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Vision impairment in the "way back when" Sep 24, 2019

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Have you ever wondered what it might be like as a vision impaired person in the 1800s? Early 1900’s? What was around for assistive technology when Helen Keller was at Perkins? I spoke with Jen Hale and Susanna Coit from Perkins Archives to find out the ins and outs of this department and had an amazing talk with them.... wait till you hear the most interesting "items" in the collection.

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Teaching Tactile Graphics for Children with Visual Impairment Sep 17, 2019

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Graphics provide so much information to a sighted reader, and symbols conveying what a story is about or what’s being displayed can be really important and meaningful to a braille reader as well. In this webcast Lucia discusses spatial relationship and graphic literacy, moving from models to graphics and strategies for teaching students to read tactile graphics.

Lucia Hasty has held teaching and administrative positions in special education for more than 30 years. Retired from education, she is a consultant, presenting workshops and developing training materials for a variety of audiences.

If you are interested in learning more about this podcast, please visit our website at www.perkinselearning.org

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Is your child or student available to learn? Sep 10, 2019

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How do you know if your student/child is available for learning? Are they attentive and ready to learn? Should you postpone learning if a child is not alert? When is the best time for learning?

Chris Russell from the New York collaborative is joining us and will be answering these questions and more.

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A Speech Language Pathologists (SLP) guide to children with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) with Jenna Friedman Sep 03, 2019

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Jenna Friedman's work as a Speech Pathologist led her to do extensive research about Cortical Visual Impairment, after many of her clients’ families reported they were not sure if their children could see. Friedman considers the CVI Range© Assessment part of all comprehensive speech and feeding evaluations she conduct for children with indicators for CVI, to ensure that all children are supported by accommodating for their visual skills and needs.

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Early Orientation and Mobility: Birth to Three Aug 20, 2019

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In this audio version of a webinar, Susan Abu-Jaber focuses on birth to three orientation and mobility. Together, we will look at skills in this age range knowing that each child is unique, and will develop at their own pace.

Susan Abu-Jaber is an orientation and mobility specialist and currently works at the Perkins campus. She has worked with students with visual impairments, deaf-blindness and other challenges for 31 years.

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Before and After CVI: How life has changed for one determined woman Aug 13, 2019

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Imagine losing your vision at 17 years old. Think of how much your world has just changed. This is what happened with Ashley Purdy. A couple years ago, she lost her vision. She has needed to "start over" what most of us take for granted. She has a very interesting story and was a pleasure to talk with. I think you will agree she is a pretty amazing young adult.

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Sensorimotor and More with Nathalie DeWitt Aug 06, 2019

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How can you reach a child in the sensorimotor stage of development? We talked with an expert in this topic and she explains it all.

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Letting your voice be heard, CVI Symposium podcast Jul 30, 2019

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This weeks podcast is a special recording from Perkins own CVI symposium.

Listen and learn about all of the latest news in CVI!

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Transitioning from Early Childhood with Lacey Smith Jul 16, 2019

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Lacey Smith a parent of a three year old girl with CVI talks about the challenges she experiences in transitioning her daughter from early childhood services to preschool. Smith talks about important topics such as developing the first Individualized Educational Program and finding the most appropriate placement and provides advice to parents in this regard.

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Speech Language and Deaf Blind Projects with Megan Mogan Jul 09, 2019

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Megan Mogan is a former Speech-Language Pathologist at Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind, who specializes in working with students who are early communicators, including deafblind learners and VI students with multiple disabilities.

Currently, Megan is going through a career change, we talk about this and what led her to change her career path.

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