OCDBE Updates 1-21-22
OCDBE Updates 1-21-22
In order to better serve parents, OCDBE Updates, sent to all parents, includes information, upcoming events and trainings, resources, and professional development opportunities that may be of interest to parents, educators, and those individuals who serve children with combined vision and hearing loss. If you have suggestions, thoughts, or ideas that you would like to see included, please let us know by contacting Lynne Hamelberg at lynne.hamelberg@uc.edu.
LISD Programs
Intervention Specialist:
Visually Impaired Licensure Program
A 22-credit hour program offering graduate level coursework leading to licensure as a teacher of students with visual impairments (TSVI). The program is designed to be completed in one year and applicants must hold a valid Ohio teaching license. Coursework is mostly online with extensive face-to-face field and practicum experiences.
Certified Orientation & Mobility
Specialist Program
A one year, 23-credit hour program offering graduate level coursework leading to a certification as an Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS). Applicants with any bachelor’s degree are invited; a teaching certificate is not required. The coursework is online with extensive face-to-face field work and a 350-hour O&M Internship.
The Forgotten Senses: Proprioceptive and Vestibular Issues and Availability for Learning for Children with Deafblindness
Presented by: David Brown
January 22, 2022 from 10-12 noon (ET)
Learning Objectives: Participants will:
1. Understand how the vestibular and proprioceptive senses work and the purposes that they serve.
2. Interpret behaviors seen in children with multi-sensory impairments in terms of the sensory stimulation that they provide based upon close observational assessment.
3. Gain an insight into how the senses interact to facilitate effective functioning in learners who have a dual sensory impairment with complex needs.
4. Use simple adaptations to positioning, physical support, pacing, sequencing of activities, and play that can facilitate improved functioning and availability for learning.
Exploring Transition-age Services for DeafBlind Youth
February 2, 2021 from 4:00 – 5:30 pm (ET)
presented by John Filek , Helen Keller National Center for DeafBlind Youths and Adults
Presentation Description
Exploring Transition-age Services for DeafBlind Youth will focus on what transition services are currently available for DeafBlind youth and possible approaches that may be implemented for a successful transition. The presentation will include the story and perspective of an individual with deafblindness.
Supporting Communicative Competence Professional Learning Series
4:00 to 5:00 PM (EST)
Developing communicative competence for children with combined hearing-vision loss, sensory impairment, and/or multiple disabilities can be challenging. The Supporting Communicative Competence Professional Learning Series includes six one-hour virtual sessions focused on core and fringe vocabulary, considering the needs of children with visual impairment, using core as part of the curriculum, developing peer supports, fostering communication partner strategies and social networks, and preparing students with complex communication needs for transition. See the learning objectives for each of the six sessions and register for one or more sessions.
Mapping Dreams: The Transition to Adulthood
January 12, January 20, and January 27, 2022
4-5:30 pm
Presented by Tammie Sebastian and Amy Freeman, M.Ed. Ohio Center for the Education of Children with Disabilities
Mapping Dreams: The Transition to Adulthood is a 3-part learning opportunity that introduces families and educators to concepts of transition planning. The training provides strategies for what parents, youth, and educators can do to help plan for the student’s transition from high school to adulthood. One session is dedicated to each of the IEP Postsecondary Transition goals: Postsecondary Training and Employment, Competitive Integrated Employment, and Independent Living.
Better Together: Supporting a Successful Transition to Adulthood
February 1, 2022 4:00 – 5:30 pm (ET) OR 7:00 – 8:30 pm (ET)
Allison Meloy and Katie Scheetz Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD)
Program Description:
Better Together: Supporting a Successful Transition to Adulthood is designed for parents and professionals who are preparing their child or student to transition from high school to adult life. While IDEA does not formally begin this process until age 14, we believe transition planning begins in early childhood! Allison Meloy and Katie Scheetz will present information on how Ohio’s vocational rehabilitation (VR) personnel can partner with schools and families to prepare their child/student for a successful career; and provide an overview of the OOD VR process, examples of services, and helpful hints for getting the most out of working with VR.
Introduction to Interveners
February 10, 2022 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm (EST)
Program Description:
Interveners are support professionals who provide consistent one-to-one support to a student with combined hearing-vision loss throughout the instructional day. This webinar is designed to provide participants with an understanding of deafblindness and its impact on children and the role that the intervener plays in providing support to children with dual sensory impairment. It will also provide participants with information about becoming an Intervener in Ohio.
The Importance of Identifying Children with CAPD & CVI
February 24, 2022 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm (EST)
Program Description:
The Importance of Identifying Children with CAPD & CVI is designed to provide participants with a basic understanding of Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) and Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Participants will learn about how CAPD and CVI can impact children and the importance of identification and access to services to improve learning outcomes.
Functional Transition Tools for DeafBlind and Low-Incidence Students: Elevating Person Centered to Person Driven Accommodations (4 sessions)
Jennifer White, Able Opportunities, Inc
Program Description
The Functional Transition Tools for DeafBlind and Low-Incidence Students: Elevating Person Centered to Person Driven Accommodations series provides tools to use with students with deafblindness that may also be used with students with low incidence disabilities. The presentation addresses building relational communication skills and includes reference tools that allow a student to take the lead.
Many support tools used in teaching are based on using systematic instruction and cueing through task analysis until a student gains independence – a helpful approach for training specific skill sets, but not necessarily for using communication tools that form alliances between teacher and student, and coworkers and employers. The series focuses on building a greater repertoire of skills that are accessible to students who process information differently due to sensory loss and/or developmental disability. Tools and strategies can be used at home, school, work, and in the community.
Considerations for Families, Caretakers, and Educators Unique to Children with Deafblindness and Low Incidence Disabilities
Presented by Melinda Wolford, PhD, NCSP
Families, caretakers, and educators of children with multiple sensory deficits and low incidence disabilities are presented with unique challenges that often involve significant support needs. Burdens of the disability-related complications and the lack of education or training can erode resilience and energy in those attending to the child. Finding balance is difficult as the requirements, matters, and issues related to the child’s care and advocacy are ever-changing and often unpredictable. Considerations for Families, Caretakers, and Educators Unique to Children with Deafblindness and Low Incidence Disabilities is a three-part webinar series designed to tackle and address some of the critical issues and obstacles for those immersed in these extraordinary circumstances.
MISSOURI DEAF-BLIND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT Professional Development Course: HAND IN HAND: SPRING
Understanding Dual Sensory Impairment for Educators Serving Students with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss
This course provides instructional strategies and practices specific to the education of students with dual sensory impairments. The course combines two instructional sessions, follow-up mentoring provided by specialists in the field of deafblindness and the development of a student profile.
Dates:
Session 1: March 9-11, 2022
Session 2: April 27-29, 2022
Early Identification of Deaf-Blindness Series
February 3 and March 3, 2022
12:00-1:30 PM MST
The Montana Deaf-Blind Project is pleased to announce our two-part Early identification of Deaf-Blindness webinar series. Register now for these free opportunities to learn from nationally-renowned expert Dr. Susan M. Bashinski. (Please note - you must register separately for each session.) MT OPI renewal unit credit is available.