TAER Annual Conference Schedule

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Proposed Agenda for TAER Conference 2019

(Texas Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of Blind and Visually Impaired)
March 28-30, 2019

Thursday, March 28, 2019

8:00 – 4:00            Registration
9:00 – 11:30         Pre-Conference
11:30 – 1:00         Lunch on your own
1:00 – 5:00            Exhibits Open
1:00 – 2:00            Welcome and Keynote Address
2:00 – 2:30            Board Nominations & Announcements
2:45 – 4:00            Session 1
4:00 – 4:15            Break
4:15 – 5:30            Session 2
5:30 – 6:15            Division Meeting
6:15 - 8:00             President’s Reception

Friday, March 29, 2019

8:00 – 4:00            Registration
8:00 – 4:00            Exhibits Open
8:00 – 9:00            Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 10:15         Session 3
10:15 – 10:45      Exhibit Visiting Time/Break
10:45 – 12:00      Session 4
12:15 – 2:00         Luncheon and Awards
2:15 – 3:30            Session 5
3:30 – 3:45            Break – Draw for Raffle
3:45 – 5:00            Session 6
5:00 – 6:00            Session 7 – Division Meetings
5:00                           Silent Auction Closes – Pick up your items
6:15                           Voting Polls Close
6:30 – 8:00            O&M Dinner

Saturday, March 30, 2019

8:00 – 8:30            Registration
8:00 – 9:30            Breakfast & TAER Business Meeting
9:45-11:00             Session 8

Session presentations to include:

• Using Expanded Core Curriculum-based mobile games to teach skills, tied to each student’s IEP
• Be the Change you Want to see in the World!
• The Basics of Brailler Maintenance
• Bookshare: Cool Tools for People Who Need to Read Differently
• Creative approaches to maximizing your time when you have overflowing caseloads
• Orientation and Mobility Training during World War I
• Texas 2 STEPS Signing Party
• Making a Case for Active Learning
• 5 Tips to Shine Brighter
• APE: Means Awesome PE
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) - Basics and Technology Advances
• Accessibyte overview: Fun, funky cloud-based assistive software
• Adult Blind Rehabilitation and the Transtheoretical Model of Change
• What's Hiding on Paths to Literacy?
• Introduction of Swift Playground in the Classroom for Visually Impaired Students
• Beyond the VISSIT: Advocating for Appropriate Service Intensity
• Teaching the ECC Through a Sport Education Model
• Using Braille Tech Tools to Maximize Productivity: Opening the Braille Tech Tool Box
• Turning it in on Time: Accessing, Editing, and Submitting Assignments with Adaptive Technology for Students with Low Vision
• Assessment for Students with DeafBlindness
• The Legacy of Blind Texas Musicians
• Don't Get Stuck in the Darkness of Conflict
• Shine a Light on Literacy
• Using Expanded Core Curriculum-based mobile games to maximize educational outcome, by teaching skills specified in each student’s IEP.
• Foreign Language Production and Music Braille
• AER Round Table Discussion
• Aligning the Infused Skills portion of the Evals Kit to the ECC
• An Analysis of Over Ten Years of Guidance by the Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness
• Innovative Courses: Above and Beyond
• Place Value — The Abacus Polestar
• What O&M Looks Like in Beirut, Lebanon

Certificates will be available at the end of the conference
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