Thursday, March 25, 2021

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9:00 -11:00 Pre-Conference
  • Literacy Adaptations and Materials for Students with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)-Diane Sheline
  • Where in the World Am I? Playtime for Infants and Toddlers-Kathie Preece
  • Creating and Using Maps for O&M-Sue O’Brien & Ryan Conlin

11:00-12:00 Social Session Networking and Connecting

12:00-1:00 Lunch Break

1:00-2:15 Welcome and Keynote: Friends Matter: Promoting Authentic Social Opportunities for All by Dr. Zachary Rosetti

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-3:45 Session I

  • Make Space for Tech- Jim Allan
  • Lessons Learned from Providing Hybrid and & Distance O&M to over 500 Schools in the Spring Semester- Marty Shultz
  • Game of Life- Andrew Bernet & Valerie Alvarez

3:45-4:00 Break

4:00-5:15 Session II
  • Connecting with APH ConnectCenter- Kathryn Botsford & Olaya Landa-Vialard
  • BCVDDP’s Future Planning 101 for Individuals who are Blind or Visually Impaired: A Collaborative Model- Sarah Karmacharya, Haley Greer, & Ashley Melero
  • Deafblind Hot Topics- Hillary Keys & Kaycee Bennett

5:15-6:30 Social Break-Out Rooms
  • Hosted by TAER Board Members

6:30-7:30 Session III: Division Meetings
  • O&M Division Meeting- Andrew Burnet
  • Multiple Disabilities/DB Division Meeting- Hillary Keys
  •  Itinerant Division Session- Cyral Miller and Jill Brown​