dr. Yue-Ting Siu
Approach to Comprehensive Evaluations that Support Technology Recommendations for Blind and Low Vision Students
2:30-2:45 Closing & door prizes
This is an ACVREP RPPLE-approved event and participants eligible for continuing education points.
Learning Objectives
Dr. Ting is a Teacher of Blind and Low Vision Students (TVI) and coordinates the Program in Visual Impairments at San Francisco State University. She has worked with students of all ages with visual impairments and additional disabilities including deafblindness. Her research focuses on enhancing TVIs’ proficiency with access technology, social media for ongoing professional development, and innovations in multimedia accessibility. Ting’s mission is to align technology initiatives with universal design in order to empower learners for equitable access to information. Connect with her on Facebook or Twitter @TVI_ting (www.tplus.education)
Approach to Comprehensive Evaluations that Support Technology Recommendations for Blind and Low Vision Students
Session objectives:
- Participants will review a conceptual framework for comprehensive evaluation of blind and low vision students for educational vision services
- Participants will study the components of a holistic evaluation process as aligned with modern classrooms and workflows
- Participants will practice linking evaluation data to recommendations for technology and services
Kathee Scoggin, is a sought-after trainer on topics relating to children with multiple disabilities including students with combined vision and hearing loss, both Washington and nationally. She holds a B.A. in Deaf Education and M.Ed. in Special Education with an emphasis on sensory disabilities and other disabilities. Kathee has 40+ years experience as a teacher( 12 years), assessment specialist, principal(10), Co-director for the Deaf-Blind Project in Washington state, and educational consultant with children (birth to 21) with combined vision and hearing loss including deaf-blindness and students with multiple disabilities. Upon retirement in 2013, Kathee has consulted and trained within the United States. She currently lives in Arizona.
What is ACCESS for Students with Deafblindness or Multiple Disabilities in a Distance Learning Environment?
Session Objectives:
- Understand limitations of distance education for students who are deaf-blind or have multiple disabilities
- Identify 3 strategies that can be used to facilitate communication between families and school staff
- Identify two strategies the family can use to encourage its child to actively participate
Dawn Anderson, PhD, COMS, TVI, is a professor at Western Michigan University. Her current projects include research to establish reliable and valid assessments throughout the field, research in training professionals in the field on tools for use with children with neurological visual impairment, and programs to enhance fitness and sports access for people who are blind. Together, Dawn and Sarahelizabeth have recently published in JVIB on techniques for teaching echoidentification in O&M. Additionally; Dawn is the coordinator of the TCVI/OMC MA and MI VI Consortium programs.
Sarahelizabeth Baguhn has worked itinerantly and in a residential school as a COMS, CATIS, and TVI. Now a PhD student at Western Michigan University, her current research is focused on establishing reliability and validity of comprehensive O&M assessment tools. When not researching or teaching electronic travel aids, blindfold training, or other classes for WMU, she enjoys hiking the Appalachian Trail with friends, running 5Ks, and bowling. She serves on the board of directors for the Michigan Blind Athletic Association and teaches basic skills for children participating in Sports Education Camp. She has published in JVIB on techniques for teaching echoidentification in O&M
Effective Ways to Teach Echoidentification
Session Objectives:
- Participants will be able to define echoidentification.
- Identify characteristics of their environment that could be detected through echoidentification.
- Make a plan for their one next step to implement teaching echoidentification.
Refund Policy
Registration may be cancelled up to 14 days prior to the event for a full refund. Cancellations received within 14 days of the event will not be refunded. No-show registrations will also not be refunded.