CHAT - TSBVI Coffee Hour: Getting the Lay of the Land: Transition from ECI to IDEA-Part B Ð 3/21/22
From James Kadlecek to Everyone: Plano ISD

From Debra Fournier-Pursel to Everyone: Rainy Houston

From Alex Driver to Everyone: Lufkin

From Lannette Burlingame to Everyone: Kilgore, TX

From Carla Gregory to Everyone: Pueblo of Laguna, NM

From Cecilia Onaiyekan to Everyone: Tucson, AZ

From Jon Lautenschlager to Everyone: Kyle Tx

From yin htay to Host and Panelists: Good morning from Auckland, NZ.

From linda brown to Everyone: New Caney, TX

From Kathi Garza to Everyone: Hello!

From LESLIE BUCHANAN to Everyone: Hello from Utah!

From LESLIE BUCHANAN to Everyone: Love you, Kate!

From Karen Baker to Host and Panelists: Hi from Penelope, TX.

From CLARISSA JONES-EDWARDS to Everyone: Hello, from New York

From CLARISSA JONES-EDWARDS to Everyone: Westchester County

From TSBVI Outreach Media to Everyone: TodayÕs handout can be found at: http://tsbvi.live/coffeehour

From Erica Cairns to Everyone: Apologies for the typo! ECSE :-)

From Maryteresa Tracy to Everyone: www.parentcompanion.org is available in English and Spanish

From TSBVI Outreach Media to Everyone: TodayÕs handout can be found at: http://tsbvi.live/coffeehour

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: I love this. Trust is everything when working with the littles and their families.

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: Chat hive mind: just wondering do yÕall use standard interview forms for families?

From Kathi Garza to Everyone: When I worked in an early childhood setting, not specific to VI, I used to send a packet with information about me and my philosophy of teaching. It included forms with information I was hoping to obtain from the parents.

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: I like the short activity times.

From Jennifer Russell to Host and Panelists: Yes, keeping instructional times developmentally appropriate is key for engagement! :)

From Maryteresa Tracy to Everyone: Yes, keeping instructional times developmentally appropriate is key for engagement! :)

From Mary Shore to Everyone: Love that set up! Easy to navigate!

From HHSC Mandy Martinez to Everyone: I love how the activities relate to "real life"

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: ThatÕs so important to keep in mind for us (VI) as well! We as a field can be much better about having more developmentally appropriate activities.

From Kathi Garza to Everyone: I also think it is important when it comes to assessment. That collaboration to ensure generalization of skills can help know where the student is really working and what they might need more practice with.

From Vanessa Rosalan to Host and Panelists: How do you justify (factors to consider) when it comes to deciding how VI minutes should be provided? Is VISSIT a good tool considering that PreK time is only a few hours within the day. Thank you

From CLARISSA JONES-EDWARDS to Everyone: Thank you. Helpful in regard to the upcoming EI transition period.

From Karen Baker to Everyone: Thank you.

From Debra Fournier-Pursel to Everyone: I became a VI because I had a child who needed the VI teacher to teach him Braille. The VI teacher told me that I needed to repeat the lesson in the afternoon. SO since I was learning Braille, I decided to go for the certification

From Debra Fournier-Pursel to Everyone: Totally true

From Shannon Spettel to Everyone: I used to in my classroom, but not able to as itinerant. I do my best to check in with families and send a newsletter

From Shannon Spettel to Everyone: agreed!

From Mary Shore to Everyone: Such great information and a wonderful resource! Thank you for sharing!

From Kathi Garza to Everyone: Thanks this was so great!