Effective communication with school staff at the beginning of the school year is always a challenge for itinerant TSVIs and COMS. Here are tips and strategies for quickly and effectively sharing information about your student with their educational team. Open captioned.

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5/23/2023

Open captioned. As we near the end of our third school year impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s a good time to examine the lessons learned. During this Coffee Hour, Dr. Rosenblum will share information from two studies done early in the pandemic. She’ll use these as a backdrop to discuss how TVIs, O&M specialists, administrators and others can use the lessons we learned in the provision of educational services to our students whether in face-to-face, online, or a hybrid model. Come and join the discussion.

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5/3/2022

When people think of negotiation, they typically picture buying a new car or home. However, negotiation occurs more often than we realize. Even in our professional practice, we often use negotiation to encourage buy-in for implementing educational strategies or techniques. Attend this session to learn basic negotiation techniques and how to encourage your fellow team mates to work together for student success. Open captioned.

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3/21/2022

Open captioned. Join us to learn about the benefits and limitations of learning management systems for students with visual impairments. Gain knowledge of options such as advocating for accessibility and working collaboratively with your students' general education teachers. Contribute to the discussion of helping to improve our students' virtual learning experience.

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3/1/2022

Matt Schultz and Chris Montgomery talk to Barbara Miles about her work and philosophy. Closed captioned.

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2/11/2022

Open Captioned. Literacy Considerations for Individuals with Cortical Visual Impairment, Part 2, will address questions posted during the May 2021 presentation. Part 2 will further explore literacy experiences and the customization of curriculum for individuals in Phase II and Phase III (Roman-Lantzy, 2018) who are ready for instruction with print symbols.

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10/5/2021

This presentation will focus on providing culturally responsive services to Native American families and supporting their journey as they support their children. By learning about the depth and history of Native culture, we better understand the role it plays in the early development of Native children. We can be present with a family to lead/coach in a way that they can follow. Join us!

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4/29/2021

09/11/2014 - Answers to FAQs about implementing the ECC; generated by participants in the July 2014 meeting of stakeholders and education professionals. Speakers include, Ann Adkins and Cyral Miller, TSBVI Outreach, Christy Householter, Region X ESC and Olga Uriegas, Region XI ESC. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - Introduction - Questions 1-7 - Questions 8-12 - Questions 13-15 - Questions 16-20 - Questions 21-24 - Questions 25-27 - Question 28 & Conclusion Click the Resources button for a copy of the Q&A document (MS Word) or transcript (txt) and/or audio recording (mp3). List of ECC webinars for 2014-2015 school year; 3-4PM - Sep 11, 2014 (2 hrs) - Oct 2, 2014 - Nov 6, 2014 - Dec 4, 2014 - Jan 8, 2015 - Feb 5, 2015 - Mar 5, 2015 - Apr 2, 2015 - May 7, 2015

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10/2/2014