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11/19/2020
Learn more about how to select Active Learning equipment to match your student's goals and learning needs.
Presented by Patty Obrzut, Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Charlotte Cushman & Kate Hurst, TSBVI Outreach.
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12478
11/20/2020
1/24/2019
This webinar on Constructive Play is presented by Patty Obrzut and Jessica McCavit, Occupational Therapists at Penrickton Center for Blind Children in Taylor, Michigan.
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- Introduction
- Development of Constructive Play
- One Object Inside Another
- Take Apart & Put Back Together
- Concept of Quantity
- Importance of Banging Games
- Stacking of Objects
- Introduction of Tools
- Closing Comments
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6728
1/28/2019
9/27/2018
This webinar will be presented by Patty Obrzut and Jessica McCavit, who are both Occupational Therapists at Penrickton Center for Blind Children in Taylor, Michigan.
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- Active Learning Space Website Updates
- Dynamic Learning Circle
- Development of Grasp
- Hand Position or Grasp
- Discussion
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5754
10/2/2018
3/29/2018
This is a 5-part series of webinars that will focus on a variety of topics, such as setting up a classroom and schedule, choosing materials, addressing the student with CVI, using Active Learning with older students and information on research related to Active Learning. Various guest speakers will be a part of this year’s presentations.
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- Setting Up Your Classroom
- Activity Walls
- Classrooms
- Centers
- Ideas for Storage, Itinerant Teachers & Home
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6457
4/2/2018
1/25/2018
This is a 5-part series of webinars that will focus on a variety of topics, such as setting up a classroom and schedule, choosing materials, addressing the student with CVI, using Active Learning with older students and information on research related to Active Learning.
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- Intro & Forum Question
- Approaches & Materials for Learners with CVI
- Questions & Answers
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8758
2/20/2018
Patty Obrzut from Penrickton Center for Blind Children demonstrates how to use a loop turner to thread elastic through rubber tubing, for attaching objects in a Little Room or on a Position Board.
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1000
1/8/2018
11/30/2017
This is a 5-part series of webinars that will focus on a variety of topics, such as setting up a classroom and schedule, choosing materials, addressing the student with CVI, using Active Learning with older students and information on research related to Active Learning. Various guest speakers will be a part of this year’s presentations.
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- Intro & Forum Question
- Review Active Learning Key Points
- Active Learning Approach with Older Students
- Equipment for Older Learners
- Discussion
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7818
12/14/2017
05/25/2017
Penrickton Center for the Blind, Perkins School for the Blind and Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired host this series of webinars on Active Learning, an instructional approach developed by Dr. Lilli Nielsen. In this series of webinars we will share ideas for moving from assessment to IEP development to delivering instruction. Attention will be given to organizing the student’s day and delivering both general curriculum and expanded core curriculum content using an Active Learning approach.
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- Intro & Forum Questions
- Meet Isaiah!
- Narbethong State Special School
- Questions & Answer
7114
9/21/2017