Open captioned. Anchor Center for Blind Children, a non-profit organization that supports families with young children with visual impairment from birth to six in Denver, Colorado, and several local Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)s are collaborating to identify visual function concerns of pre-term infants using a validated visual screening tool called The Neonatal Assessment Visual European Grid (NAVEG). Infants identified to be at risk with the NAVEG are referred for follow-up to ophthalmological care and local early intervention vision services. We will share about the NAVEG research and our training successes.

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10/18/2022

The presentation will provide an overview of infant mental health, underscoring the critical role of early relational experiences. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young children and their caregivers will also be reviewed. Strategies for supporting caregivers and young children through relationship-focused interventions will be provided. Finally, participants will be invited to explore the role that self-care/self-compassion play in providing care to others. Open captioned and ASL.

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9/20/2022

During a Coffee Hour session on 10/19/20, we introduced the Progression of Tactile Learning, a checklist designed to help teachers create a “Tactile Profile” for students with visual impairment who are struggling with the acquisition of tactile skills and/or have not made expected progress toward attaining tactile literacy. The information gathered with this evaluation tool will assist in developing instruction that targets specific individual needs. Using input from our colleagues, this checklist has been updated, modified, and reorganized. We would like to share the new checklist, discuss the additional resources, and show how it is currently organized.

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4/26/2021

Sue Gawne and Allison Mail. Before the pandemic, our Early Intervention Program provided an introduction to deafblind communication and Intervenors/Intervention support. We provide deafblind Intervention education and hands-on consultation to children with deafblindness (birth to five years), their families and their professional team (such as Vision Specialists, Hearing Specialists, Speech and Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Music Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, Nursing Supports, Intervenors, Infant/Toddler Consultants, Daycare/Preschool staff, School Districts). Together we will share how this successful model works and the shift to virtual service delivery.

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2/24/2021

Dr. Andrew Blaikie will explain how the typical vision system develops and works, then Helen St Clair Tracy will present an overview of the different cerebral visual impairments, and what needs to be known about each individual affected, to ensure support is optimal. Both will explain some of the ways they are working together towards creating simulations of the different cerebral visual impairments, particularly those that come under the umbrella of dorsal stream dysfunction, affecting many children with CVI. The talk will include some short videos from the ongoing partnership between CVI Scotland and the University of St Andrews.

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12/4/2020

10/5/2020 This presentation will cover survival knowledge of Part C regulations for providers new to Part C with new referrals. It will also give immediately useable strategies for operating in the Early Intervention world virtually, including building a rapport, assessing and designing instructional plans, and conducting virtual home visits. Click the Attachment button to download a transcript and/or handout.

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10/5/2020

[this video is open captioned] Project Math Access, techniques for teaching Math to students who are blind. Basic Number Concepts Early Childhood Part 01: Early Number Concepts Click the Attachment button to download a transcript and/or audio file.

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11/14/2018

[this video is open captioned] Project Math Access, techniques for teaching Math to students who are blind. Basic Number Concepts Early Childhood Part 02: Tactile Concepts- Straight and Curved Click the Attachment button to download a transcript and/or audio file.

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11/14/2018