Open captioned. This session will discuss the Perkins CVI Protocol, the new Perkins interventions library, and CVI Now Educator Hub community, events, and resources.

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2/25/2025

Maria Antonia Vazquez. Perkins International has been working systematically in Latin America to strengthen access and quality of education for people with deafblindness and visual/multiple disabilities for more than 25 years. Its focus is on strengthening the capacity of public school systems to address the needs of children with multiple disabilities and deafblindness and on documenting and disseminating evidence of successful practices that impact on children’s learning outcomes based on the training received by Perkins International Academy. The research is participatory as it supports joint reflection and proposes more inclusive ways of generating knowledge. The stories and experiences in each country where the monitoring is done, reveal individualities that show the particularity of change in real contexts.

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2/25/2021

Gloria Rodriguez-Gil, Director for Latin American and the Caribbean for Perkins International. Over the next 10 years, Perkins, in partnership with state Secretaries of Education, educators, and parents will increase access to quality education for children with multiple disabilities in Mexico. We expect to reach even more, because, as education quality improves and children thrive, enrollment and retention increase- so that children who today are out of school, by 2030 will be learning. Our strategy to achieve this transformation has four parts: 1. Build adult capacity to support children’s learning. 2. Establish a state-of-the-art adaptive design center in Yucatán State to serve children with low-cost, custom-designed learning equipment. 3. Partner nationally to reach more children locally. 4. Fill the data gap on effective education for children with disabilities.

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2/25/2021

[Spanish audio track] In Chile, deafblindness is not recognized as a unique disability, which results in scarce information about this population. There are only three institutions specialized in the care of deaf-blind students in the region. Although education policies provide for equal opportunities and allow for the integration of students with disabilities into regular schools, not all of them have the specialized equipment required, particularly in the area of deaf-blindness. This presentation will show what is happening with these students and how teachers and related professionals provide educational responses to these students.

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2/23/2021

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. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - 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 Click the Attachment button to download a transcript, audio file, and/or handout.

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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. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - Active Learning Space Website Updates - Dynamic Learning Circle - Development of Grasp - Hand Position or Grasp - Discussion Click the Attachment button to download a transcript, audio file, and/or handout.

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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. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - Setting Up Your Classroom - Activity Walls - Classrooms - Centers - Ideas for Storage, Itinerant Teachers & Home Click the Attachment button to download a transcript, audio file, and/or handout.

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4/2/2018

11/8/2017 This webinar is part of an ongoing series addressing accommodations and strategies for making art accessible for students with visual impairment. Early literacy lessons typically make extensive use of art activities such as drawing and coloring. This session will discuss ways that TVI’s can ensure that VI students are also able to benefit from these opportunities. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - Finding Time to Teach Art - Problems with Pre-Braille Activities - Essential Braille Skills & Concepts - Low Vision Students - Linking activities to experiences. - Integrating Drawing into Classroom Activities - Adapting Elementary Worksheets - Resources Click the Attachment button to download a transcript, audio file, and/or handout.

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11/17/2017