Professional Development Calendar

A student looking at a large print text on a screen.
Jul 5 - Aug 29
Multimedia Accessibility in the Digital Classroom: Strategies for Students with Visual Impairments Dr. Yue-Ting Siu Online Class | Multiple weeks This course will address current tools to access multimedia content, and ways to integrate technology into a student’s workflow in the classroom.
students hold hands at circle time
Jul 12 - Aug 29
Autism and Visual Impairment: The Better Together Curriculum Linda Hagood, M.A., CCC-SLP Online Class | Multiple weeks This online course provides theoretical and practical information for teaching social communication skills to students with VI  
A young girl wearing glasses is pointing at a computer screen.
Jul 12 - Sep 5
Cortical Visual Impairment - Summer 2021 Dr. Christine Roman Online Class | Multiple weeks The course will include information pertaining to the causes of CVI and program planning/interventions for individuals with CVI.
A boy on a sensory swing
Sep 13 - Oct 25
Teaching Strategies for Students Who are Blind/VI with Multiple Disabilities in the Sensorimotor Stage of Development Nathalie de Wit Online Class | Multiple weeks Participants will learn about the Sensorimotor Stage of Development,the Van Dijk Approach,levels of learning in the Sensory Learning Kit and more.
a student in cap and gown plays a harmonica
Sep 27 - Oct 31
Planning Transition for Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities Online Class | Multiple weeks Plan and administer individualized, age-appropriate, and culturally responsive assessments to develop appropriate activities
Little girl with CVI
Oct 18 - Dec 12
The What's the Complexity Framework: Designing a visually accessible school day for the child with CVI Matt Tietjen, M.Ed., CTVI Online Class | Multiple weeks Use the "What's the Complexity" Framework to design a visually accessible school day for for children with CVI.
a student studies the syllables of a long phrase
Oct 25 - Dec 5
Literacy and CVI:High Phases II and III Judy Endicott Online Class | Multiple weeks Please join the waitlist to be notified of openings.