The Following Workshops Will Be Presented at the 9Thdbi European

The following workshops will be presented at the 9thDbI European

Conference on Deafblindness in Denmark in September 2017

Workshop Session 1: Tuesday September 5, 2017, at 12:00-12:45 / AcquiredDb / CongenitalDb / Both Cong. and Acq. Db
1.1 / Title: Deafblindness – Theory-of-mind, cognitive functioning and social network in Alström syndrome / X
Presenter: Hans-Erik Frölander
Workplace: The National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools, Sweden / Co-presenter: Claes Möller1,2,3, Björn Lyxell 3.
1 School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, the Swedish Institute
for Disability Research, Linköping, Sweden
2 Audiological Research Centre, Örebro University Hospital
3 Department of Behavioural Science and Learning, Linköping University
1.2 / Title: Come on!
Meaningful rehabilitation for people with acquired deafblindness. / X
Presenter: Kirsten Washuus
Workplace: CFD, Denmark / Co-presenter: Else Marie Jensen
1.3 / Title: My Journey to Independence : From Isolation to participation / X
Presenter: Linda Fistonich
Workplace:Australia
1.4 / Title: Camp Abilities: educational sports camps for children with sensory impairments / X
Presenter: Lauren Lieberman
Workplace: The College at Brockport, State Univesity of New York, USA / Co-presenter: Pam Haibach
1.5 / Title: Never say never!
Optimizing senses and functions releases new learning. / X
Presenter: Line Hovland
Workplace: Eikholt national center for the deafblind, Norway
1.6 / Title: Adapted Physical Activity: from idea to reality / X
Presenter: Mads Kopperholdt
Workplace: Centre for Deafblindness and Hearing Loss (CDH), Denmark / Co-presenter: Anders Martin Rundh
1.7 / Title: Dreaming about an accessible life / X
Presenter: Eric van Heuvelen
Workplace: Bartimeus Institute for the visually impaired, The Netherlands / Co-presenter: Ilse Oosterhuis
1.8 / Title: When a party makes sense / X
Presenter: Louise Søndergaard
Workplace: Centre for Deafblindness and Hearing Loss (CDH), Denmark / Co-presenter: Martin Hedegaard

Workshops at the DbI 2017 Conference

Workshop Session 2: Tuesday September 5, 2017, at 14:15-15:00 / Acq. Db / Cong. Db / Both Cong. and Acq. Db
2.1 / Title: Threepart conversation - a multidisciplinary project from CDH / X
Presenter: Camilla Lolk Rønshøj
Workplace: Centre for Deafblindness and Hearing Loss (CDH), Denmark / Co-presenter: Tine Nørgaard Pedersen, Helle Buelund Selling
2.2 / Title: To live with PHARC- a novel complex syndrome causing acquired deafblindness / X
Presenter: Ane Marte Halkjelsvik
Workplace: Statped, Norway / Co-presenter: Inger Marie Storaas
2.3 / Title: Friends from the wild: Developing relationships through ongoing outdoor activities. / X
Presenter: Joseph Gibson
Workplace: Deafblind Outdoors, Norway / Co-presenter: Sofia Kristoffersen Nystuen, Norway
Sunniva Joten Langsjøvold, Norway
2.4 / Title: CHARGE and working on social connectedness-
a big challenge / X
Presenter: Tanja Geck
Workplace: Deutsches Taubblindenwerk, Germany / Co-presenter: Sandra Runge-Fleischer, Deutsches Taubblindenwerk
2.5 / Title: Cross cultural dialogue with DB persons in Africa - Towards social connectedness / X
Presenter: Natasha Maliko
Workplace: African Federation of the DeafBlind AFDB, Malawi / Co-presenter: Ezekiel Kumwenda
2.6 / Title: Fun Chi: Adapting Tai Chi for Self-Regulation and Relaxation / X
Presenter: Sharon Barrey Grassick
Workplace: School of Special Educational Needs - Sensory, Australia
2.7 / Title: Innovative uses of technology with young people with sensory impairments / X
Presenter: Caireen Sutherland
Workplace: Consultant MSI Teacher, United Kingdom
2.8 / Title: Social Inclusion through Empowerment / X
Presenter: Parag Namdeo
Workplace: Sense India, India
The workshop has been cancelled / The workshop has been cancelled. Participants for this workshop will be contacted before the start of the conf.
2.9 / Title: Aquired Deafblindness in Ethiopia and its Coping strategy: The Case of Three Women with Acquired Deafblindness / X
Presenter: Dr. Sewalem Tsega
Workplace: Addis ababa University Disability center and SNE Department, Ethiopia
Workshop Session 3: Wednesday September 6, 2017, at 11:00-11:45 / Acq. Db / Cong. Db / Both Cong. and Acq. Db
3.1 / Title: TMIC: a fine tool to create social connectedness. / X
Presenter: Damie van Vianen
Workplace: Kentalis Rafael, The Netherlands / Co-presenter: Amanda Buijs
3.2 / Title: Arousal and interaction with people with deafblindness / X
Presenter: Henrik Okbøl
Workplace: Geelsgårdskolen, Denmark / Co-presenter: Tina Bendixen, Lone Rømer, Tanja Møller Christiansen, Denmark
3.3 / Title: The best support for families using Early Intervention approaches / X
Presenter: Steve Rose
Workplace: Sense, United Kingdom
3.4 / Title: Tactile sign language in communication with people with Congenital deafblindness. / X
Presenter: Bettina Kastrup Pedersen
Workplace: Centre for Deafblindness and Hearing Loss, Denmark
3.5 / Title: Conducting psychotherapy with individuals who have acquired deafblindness / X
Presenter: Maj Volden
Workplace: The Norwegian National Unit for Mental Health and Deafness, OUS-HF, Norway
3.6 / Title: The formation of the communicative partner image for the deafblind students / X
Presenter: Svetlana Zarechnova
Workplace: Children`s House for Deafblind, Russia
3.7 / Title: Positive Touch Access: Invitation to Touch Leads to Self-Actualization / X
Presenter: Susanne Morrow
Workplace: New York Deaf-Blind Collaborative, USA
3.8 / Title: ‘Life in resonance’, a personal exploration of communication through touch as a deafblind shiatsu therapist / X
Presenter: Femke Krijger
Workplace: own practice of shiatsu/Tao yoga therapy ’levensvonk’, The Netherlands
Workshop Session 4: Wednesday September 6, 2017, at 12:00-12:45 / Acq. Db / Cong. Db / Both Cong. and Acq. Db
4.1 / Title: Narrativity and embodiment / X
Presenter: Myrra Smith
Workplace: Centre for Deafblindness and Hearing Loss (CDH), Denmark / Co-presenter: Dorte Lindberg
4.2 / Title: Adventurous learning and declarative communication in a tactile multi-partner way / X
Presenter: Amanda Buijs
Workplace: Royal Dutch Kentalis, Rafaël school, The Netherlands / Co-presenter: Lieke van Buuren
4.3 / Title: Teaching Orientation and Mobility Skills to people with deafblindness who use tactile sign language / X
Presenter: Meredith Prain
Workplace: Senses Australia, Australia / Co-presenter: Bronwen Scott
4.4 / Title: The art of sight / X
Presenter: Sylvia van Doorn
Workplace: Royal Dutch Kentalis, Unit Deafblindness, The Netherlands / Co-presenter: Ans van Gulick, Annet Eikelboom and NN
4.5 / Title: Deafblindness, Self-Stimulation, and Availability for Learning / X
Presenter: David Brown
Workplace: Self-employed, USA
4.6 / Title: The support needs of family members of persons with Usher type 2 / X
Presenter: Ilse van Zadelhoff
Workplace: Royal Dutch Kentalis, The Netherlands / Co-presenter: Saskia Damen
4.7 / Title: Enhancing learning for a child with deafblindness by putting on the ‘cognitive glasses’: Assessment of learning through working memory / X
Presenter: Anne Schoone
Workplace: Royal Dutch Kentalis, The Netherlands / Co-presenter: Monique Verberg
4.8 / Title: Group training for communication of young adults with visual and hearing impairments / X
Presenter: Alina Khokhlova
Workplace: Yasenevo Center for Deafblind, Russia
Workshop Session 5: Wednesday September 6, 2017, at 14:15-15:00 / Acq. Db / Cong. Db / Both Cong. and Acq. Db
5.1 / Title: From Sensory to Symbolic / X
Presenter: Basem AbdelGhaffar
Workplace: University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
5.2 / Title: Sailing Sense - Sailing for people with deafblindness and multi-sensory impairment / X
Presenter: Miguel Olio
Workplace: Sailing Sense, Brazil
5.3 / Title: The important role that touch has played in my life / X
Presenter: Vanessa Vlajkovic
Workplace: University Student, Australia
5.4 / Title: Affective sense of touch and movement in shaping closeness / X
Presenter: Ivana Macokatic
Workplace: Day-care Centre for Rehabilitation Mali dom-Zagreb, Croatia / Co-presenter: Ana Katusic
5.5 / Title: «What does language mean for me? » / X
Presenter: Annika Maria Johannessen
Workplace: Statped, Norway / Co-presenter: Olaug Grude Hobberstad, Klepp kommune, Norway
5.6 / Title: Communicative engagement in multiparty conversations with persons with CDB / X
Presenter: M. Worm
Workplace: Bartiméus, The Netherlands
5.7 / Title: Teaching Concepts to Children Using the BEST Elements of Dance / X
Presenter: Kristen Paul
Workplace: University of Utah, USA / Co-presenter: Brooke Barnhill
Catherine Nelson
Pamela Geber Handman
5.8 / Title: Research programme Communication and Deafblindness: Overview and new research / X
Presenter: Marleen Janssen
Workplace: University of Groningen, The Netherlands / Co-presenter: Saskia Damen
Workshop Session 6: Thursday September 7, 2017, at 14:15-15:00 / Acq. Db / Cong. Db / Both Cong. and Acq. Db
6.1 / Title: From thoughts to language to reality - getting closer to social connectivity / X
Presenter: Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh and Ole Wøssner
Workplace: CFD - Døvblindehuset, Denmark / Co-presenter: Tanja Nyons
Litte Frehr
6.2 / Title: Adult children of parents living with Usher syndrome:Experiences across the life span / X
Presenter: Karen Wickham
Workplace: Senses Australia, Australia
6.3 / Title: Autonomy support for students with congenital and acquired deafblindness: how can it be assessed and addressed? / X
Presenter: Ineke Haakma
Workplace: University of Groningen, The Netherlands
6.4 / Title: My isolation makes me fear that I'll forget how to communicate / X
Presenter: Rikke Norup Christiansen
Workplace: CFD Rådgivning, Denmark / Co-presenter: Karin Moreau Andersen and Malene Kure Strandkvist
6.5 / Title: Come to shared knowledge in 1 day! / X
Presenter: Sonja van de Molengraft
Workplace: CRESAM, France / Co-presenter: Guillaume Ferron
Séverine Clément
6.6 / Title: Trapped In Deafblindness – The Story of A Man with Acquired Deafblindness / X
Presenter: Anette Kjær
Workplace: CFD Councelling, Denmark / Co-presenter: Jette Mistegård Jørgensen
6.7 / Title: Cognitive behavioural therapy and physical exercise as gateway to life. / X
Presenter: Hege Saltnes
Workplace: The Norwegian National Unit for Mental Helath and Deafness, OUS-HF, Norway / Co-presenter: Cor van der Lijcke
6.8 / Title: Health and people with Usher syndrome, need for biopsychosocial approach. / X
Presenter: Moa Wahlqvist
Workplace: Audiological research centre, University hospital of Örebro, Sweden
6.9 / Title: A guide for supporting people living with deafblindness through their palliative journey / X
Presenter: Lorraine Simpson
Workplace: DeafBlind Ontario Services, Canada

Workshops at the DbI 2017 Conference