2013 AER Virginia CONFERENCE AT- A-GLANCE

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013

7:30AM to 5:00 PM
8:00 – 5:00
8:00-1:15 / Refreshment area open: snacks and beverages for all conference guests
Conference REGISTRATION and Hospitality Desk
AER Board Elections: vote onsite by electronic ballot
Silent Auction Fund Raiser to support VA AER Barbara McCarthy Scholarship Fund
9:45 / OPENING GENERAL SESSION
Welcome: Gail Henrich, VA AER President
Housekeeping: Kimberly Coleman, Conference Chair
Greetings: Lou Tutt, Executive Director of AER
10:10 –10:50 / Special Guest Artist
Justin Kauflin,
Jazz Pianist
10:50: –12:00 / GENERAL CHAPTER MEETING of AER Virginia
VA AER Awards:
Announcement of the Recipient of the first VA AER Barbara McCarthy Scholarship
12:00-
1:15 / Lunch in the Glenn Restaurant
Breakout sessions / TVI Strand / O&M Strand / RT Strand / TECH Strand
Session 1
1:15- 2:20 / TBVI Roles: Low Vision Therapy vs. the Role of the TBVI
Dr. Holly Lawson
PhD, COMS, CLVT / PE & Sports for People with Visual Impairment
Dr. Lauren Lieberman
Adapted Physical Education Specialist / DBVI Hats Off to the 21st Century - No Person Deaf-Blind Left Behind
Paige Berry
Helen Keller National Center
Clayton Bowen
Virginia Dept. for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing / The Wacky World of Accessible Formats: What are they and how do you choose?
Dave Wilkinson
Product Specialist for NanoPac, Inc
Session 2
2:30-3:40 / Resources for Recreation & Leisure for People with Visual Impairments and Deaf Blindness
Dr. Lauren Lieberman
Adapted Physical Education Specialist / TBI and Practical Teaching Strategies
Paul Koons
CLVT, O&M Specialist / Contrast Sensitivity with Adults
Dr. Holly Lawson
PhD, COMS, CLVT
Dr. Alexis Malkin
O.D., F.A.A.O. / No More Mouse
Dave Wilkinson
Product Specialist for NanoPac, Inc
Session 3
3:50-5:00 / Put on your Director’s Beret! Using Video as a Teaching Tool
Kerry Isham
APH Field Services Representative / Mastering the Environment through Audition, Kinesthesia & Cognition
John Hall
COMS
DBVI / Contrast Sensitivity with Children
Dr. Holly Lawson
PhD, COMS, CLVT
Dr. Alexis Malkin
O.D., F.A.A.O. / The Secret Language of Lines:
A curriculum for teaching graphicacy
Lucia Hasty
Enabling Technologies
5:00 – 6:00
5:00 / Winning Bidders of the Silent Auction Claim their items
Dinner on your own
8:00 PM-
9:45 PM / TBA

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013

7:30 AM to 5:00PM
7:30 – 5:00
8:00-12:00 / Refreshment area open: snacks and beverages for all conference guests
Conference REGISTRATION and Hospitality Desk
AER Board Elections: vote onsite by electronic ballot
7:30 – 5:00 / VENDOR EXHIBITS
Breakout sessions / TVI Strand / O&M Strand / RT Strand / TECH Strand
Session 4
8:00-9:15 / Scaffolding for success:
Strategies for
supporting young Readers and Writers of Braille
Anna Swenson
Educator & Author / I know where I am and I know how I got here: Mainstream and Blindness-Specific GPS Products
Part I
Continued in session 5
Dave Wilkinson / Drawing on Memory or Drawing a Blank
Dr. Cyndy Iskow
PhD, COMS, CLVT, CVRT
Polytrauma BROS / Creating Tactile Graphics with Phoenix and Firebird
Lucia Hasty
Enabling Technologies
Session 5
9:25-10:45 / I AM ABLE: Braille Instruction for the special needs student
Dr. Diane Wormsley
Central University (NCCU)
Mary Filicetti
TVI & O&M
Falls Church Public Schools / I know where I am and I know how I got here: Mainstream and Blindness-Specific GPS Products
Part 2
A continuation from
session 4
Dave Wilkinson / Transition Services Through Project-Based Learning
Julie Kay
Hadley School
for the Blind / Hats off to
Braille Note
Dr. Denise Robinson
CEO TechVision, LLC
Vendor
10:50-11:25 / Vendor Session
Introductions and highlights from our conference vendors
11:30-12:45 / Lunch in the Glenn Restaurant
Session 6
12:45-1:55 / The Low Vision Evaluation for the Visually Impaired Children
Dr. Suleiman Alibhai
O.D, F.A.A.O. / Virginia Rehabilitation Center Expo
Melody Roane / When Blindness Comes with Brain Injury: Facts and Practical Interventions
Dr. Cyndy Iskow
PhD, COMS, CLVT, CVRT
Polytrauma BROS / Low Tech to High: Assistive Technology for Students with Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
Ynez Peterson, OTR/L
Assistive Technology Specialist
Session 7
2:05-3:15 / The Low Vision Evaluation for Visually Impaired Adults
Dr. Suleiman Alibhai
O.D, F.A.A.O. / Guiding Eyes For The Blind: Special Needs Program
Susan Kroha
Guiding Eyes for the Blind / Teaching Braille to Adults and Parents of Children Learning Braille
Dennis Helms
Rehabilitation Teacher
DBVI / Hats off to
JAWS and PC
Dr. Denise Robinson
CEO TechVision, LLC
BREAK
3:15-3:40 / Meet and greet vendors
Session 8
3:40-5:00 / Beyond Behaviors: Strategies for Understanding and Instructing Students with Sensory Impairments and Autism
Dr. Julie Durando / The UseofApplied Behavior Analysis (ABA) with Multiple Disabilities
Lauren Askew
Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst with Centra / Low Tech Sampler: Abacus basics, Slate and Stylus
Dennis Helms
Rehabilitation Teacher
DBVI / Hats off to
Low Vision Techniques
Dr. Denise Robinson
CEO Tech Vision, LLC
Dinner / On Your own
8:00 – 9:30 / Evening Social sponsored by Allied Instructional Services

FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013

7:30AM to 12:00 noon
7:30 – 12:00 / Refreshment area open: snacks and beverages for all conference guests
Conference REGISTRATION and Hospitality Desk
Breakout Sessions / TVI Strand / O&M Strand / RT Strand / TECH Strand
Session 9
8:00- 8:55 / TVI Networking
Barbara Halton-Bailey
TVI
DBVI / Medication Interaction with O&M and Low Vision Instruction
Willie Ice
DBVI / Herding CATs: A round-up of Computer Assistive Tactiles
Lucia Hasty
Enabling Technologies / Hats Off to
iPads, Part 1
continued in session 10
Dr. Denise Robinson
CEO TechVision, LLC
Session 10
9:05-10:00 / The Effective Instructional Continuum for the Expanded Core Curriculum
Dr. Karen Blankenship
Vanderbilt University / Getting the most out of Occupational and Physical Therapies on the Vision Services (O&M, TVI) Team
Kristin Battin
Physical Therapist Roanoke City Public Schools / RT Networking
We Can Make It Grow: A VRT Forum
Debbie Helms
CRVT
Johannah Echevarria
CLVT, CRVT, COMS / Hats Off to
iPads, Part 2
a continuation from
session 9
Dr. Denise Robinson
CEO TechVision, LLC
Session 11
10:10-11:05 / Standards of Practice for the Essential Assessment
Dr. Karen Blankenship
Vanderbilt University / O&M Networking
Meg Walker
COMS
DBVI / Getting the AER Grant
Melanie Hughes
COMS, DBVI
Lori Floyd
TVI Henry County Schools / AIM-VA: What's New This Year?
Joyce Sharp
Training and Communications Coordinator
AIM Virginia
11:15-11:50 / Learning to Thrive: Pursuing A Life Well Lived
Amy J. Armstrong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Chair
Virginia Central University (VCU)
11:50-12:00 / Closing Session
Introduction of 2013-2014 Chapter Board
Announcement of 2014 Conference Location and Dates!