Children with visual impairments often experience sensory motor and behavioral challenges that can affect their ability to make progress in the general and special education setting. By providing children with meaningful and intentional sensory motor activities throughout the day, children with visual and multiple impairments gain the ability to self-organize their sensory systems in order to participate in activities with their peers and make progress in their individualized education plans. Join us to discuss how to identify students with challenges in sensorimotor development and provide strategies for intervention including the use of sensory motor activities and routines to be implemented in a variety of settings. Open captioned and ASL.

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3/27/2023

Learn about the Senior Assist Program that provides persons with disabilities access to free or low cost communication devices, such as phones or tablets.

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1/8/2021

An overview of the Dynamic Learning Circle, part of Active Learning; an approach shown to reach learners with the most severe disabilities, including cerebral palsy, deafblindness and developmental delay. Presented by Patty Obrzut, Assistant Director for the Penrickton Center for Blind Children.

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10/5/2016

9/29/2016 Learn about TSBVI's new publication, "Yoga for Children with Visual and Multiple Impairments". This series of webinars hosted by Kassandra Heil will provide participants with an overview of the book and feature strategies for working with students who are visually impaired as well as students with visual and multiple impairments, including deafblindness. Learn about the benefits for students including bodily and spatial awareness, recreation and leisure, and stress management. Additional dates for this series includes 12/8/16 and 2/23/17. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - Intro to Yoga - Starting a Yoga Class - Your Yoga Sequence - Questions & Answers Click the Resources button for a transcript (txt), handout (pdf) and/or audio recording (mp3).

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10/3/2016

09/28/2015 SLK Study Group is a forum for education staff to learn and discuss how to use the Sensory Learning Kit to assess and develop instructional routines for students with visual and multiple impairments. The study group is hosted by Scott Baltisberger and Sara Kitchen, TVIs and Educational Consultants for Outreach at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Webinar #1 gives an overview of the purpose and structure for, both, the Study Group and the Sensory Learning Kit. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - Intro & Study Group Purpose - Sensory Learning Kit Overview - Sensory Learning Summary - Arousal State Profile - Activity for Next Session Click the Resources button for a transcript (txt), handouts (zip) and/or audio recording (mp3).

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11/24/2015

01/30/2014 Kate Hurst discusses strategies for instruction when a child or student with visual impairment or deafblindness is under the developmental age of 3 years; i.e. in the sensory-motor stage. 11 specific strategies are discussed, with reference to research by Dr. van Dijk, Lilli Nielsen, and Barbara Miles. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - Introduction - Parents are Experts - Assessment - Minimize Stress - Emotional Development - Child's Interests - Self-directed Learning - Appropriate Interactions - Tactile Sense - Pacing is Everything - Predictable Schedules - Expressive Communication - Discussion - Summary & Resources Click the Resources button for a transcript (txt), handout (pdf) and/or audio recording (mp3).

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7/15/2015

04/07/2015 TSBVI Outreach staff members Kate Hurst, Statewide Staff Development Coordinator and Matt Schultz, Deafblind Education Consultant discuss Chapters 8 and 9 in the book Early Learning Step-by-Step by Dr. Lilli Nielsen, creator of Active Learning. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - Learning to Dress & Undress - Constructive Play Click the Resources button for a transcript (txt) and/or audio recording (mp3).

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5/11/2015

10/09/2014 This webinar is a brief overview and demonstration of the Visual Impairment Scale of Service Intensity of Texas (VISSIT). The VISSIT is designed to guide teachers of students with visual impairments (TVIs) in determining the type and amount of itinerant TVI services to recommend for students on their caseloads. Dr. Rona Pogrund, Texas Tech University describes the design and testing of the VISSIT. Chrissy Cowan, Statewide Mentor Coordinator for TSBVI Outreach shows where to find the VISSIT online and additional resources; and Cyral Miller, TSBVI Outreach Director demonstrates how to complete the document, using data from a real-world student scenario. Click the Chapters button above to view individual segments: - VISSIT Design - VISSIT Requirements - VISSIT Online Resources - VISSIT FAQs - Sample VISSIT Doc - Discussion & Final Comments Click the Resources button for a transcript (txt) and/or audio recording (mp3).

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10/29/2014