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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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2:15 PM-2:45 PM

Exploring the FUNdamentals of Independent Travel
Mobility Training at Guide Dogs for the Blind; A Deliberate Shift to Adult Learning Methods

3:00 PM-3:30 PM

Access to Roundabouts and Channelized Turn Lanes: Implications for Orientation and Mobility Instruction
Unified Cane and Dog Mobility--Is It Possible?

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Paws for Cause 101
Physical Activity among Youth with Vision Loss

Thursday, July 24, 2008

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8:00 AM-10:00 AM

A Unified Methodology for Performance Training in Orientation & Mobility, GPS Travel and Computer Technology
Administration (multiple sessions)
An International Perspective on O&M Personnel Preparation and Services: Haiti and the Czech Republic.
Consumer Perspectives on Psycho-Social Adjustment of Persons Aging with Hearing and Vision Loss
Correlates of Assistive Technology Use by Students with Visual Impairments in the U.S.: Multilevel Modeling of the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study
Distance Transcription Training: A New Framework for Success.
Fear, Future and Foundation
Paratransit, Mobility & You
“I Can't Put My Shoe on” – What Can the Low Vision Professional Do?

10:45 AM-11:45 AM

Guide Dogs for Teenagers: Conclusive Experience
I Got the Music in Me
Safety on the Streets
Street Crossings 2.0: Upgrade Your Street Crossing Strategies or How to Be Wise in the Brave New World.
The Right Stuff at the Right Time: Applying Grade Level Content Standards to O&M

10:45 AM-12:15 PM

Advocacy That Really Works: Joining Efforts through a Statewide Coalition.
Assisting Students with Vision Loss to Use Self-Management Strategies to Change Their Own Behavior
Demographic Trends in Aging and Sensory Loss
From Agenda to Action: Florida's Response to the National Agenda
From Our Memoirs to Your Practice: Insights from Three Women Who Are Blind or Visually-Impaired
Suggested Math Tools and Technology for Secondary Students with Visual Impairments
TVIs in Training Get Critical Skills FIRST
Update on Video Magnification Technology

1:15 PM-2:45 PM

Using Storytelling in the Teaching of Students with Vision Loss
Accessing the Curriculum with Low-High Technology Tools for Beginning Braille Readers
Addressing the Expanded Core Curriculum, Not as Difficult as It May Seem
Coordinated Intervention Planning for Children with Multiple Disabilities That Have Sensory Impairments and Autism through Use of the Ziggurat Model and the Comprehensive Autism Planning System
Generational Diversity: A New Look at the Work We Do
HOLD EVERYTHING! Creating Stay-Put Play-'n-Learn Spaces for Young and Developmentally Young Children
Health Disparities and Risks among Older Blind Adults: Implications for Rehabilitation and Wellness
Using An Effective Expanded Core Curriculum Instructional Continuum.
What's New in Low Vision".

1:45 PM-2:45 PM

Evaluation of the Confidence and the Autonomy Provided by A Simple GPS Device Designed for Visually Impaired Travellers
Is A Dog Guide Right for Your Client?
Orientation & Mobility (mulitple sessions)
Playful O&M
Providing Cane Clinics to Encourage Cane Use
Severity Rating Scale for Orientation & Mobility: A New Look at A Popular Resource

Friday, July 25, 2008

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

A Tactile Strategy Game to Enhance Functional Use of Compass Directions in Students with Visual Impairment-A Field Study
Accessible Design for People with Vision Impairments
Accessible Science: How to Describe STEM Images
An Assessment of Consumer Needs: Results of Focus Groups from A State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
An ORIENTATION & Mobility Teaching Approach for Guide-Dog Travel for the Elderly or Reduced Mobility Population
CERTS: More Than A Breath Mint, A Must for All Situations
Creating Vocational Portfolios to Assist with the Transition
Current Issues in Vision Rehabilitation Therapy
Distance Education - Together Doing More
Emergent Optical Device Use: Introducing Optical Devices to Our Youngest Children
Promoting Excellence: Examples of Good Reading Instruction for Learners with Visual Impairment and Additional Disabilities
Publishing a Manuscript in the JVIB
Sight Unseen - Art for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Veterans Affairs Low Vision Intervention Trial Study Results and Therapy Curriculum
Youth Employment Services: A Continuum Model

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Aging (mulitple sessions)
CareerConnect as A Tool in the Job Placement Process.
How to Connect to the Sighted World through the Arts and Other Media-for People Who Have Low Vision.
Information & Technology (multiple sessions)
Low Vision (multiple sessions)
Orientation & Mobility (mulitple sessions)
Personnel Preparation (multiple sessions)
Putting ORIENTATION Back into O&M
SupaSleuths--Crime Scene Investigation for Young Detectives.
Teaching Personal Safety to Children with Visual Impairments
The Myths and Realities of Diabetes
Vision Rehab Therapy (multiple sessions)
Vocational Rehabilitation (multiple sessions)

3:45 PM-5:15 PM

APS 101 (Accessible Pedestrian Signals) 6 Questions-6 Answers
Aiming for Success: Put Our TAPE Measure in YOUR Employment Support Toolbox!
Collaborative Interventions for Multiply Disabled Children and Their Families
Designing Access to Light Rail Transit
Do I Really Need to Learn the Keyboard by Touch? An Examination of the Need for and Ways to Teach Keyboarding by Touch to Individuals with Vision Loss
Implications of the ABC Braille Study Results for Braille Instruction
Learning Disabilities and Students with Visual Impairment
Learning to Listen and Listening to Learn
Parent Education: Reaching the Hard-to-Reach
Reclaiming Independence: A Video and Resource Guide to Help Elders Stay in the Driver's Seat When They No Longer Drive
Sequencing O&M Skills
“I Opened up A Can of Peas but”…..Food Labeling Options

Saturday, July 26, 2008

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

AFB's Senior Site: A 24/7 Tool for Professionals, Consumers, and Family Members—Available Anytime, Anywhere
Bracing for the “Demographic Tsunami” – How Demographic and Epidemiologic Projections Can Prepare Us for the Provision of Vision Rehabilitation Services to the Baby Boom Generation
Employment Status, Job TYPE and Employer Desccription among Persons with A Significant Visual Impairment
Expanding Our Core
Getting in Step - Marching Band Basics
Informational Session on the NTC Assistive Technology Certificate Program
Social Comparison: Exploring Its Relationship with Vision Impairment and Well Being
The Journey of a Test: How It Becomes Accessible to Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
The Virtual Conference Room: Technology Tools for Professional Communication in the 21st Century
Using Visual/Concrete Supports for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Visual Impairments

1:45 PM-3:15 PM

An Investigation of the Use of Dual Media by Students with Visual Impairments
Conducting An Assistive Technology Assessment
Eating Upside down / Feeding Strategies for Visually Impaired Infants
Good-Bye Typewriter, Hello Computer
Taking a Position: I.Q. Testing of Students Who Are Visually Impaired
Teaching Braille to Adults Who Are Visually Impaired: Effective Strategies
Template for Literacy: A Special Education Focus
Up, Up and Away: Tips for Safe and Efficient Travel

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Effect of Hybrid Vehicles on Street Crossing Decision Making
Orientation & Mobility and the Question of Ownership

3:45 PM-4:45 PM

A New Instrument to Evaluate and Motivate Your Orientation and Mobility Students
Finding Your Way: A Practical Approach to Teaching and Learning BrailleNote GPS
Yellow Tape Is Not A Barrier! ADA & Sidewalk Pedestrian Construction Work Zone Barriers

3:45 PM-5:15 PM

Connecting Parents with Information and Each Other: AFB's FamilyConnect Site
Hail Hail, Louis Braille! Happy 200th Birthday
Low Vision (multiple sessions)
Promising Practices for Students with Visual Iimpairments and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Promising Solutions for Access to Multimedia Instructional Materials in the Classroom
Talking with Miranda
Teaching the Use of Audio Assisted Reading

Sunday, July 27, 2008

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Accessible Multi-Media for Science: Teachers' Domain
An Age Cohort Study of Older Adults with and without Impaired Vision: Activity, Independence and Life Satisfaction
Do Students with Visual Impairment Benefit from Movement-Based Learning (Brain Gym)?
Emerging Evidence from Single-Subject Design Studies in the Field of Deafblindness
O&M in Cyber Space, -- Applying O&M Principles and Techniques to Electronic Communication
Quality and Equitable Services to Infants and Preschool Children with Visual Impairment and Their Families: A Provincial Lobbying Effort and New Program

9:30 AM-11:00 AM

A Residential School's Transition Program: What It Is - What It Is Not!
Education Curriculum - Mulitple Presentations
NEW VISION ENTERPRIZES -A Transitional Student Business Training Program
Psychological First Aid