Session Information

Below you will find information regarding the sessions that have been accepted for presentation. They are listed in four formats. Click on the format below to learn more about the sessions being presented:

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****Presentations as of May 15, 2012****

Administration

	Travels with Zuni--Insearch of a diverse Student Body for a University Orientation and Mobility/TVI program Presenter: Lynne Dellinger
	Professional Development Opportunities You Can Use Presenters: Priscilla Rogers and Joe Strechay

Aging

	The Value of Program Evaluations: The Case of the Title VII Chapter 2 Program and Others Presenter: Alberta Orr
	"I'm OK" vs. "I'm not OK": The Lived Experience of Becoming Blind-Lessons from a Qualitative Study with Older Adults Presenter: Deborah Gold, Biljana Zuvela
	El Poder Sin Ver - Ability without Sight: Initiatives to reach Latino people with low vision Presenter: Adama Dyoniziak, Lynn Dubinsky, Rosie Rascon
	Demographics, Characteristics and Needs of Older Vision Rehabilitation Clients--a Comprehensive Survey Presenter: Deborah Gold, Alexander Shaw
	Measuring the impact of vision rehabilitation services on the well-being of older adults Presenter: Biljana Zuvela, Deborah Gold
	Computer Access Software Solutions for Persons with Visual Impairment and Learning Limitations Presenter: Daniel Smith

Education Curriculum

	Multidisciplinary Evaluation Model for Determining Autism Spectrum Disorders in Students with Visual Impairments Presenter: Marnee Loftin
	Implementing cooperative Learning for Young Adolescents with Visual impairments to improve social skills Presenter: Gloria Cha-Gardiner
	LYNC Your Students into the Classroom Presenter: Sherry Hahn
	Filling Your Mathematics Toolbox: Effective Strategies and Aids for TVIs Presenter: Patricia Myers
	iOS and Digital Books: The New Frontier for the Blind & Visually Impaired Presenter: Mary Alexander
	Circle Time Braille - emerging literacy kits Presenter: Diane Brauner
	Applying the Results of the ABC Braille Study to Real-Life Teaching: One Teacher's Interpretation Presenter: Anna Swenson
POSTER	Conceptual Understandings of Sound by Elementary Students' with Visual Impairments Presenter: Tiffany Wild
POSTER	Reflections on learning: Looking outside the field to support educational practice Presenter: Kathryn Botsford, Hong "Nana"Phangia Dewald and Catherine Smyth
	The 2012 VI College Survival Guide – Tips, Advice, & Resources Presenter: Joe Strechay, Scott Truax
	NUBS Compared to UEB: A Unified Braille Code Could be Adopted Soon. Choose your future or have it chosen for you Presenter: Susan Osterhaus
	Down and Dirty Data: Data Collection Strategies for the Classroom Presenter: Tessa Wright
	Looking Good, a Short Term Program and Portrait Studio: Bringing it Together for Students with Visual Impairments Presenter: Anne Corn, Cynthia Bachofer
	Quality and Techniques Used When Brailling Math Worksheets Presenter: Penny Rosenblum, Tim Hersberg
POSTER	AnimalWatch-VI Suite – An Accessible Math Software Package: Give Us Your Input Presenter: Penny Rosenblum
	Motor Development with Children with Visual Impairments: Research to Practice Presenter: Pamela Haibach
	Paths to Literacy: Introducing an Online Hub Presenter: Charlotte Cushman
	Introduction to the Sport of Goalball Presenter: Mark Lucas
	Abacus Instruction by Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments Presenter: Penny Rosenblum
	Effectiveness of the Short-Term Program Model at a Residential School for Students with Visual Impairments Presenter: Rona Pogrund
	At the Tips of Your Fingers: Practical Methods for Teaching Independent Hand Patterns to Increase Braille Reading Rates Presenter: Rachel Schles
	The Pedagogy of Teaching the Expanded Core Curriculum Presenter: Karen Blankenship
	“Ready for the World”: A Data-based Instructional Program in the ECC Presenter: Christina Davis
	Reading for Meaning Fluently for the Blind and Visually Impaired Presenter: Kristi Vincent
	Adding Touch to Science and Math Education Presenters: James Carreon, Jerry Kuns
	Physical Education for Students with Visual Impairments: Implementing Planning and Teaching Strategies to Address the Expanded Core Presenter: Paula Conroy
	Charts, graphs, and maps for low vision and totally blind users of the iPad Presenter: Ed Summers
	Adapting Multimedia Materials for Students with Visual Impairments Presenter: Sean Tikkun
	An Experimental Investigation of Hand and Finger Usage in Braille Reading Presenter: Loana Mason
	Beans & Buttons: An Introduction to Tactile Symbols Presenter: Kathi Garza, Carol Forney
	Introducing the Anne Sullivan Macy Act—Transformative Policy to Reshape Special Education for Students with Vision loss Presenter: Mark Richert
	Special Considerations for Using the Basic Reading Inventory on Students with Visual Impairments Presenter: Loana Mason
	Comprehensive Reading Instruction using Building on Patterns: Primary Braille Literacy Program Presenter: Kate Dilworth,Cay Holbrook,Robin Wingell, Kristen Buhler, Eleanor Pester, Jo Ellen Croft
	The Evolution of Braille: Can the Past Help Plan the Future? Presenter: Frances Mary D'Andrea
	The Secret Language of Lines: A Curriculum for Achieving Graphicacy Presenter: Lucia Hasty, Dawn Wilkinson, Ann Cunningham
	Beans & Buttons: An Introduction to Tactile Symbols Presenter: Kathi Garza
	Investigating Implementation of the Expanded Core Curriculum: The Results from Maine Presenter: Karen Wolffe
	Special Considerations for Using the Basic Reading Inventory on Students with Visual Impairments Presenter: Loana Mason
	Social behaviour: developing skills and reducing difference Presenter: Carolyn Palmer
	Who Needs O&M? Guidelines for the Gatekeeper TVI and Educational Team for Determining the Needs for Orientation and Mobility Assessment for Low Vision or Legally Blind Students Presenters: Michelle Antinarelli and Meg Robertson
	Motor Development with Children with Visual Impairments: Research to Practice Presenters: Pamela Haibach and Lauren Lieberman
	Image Description in High Stakes Testing: Preliminary results of the Description Enhanced Assessment Study Presenter: Kay Ferrell, Silvia M. Correa-Torres, Kathryn D Botsford, Hong “Nana” Phangia Dewald, Catherine Smyth
	SAS Flash Cards for the iPad Presenter: Ed Summers
POSTER	Getting to Know You: A Social Skills/Disability Awareness Curriculum Presenter: Charles "Burt" Boyer
	Understanding the Individual Learning Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Integration of a Neuroscience-Based Clinical Model Into A Specialized Educational Institution Presenter: Paul Yellin, Erin O'Reilly, Kimberly Ross, Patricia Glyptis
	Revisiting Performance + Accommodations Used = Pennsylvania’s Report Card on High-Stakes Testing Presenting: Lynn Fox
	Continuum of Evaluation Services: A Model for Residential Schools for the Blind and Visually Impaired Presenter: Marnee Loftin

Infant & Preschool

	Program Impact in Early Intervention: Meaningful Outcomes and Intervention Strategies DO mix! Presenter: Deborah Naucke
	Moving from Classmate to Friend: 5 Key Strategies Presenter: Mindy Ely
	Emergent Braille literacy: how to help blind children, 0 to 5 years old, acquire the same concepts, knowledge and abilities regarding Braille reading and writing as does the sighted child with print at the same age. Presenter: Louise Comtois
	Shaping Premath Skills; Making Math Count for Children Functioning at a Preacademic Level Presenter: Rebecca Lambert
	An Early Start: Implementing Braille, Tools, and Tactile Materials with Young Children Presenter: Donna McNear
	An Interwoven Developmental Approach: Early Preschool Experiences and the Expanded Core Curriculum Presenter: Tanni Anthony
	Speaking for Understanding: Supporting Oral Language Comprehension in the Preschool Classroom for Students with Visual Impairments Presenter: Kitty Greeley
	Learning your A-B-Zzzzs: Teaching positive sleep behaviors to young children who are blind Presenter: Donna Brostek Lee
	Addressing the Essential Knowledge and Skills for Preschool Students with Visual Impairments Presenter: Amy Guerette
POSTER	VICurriculum Website Presenter: Karen Frank
	Laying the Foundation for Early Literacy: Literacy Activities for Children Birth to Three Presenter: Luanne Stordahl
	Development and Field Test of the Boehm-3 Preschool Tactile and Large Print Analogs Presenter: Kay Ferrell

Information & Technology

	Using the iPad/Mac as a Notetaker/Research Tool in the Elementary Classroom Presenter: Bruce McClanahan
	What's New in ZoomText 10? Presenters: Scott Moore and Rebecca White
	Increase Your APPtitude on iOS! Presenter: Donna Brostek Lee, Ryan Honey
	Engaging the Blind and Visually Impaired Community in Technology Creation Presenter: Andreas Stefik
	21st Century Education--Technology for blind/low vision Presenter: Denise Robinson
	Invitation to create an online course out of your face to face course Presenter: Rachel Rosenbaum
	Interactive Whiteboard: How is your student participating? Presenter: Sue Sullivan and Lisa Tabaka
	Compare & Contrast Digital Book Players: Which One Will Best Meet Your Needs Presenter: Neva Fairchild
	Technologies That Facilitate the Study of Advanced Mathematics by Students Who Are Blind: Teachers’ Perspectives Presenter: Vicki DePountis
	Introducing the i-loview Presenters: Scott Moore and Rebecca White
	Mobile Apps for the Visually Impaired Presenters: Scott Moore and Rebecca White
	Next Generation Braille Readers: Intentionally Teaching Tools, Tasks, Strategies Presenter: Donna McNear
	Access to Macintosh computers for people with visual impairments with the use of VoiceOver, a cross-platform screen reader Presenter: Sunggye Hong
	For Students Who Are Blind: Improving Accessibility to Tests Measuring Academic Growth Presenter: Rocky Harris, Lisa Jackson
	Perkinput: Nonvisual Text Entry for Mobile Touch Screen Devices Presenter: Shiri Azenkot, Jacob Wobbrock, Sanjana Prasain, Richard Ladner
	Making a Computer Speak Math However you Want Presenter: Lois Frankel
	Standards-Based Audio Description Presenter: Wendy Sapp, Matt Kaplowitz
	Selecting an E-book Reader for People with Low Vision Presenter: Ike Presley
	Math GNIE: Visually impaired students creating graphs and number lines on a computer Presenter: Benjamin Davis,Hyewon Suh,Bruce Walker
	SCREEN READING 101: Intro to Screen Reading for Educators Presenter: James Solomon
	Phoenix and Firebird: Technology for Producing High Quality Tactile Graphics Presenter: Lucia Hasty
	The iPad as a Tool for Students with Visual and Multiple Disabilities Presenter: Betsy Flener
	Improving Small Visual Displays for Low Vision Users Presenter: Morgan Blubaugh
	Resolved--Current Disability Technology Policy is Fundamentally Flawed and Needs Reform!--A Debate Presenter: Mark Richert
	Providing Braille Access To Touch Screen Devices Presenter: Larry Lewis

Itinerant Personnel

	Re-Inventing Itinerant Teaching: Effective Strategies to Increase Student Engagement and Outcomes Presenter: Donna McNear
POSTER	Take A Trip With Division 16 Itinerant Personnel Presenter: Joyce Strother
	Using the Essential Assessments for Children Who are Blind or Visually Impaired to Improve Instructional Practice Presenter: Mary Ann Siller
	Teaching Food Management Skills to Students with Visual Impairments Presenter: Missy Garber
POSTER	Implementing standards of practice to improve student outcomes: Quality Programs for Students with Visual Impairments (QPVI) Presenter: Nancy Toelle

Low Vision Rehabilitation

	From Optics to Eye to Brain: The Evolution of Low Vision Presenter: Gregory Goodrich
	Safety First! Maintaining Safety for Low Vision Patients Presenter: Karen Squier
	It Occurs From A Blast Or A Car Crash? Presenter: Gregory Goodrich
	Various Eye Diseases, and Some of Their Functional Implications--Along with Suggested Non-Optical Recommendations Presenter: Bryan Gerritsen
	She Reads Funny: Psychosocial Aspects of Reading with Low Vision Presenter: Cynthia Bachofer
POSTER	Patients’ Awareness Of Vision Rehabilitation Services In Private Versus Public Ophthalmology Practices Presenter: Tanja Gninka
	Instructional Strategies for Teaching the Use of Video/Electronic Magnifiers Presenter: Ike Presley
	Selecting a Video/Electronic Magnifier: Which is the right one for your patient/client/student Presenter: Ike Presley
	You have a retinal disorder? How well are you sleeping? An emerging link Presenter: Olga Overbury
	Children’s Low Vision Education and Rehabilitation – Cerebral Palsy (CLEAR-CP): An interdisciplinary model for serving children with low vision and physical disabilities Presenter: Kelly Lusk
	The use of therapeutic contact lenses in pediatric patients with low vision Presenter: Kelly Lusk
	Eye tracking research in a shopping mall: Environmental barriers and facilitators for people with low vision Presenter: Caitlin Murphy
	How to See the PC -- for Free!: Tips, Tricks, and Tools for Low Vision Computer Presenter: Deborah Gilden

Multiple Disabilities and Deafblind

	A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Using Dr. Lilli Nielsen’s Little Room on the Biobehavioral States of Students with Severe Multiple Impairments Including Vision Presenter: Dixie Mercer, Edwina Winks
	On the Move" Creating an Iconic Tangible System for Routine Destinations Presenters: Marla Runyan and Lauren Lieberman
	Supporting Children and Families Diagnosed with Juvenile Batten Disease Presenter: Kathryn Botsford and Marjorie Newell
	Blindness and Selective Mutism: One Student's Response to Voice-Output Devices Presenters: Tina Herzberg and Mary Holley
	Conceptualizing Collaboration: How Teachers Work Together to Support Children with Deafblindness Presenter: Elizabeth Hartmann
	The North Carolina I-M-ABLE Project: Lessons from Implementing the Individualized Meaning-centered Approach to Braille Literacy Education Presenter: Diane Wormsley
	Every Child Has a Lot to Say: Using the Communication Matrix with Learners who are Blind/Visually Impaired with Other Disabilities Presenter: Tanni Anthony
	Using the Online Communication Matrix for Assessment and Intervention Planning Presenter: Darlene Daniels
	What are the characteristics of children with visual impairment in the era without Dr. James E. Jan? A review of the first 10 years since his retirement Presenter: Carey Matsuba
	Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Learners with Multiple Disabilities including Visual Impairment and Deafblindness Presenter: Elizabeth Hartmann
	DeafBlind Ontario Services....Focusing on the Fundamentals - Imagination, Intervention and Independence Presenter: Kelly Patterson
	Effects of Developing Conceptual Foundations for the Use of Meaningful Symbols Presenter: Tristan Pierce
	Using the Online Communication Matrix for Assessment and Intervention Planning Presenter: Nathalie de Wit

Orientation & Mobility

	Factors Related to Drop-off Detection with the Long Cane Presenter: Dae Shik Kim, Robert Wall Emerson
	Quiet vehicles and performance of O&M tasks Presenter: Robert Wall Emerson, Dae Shik Kim
	An Online Preparation Program in O&M: After 10 Years, Now What? Presenter: William Jacobson
	Putting Orientation back into O&M Presenter: Diane Brauner
	Tactile Map Making ( Part II of Putting ORIENTATION back into O&M) Presenter: Diane Brauner
	Test design and characteristics of the newly revised Orientation and Mobility certification examination administered by the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP) Presenters: Eileen Sifferman and William Penrod
	Creating Cane Quest: How a realistic Orientation and Mobility contest helps children who are blind or visually impaired own their independence Presenter: Lea Myers, Nancy Niebrugge
	Strategies for Teaching O&M to Students with CVI Presenter: Ruth Ann Marsh, Lisa Calaci
	Baby and Toddler Orientation and Mobility: New Mexico Style Presenter: Mark Carter,Julie Maner, Loreta Martinez-Cargo, JoAnne Habelt
	Thinking Aloud for Better O&M Instruction: Pre-Service O&M Specialists' Decision-Making Thought Processes Presenter: Kim Zebehazy,Kim Zebehazy, Silvia Correa-Torres, Kathryn Botsford
POSTER	BrainPort Vision Device: Update Presenter: Marshall Flax
	Jumping on the Floor: Music in O&M Presenter: Wendy Sapp, Matt Kaplowitz
	NMSBVI O&M Inventory Presenter: Ron Later
	Innovation in learning through geocaching: an orientation and mobility training program for deaf-blind adolescents Presenter: Marie-Claude Lavoie, Mylène Lachance
	New Directions in Accessible Travel: What’s On the Horizon? Presenter: Wendy David, Mike May, Shiri Azenkot, Megan Lawrence
	"A cane is special in every way": Researching the early O&M experiences of very young children in Western Australia Presenter: Bronwen Scott
	Pedestrian behavior and driver yielding Presenter: Eugene Bourquin, Robert Wall Emerson, Dona Sauerburger, Janet Barlow
	Support for Your Report—Writing Orientation and Mobility Reports for Assessment, Transition and Progress with Consideration to the Audience, the Components, and the Need to Know Presenter: Michelle Antiarelli, Margaret Robertson
	Geo-Caching 101 Presenter: Meg Robertson
	The Sensitivity and Validiity of 'Ability to Get Around' as an Outcome Measure for O&M Presenters: Steve LaGrow
	App on a smart phone will help visually impaired navigate streets Presenter: Linda Spaulding
	Adaptive GPS devices including Apple IOS applications used in Orientation and Mobiity training Presenter: Scott Smith
	An O&M Safety Initiative: Personal Environmental Awareness Presenter: Jamie Maffit
	The Possibilities of Using K-Sonar with Individuals with Cochlear Implants Presenter: Tessa Wright
	Pedagogical Strategies for Teaching Street Crossings Presenter: Tessa Wright
	Wayfinding and directional guidance for street crossing Presenter: Janet Barlow
	Listening for Orientation and Mobility: Hearing the Whole Picture Presenter: Maya Greenberg
	Efficacy of Enhancing Low Vision Mobility through Visual Training in Virtual World Presenter: Ellen Bowman
	Teaching Students to Recognize and Deal with Situations of Uncertainty at Crossings with No Traffic Control Presenter: Dona Sauerburger
	What's Wrong with Waiting? The Role of the COMS in Early Intervention Presenter: Marjorie Wood
	What's Going On? Current Issues Facing COMS in the Work Place Presenter: Marjorie Wood
	Guide Dogs: W.H.A.T. Presenter: Michael Meteyer
	How to get a deafblind person ready for his guide dog – a curriculum for o&m specialists Presenter: Michel Bradette
	Improving Cane Technique Through Proprioceptive Facilitation Presenter: Sandra Rosen
POSTER	The effect of sound localization skill on orientation and mobility Presenter: Masaki Tauchi

Personnel Preparation

	The “Ins and Outs” of Safer Sex Instruction for Youth with Visual Impairments Presenter: Gaylen Kapperman
	UGH MATH - Even TVIs need the right tools. Presenter: Patricia Myers
	Sit Up and Take Notice: Changing State Law Presenter: Jamie Baggett
POSTER	What about training for paraeducators? Presenter: Dawn Turco
	Meeting the needs of America’s blinded veterans: Northern Illinois University (NIU) modifies its Rehabilitation Therapist (RT) and Orientation & Mobility (O&M) programs to specifically serve the needs of America’s “Wounded Warriors” and our burgeoning “Boomers" Presenter: William Penrod, Gaylen Kapperman and Jodi Sticken
	Determining Outcomes of Students with Visual Impairments: The Use of Secondary Analyses to Capture Information Concerning Large Numbers of Youth in the USA Presenter: Karen Wolffe
	On the Road to Developing Nemeth Braille Code Competencies for Beginning TVIs: Findings of a Two Part Study Presenter: Penny Rosenblum
	A Comparison of Teacher Reflections on Teaching: Internship to Year Four Presenter: Amy Guerette
POSTER	Changing Lives: A Regional Approach to Change Outcomes for Children with VI in the Pacific Region Presenter: Laura Bozeman
	Dispositions: A Necessary Component in Personnel Preparation Programs Presenter: Beth Harris

Pyschosocial Services

	Supporting Youth in Transition from Secondary to Postsecondary Environments Presenter: Karen Wolffe
	Intelligence Testing of Students Who Are Blind and Visually Impaired Presenter: Deborah Willis
	Looking Good: It’s not Beauty School Presenter: Cynthia Bachofer
	A Distance Orientation to Vision Loss: A Pilot Project for Outreach and Services in Rural Areas Presenter: Julia Kleinschmidt
	Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Diagnosis and Implications for Psychosocial Functioning and Rehabilitation Presenter: Wendy Davis
POSTER	Towards Greater Awareness of Mental Health Concerns Among Children with Visual Impairment and Blindness: A BC Perspective Presenter: Roberta Heaven

Vision Rehabilitation Therapy

POSTER	S.T.E.P. Up! Creating and Implementing a Summer Residential Program Presenter: Kevin Hollinger
	Job Satisfaction Research Focus Group: A Qualitative Perspective of Job Satisfaction Among Blindness and Low Vision Service Providers Presenter: Jennipher Wiebold
	Using "Smart Technology as a Rehab Tool Presenter: Priscilla Rogers
	Rehabilitation Teaching Back to the Basics: No Gadgets, Gizmos Or Things That Go Beep Presenter: Suzanne Martin
POSTER	Reaching Alabamians Through a Model Collaboration Outreach Project Presenter: Priscilla Rogers
	S.T.E.P. Up! Creating and Implementing a Summer Residential Program Presenter: Kevin Hollinger

Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment & BEP Services

POSTER	Administrative Decision-Making Control and Employment Outcomes in VR Presenter: Bernard Steinman
	Predicting Employment for Transition-Age Youth with Visual Impairments: Research Results and Future Directions Presenter: Michele McDonnall
	Improving Employment Outcomes for Individuals Who are Blind or Visually Impaired: An Overview of Six Research Projects Presenter: Jamie O'Mally
	Eliminating Jersey Shore Syndrome – Bringing a Dose of Reality to Career Goals Presenter: Joe Strechay
	Employment Models for Persons with TBI & Vision Loss Presenter: B.J. LeJeune
	Does Volunteering Have A Place In The VR or IL Process? Presenter: Neva Fairchild
POSTER	Interventions Affecting Successful Secondary Transition of Adolescents with Visual Impairments: A Systematic Literature Review Presenter: Melanie Morse
	Vocational Digital Literacy: Using Activity-based Online Instruction for Developing and Assessing Technology Skills for Work Presenter: Wendy Sapp
	Pre-employment Skills for Blind and Partially Sighted Children Aged 5-14: An Evidence-based Model for Resource Development Presenter: Biljana Zuvela
	Demographics and Needs of Working Aged Vision Rehabilitation Clients--a Comprehensive Survey Presenter: Alexander Shaw
	Expanded Evaluation Program: An Evaluation Model Tailored to Promote Employment Success of individuals who are Blind, Visually Impaired, and Deaf-Blind Presenter: Gracia Larson
	Maine's Employability Skills Program: An Innovative Approach to Job Placement Presenter: Karen Wolffe
	The Process of Obtaining and Retaining Employment Among the Vision-restricted: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study Presenter: Chelsea Mohler

Other

POSTER	Raising awareness of Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder in the blind community Presenter: Anne Gallagher
	Vision Rehabilitation Strategies after Traumatic Brain Injury Presenter: Carl Garbus and Jennifer Katsaros
POSTER	Braille Instruction for a Young Child with a Progressive Eye Disorder Presenter: Denise Cohen
	Building Relationships with Families: Bridging the Gap Between Knowing and Doing Presenter: Brooke Smith
	How Challenge Recreation–Skiing–Builds Life Skills on and off the Slopes Presenter: Mark Davis
	Sports and Recreation Panel Presenters: Mark Lucas
	Blind Powerlifting: students and adults compete with sighted peers Presenter: Judy Smith
	Overprotection: It's Effects & Implications for Blind Students & Their Service Providers Presenter: Ralph Cioffi