Date/Time

Presenter

Hand Outs

Presentation Title

Objectives

4/24/08 3:45 – 5:00

Carlton Walker

section 504

34 CFR section 140

34 CFR section 300

Academic Adjustment

FAPE

Federal Quota Eligibility

Test IEP

Test 504

504 vs. IEP

·   Identify the similarities and differences between the 504 plan (ADA) and the Individualized Education Program; the appropriate use of the documents; and the ramifications of determining one document over the other

4/24/08 3:45 – 5:00

Leslie Young

 

Universal Design:  What Is It?  What Does It Mean?

  • Apply the principals of universal design to new and existing construction

4/24/08 3:45 – 5:00

Deborah Hatton

 

Facilitating Emergent Literacy

·   Describe recommended early intervention practices for facilitating emergent literacy

·   Discuss the potential impact of disabilities on emergent literacy

·   Describe strategies for promoting emergent literacy in children with VI and additional disabilities

4/24/08 3:45 – 5:00

Lynda Jones

 

checklist 1

checklist 2

checklist 3

welcome letter

timeline

photo release

prgrm application

student consent

schedule wk. 1

survey for girls

transition cnclr

Program descript.

University Experience for College Bound Students with V.I.

  • Describe university experience program at Florida State University
  • Describe FSU univerisity experience curriculum and objectives
  • Describe FSU university experience evaluation process
  • Discuss fee structure and examples of forms used

4/24/08 5:00 – 7:00

David Arthur

 

Public Hearing

·   Commission for the Blind and Rehabilitation Council

·   Discussion on State Plan for Vocational Rehabilitation, including the State Plan Supplement for Supported Employment Services under Title VI, Part B of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended in 1998

4/25/08 8:30 – 10:00

Carlton Walker

section 504

34 CFR section 140

34 CFR section 300

Academic Adjustment

FAPE

Federal Quota Eligibility

Test IEP

Test 504

504 vs. IEP

·   Identify the similarities and differences between the 504 plan (ADA) and the Individualized Education Program; the appropriate use of the documents; and the ramifications of determining one document over the other

4/25/08 8:30 – 10:00

Robin Makky

 

Low Vision Assistive Technology

·   Participants will experiment with a variety of low vision assistive technologies,

·   identify components and applicability of each in real-life situations. 

4/25/08 8:30 – 10:00

Diane Brauner

Mary Sjogren

 

Make & Take Part 1

  • Create books to use with blind and low vision students

4/25/08 10:30 – 12:00

Carlton Walker

definitions

def. spec. ed.

def. IDEA

Part A

Part B

Part C

Purposes

Findings

IFSP

IDEA, IEPs, &IFSPs What a Teacher Needs to Know

·   Identify key features of the Mobile Manager, participate in hands-on opportunities to use the device, and determine the appropriate consumer(s) for the device.

4/25/08 10:30 – 12:00

Diane Brauner

Mary Sjogren

 

Make & Take Part 2

·   Create books to use with blind and low vision students

4/25/08 10:30 – 12:00

Lynda Jones

 

sensory quiz

Junk Drawer Tips and Adult Learning Theory

  • Develop strategies to utilized least restrictive adaptation theory with household items.

4/25/08 10:30 – 12:00

Jack Mitchell

 

Notetakers

·   Participants will participate in hands-on opportunities to try out a variety of mobile Braille notetaker devices, identify key features of the devices, and determine the appropriate use of the devices given their consumers.

 

4/25/08 1:45 – 3:00

Janet Barlow

 

Roundabouts: Coming to a Town Near You Part 1

·   Share and understand strategies for teaching students about roundabouts

4/25/08 1:45 – 3:00

Library Reproduction Services

 

present. summary

LP mainstreamed

LP standards

 

·   Library Reproduction Services will offer participants the opportunity to see a variety of literary offerings in large print, to identify key features of quality large print texts , and ways of accessing LRS’s services.

4/25/08 1:45 – 3:00

Wendy Sapp

 

ISLP1

OASP

Preschool Learning Media Assessments

This session will focus on the unique aspects of conducting Learning Media Assessments on preschool children (birth to 5 years) through lecture, discussion, and videos. Resources and materials appropriate for very young children will be shared. Information about interpreting results and selecting an initial learning media will be discussed.

4/25/08 3:30 – 5:00

Wendy Sapp

 

Learning Media Assessment for MU

This session will focus on the unique aspects of conducting Learning Media Assessments on children and youth with multiple impairments that prevent them from participating in a traditional literacy program. Videos, lecture, and discussion will be used to demonstrate ways to conduct the LMA. Interpreting results and determining learning media will be discussed. 

4/25/08 3:30 – 5:00

Janet Barlow

 

Roundabouts: Coming to a Town Near You Part 2

·   Share and understand strategies for teaching students about roundabouts

4/26/08 8:30 – 10:00

Cindy Booth

Checklist

Checklist 2

SETT instruct.

SETT framewk

AT/SETT

AT Assessment Process

·   Using the SETT model, teachers will learn how to obtain baseline data on their students’ level of expertise with various assistive technologies and derive goals for present and future instruction.

4/26/08 8:30 – 10:00

Diane Brauner

Michael Manning

Richard Goldberg

EONS

 

EONS Project

·   Participants will be introduced to how the Electronic Orientation and Navigational system works, how to teach EONS to students, and how the device can be incorporated into current O & M IEP goals.

 

4/26/08 8:30 – 10:00

Diane Wormsley

ABC Braille

ABC Braille Project - General

·   Describe the relationship of contractions to reading and writing performance of students enrolled in the study.

·   Describe the achievement status of children who are blind or visually impaired in reading and other literacy related tasks.

 

4/26/08 8:30 – 10:00

DB Assistive Tech

Lea Moynihan

 

919-733-9228

·   Participants will learn about deafblindness and the various assistive technologies available (low and high tech) to consumers who are deafblind.

4/26/08 10:15 – 11:45

Carlton Walker

definitions

def. spec. ed.

def. IDEA

Part A

Part B

Part C

Purposes

Findings

IDEA, IEPs, &IFSPs What a Teacher Needs to Know

·   Identify key features of the Mobile Manager, participate in hands-on opportunities to use the device, and determine the appropriate consumer(s) for the device.

4/26/08 10:15 – 11:45

Diane Wormsley

earlier ABC Braille presentation refers to the same handout

ABC Braille Project – Hand movement

·   Describe the various patterns of hand movements exhibited by braille readers

·   Describe which patterns of movement result in more efficient reading

·   Describe how to determine which hand movement pattern to teach to an individual braille reading student.

4/26/08 10:15 – 11:45

DB Assistive Tech

Lea Moynihan

 

919-733-9228

·   Participants will learn about deafblindness and the various assistive technologies available (low and high tech) to consumers who are deafblind.

4/26/08 10:15 – 11:45

Julie Kagy

 

Mobile Manager

·   Participants will identify key features of the Mobile Manager, participate in hands-on opportunities to use the device.

·   determine the appropriate consumer(s) for the device. 

Keynote Speaker

Gary Ray

 

 

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