Webcasts
Child-Guided Assessment
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Dr. Jan van Dijk of the Netherlands, an international leader with more than 50 years of experience in the field of deafblindness, shares his expertise on child-guided assessment. Dr. van Dijk...
Conversations: Connecting and Learning With Persons Who Are Deafblind
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Barbara Miles, a well-known author and lecturer, discusses the methodology of conversations in connecting and learning with students who are deafblind. Miles encourages people to duplicate the...
Cortical Vision Impairment: Assessment and Intervention
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Ellen Mazel discusses how the vision is processed in a child with cortical vision impairment (CVI), how the child understands the visual part of their world, and the importance of early intervention...
Cortical Visual Impairment and the Evaluation of Functional Vision
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
This webcast features Dr. Christine Roman presenting an overview of cortical visual impairment (CVI). Dr. Roman talks about the importance of early diagnosis and common diagnostic issues. In...
Crafting the Best IEP for Your Child Who is Blind or Visually Impaired
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast, Tim Pennington provides advice to parents regarding IEPs and how to negotiate the process to obtain the best result for their child. As a parent of two girls who are visually...
Creating Vocational Portfolios for Adolescents with Significant Disabilities
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Mary Zatta takes a look at vocational portfolios and the transition process and how portfolios can be used to help students move into adult life. The portfolios provide a means for students to self-...
Developing Curriculum Guidelines in Indonesia for Students Who Are Multiply Disabled and Visually Impaired
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast Weningshi shares her experience in Developing Curriculum Guidelines in Indonesia for Students Who are Multiply Disabled. Weningshi takes the viewer through the process of using a...
Developing Social Skills in Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Dr. Sharon Sacks is widely known for her work in this area and this webcast provides an overview of the importance of including social skills instruction when teaching children who are blind or...
Developing Standards for Orientation and Mobility Instruction
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast, Mary Tellefson, MA/MS; COMS, TVI, discusses the need for "Developing Standards for Orientation and Mobility Instruction”. Albeit controversial for some, Mary talks about the need for...
Distance Mentorship
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Distance mentorship is about building a relationship and serving as a mentor for any member in a team. Megan Cote from the Kansas Deaf-Blind Project, Jon Harding from the National Consortium of Deaf-...
Early Literacy for Students with Multiple Disabilities or Deafblindness
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Students with multiple disabilities, including deafblindness face many learning challenges. They do not learn literacy in typical ways. Often they do not have exposure to books and literacy based...
Ensuring a Successful Eye Exam for Individuals with Ocular Visual Impairments
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast, Barry Kran, O.D., FAAOD discusses the challenges of providing a successful eye exam for students with disabilities. He provides some practical information related to finding an eye...
Essential Assessments for Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast, Dr. Blankenship discusses the importance of using a combination of assessments: Functional Vision Assessment (FVA), Learning Media Assessment (LMA) and the Expanded Core Curriculum...
Families as Partners in the Educational Team: Parenting & Leadership
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast, Dr. Katharine Shepherd, Project Director: Parents as Collaborative Leaders Program and Susan LaVenture, Executive Director: National Association of Parents of Visually Impaired...
Getting to Know and Training in the Use of a Monocular Telescope
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Visit the Kansas State School for the Blind at
https://kssb.net/services/kanlovkids/low-vision-training-videos/ to view
Monocular Use with Mobility Students
Low Vision Training Series...
Getting Your iPad Ready For Your Student With Visual Impairments
Webcast | Approximately one hour
Robert Taylor, the Outreach Educational Technologist at Kansas State School for the Blind provides a three-part series of video training on getting your iPad ready for your student with visual...
Good Sleep Strategies
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast, Veronika Bernstein, Ph.D. describes the challenges faced by children with visual impairments and their families in developing good sleep habits. Dr. Bernstein provides a variety of...
Including Students with Albinism
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast Perkins and NOAH (National Organization for Albinism & Hypopigmentation) are pleased to present Susan Dalton, M.S.Ed., CVRT as she shares her insights on Including Students with...
Inclusive Education Strategies in Brazil
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast Anna Lucia Rago shares her experience in developing inclusive educational programs in Brazil. She talks about the process and the partnerships required to develop a successful...
Instruction in the Use of Optical Devices
Webcast | Approximately one hour
Welcome to a series of three videos in a web based training series on optical device uses. This presentation is instruction in the use of optical devices.
Video 1: Instruction in the Use of Optical...