Webcasts
2020 Early Connections Virtual Conference
Webcast | Approximately one hour
The Early Connections Virtual Conference is designed for families of children with visual impairment, birth to 7 years old, and the professionals who support them. The event was designed to help...
A Parent's Perspective: Helping Your Child with Multiple Disabilities Engage with the World Around Them
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Amber is a parent of a young boy with visual impairment and additional disabilities. In this webcast, she talks about how important it is to involve children with disabilities in their community and...
Accessible Instructional Materials in the Digital Classroom
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast, Yue Ting Siu provides us with an introduction to current technologies employed to facilitate access to instructional materials. In addition, she engages us in exploration of new and...
Accessible Science: Making Life Sciences Accessible to Students with Visual Impairments
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
This webcast is intended to assist educators in adapting Science curriculum for visually impaired and deaf-blind students. While the demonstrations were recorded in a classroom at Perkins School for...
Accessible Technology Options for the Blind and Visually Impaired Reader
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Brian Charlson, Technology Director at the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton, MA. demonstrates a variety of devices that provide the capability of accessing books via speech, large print, or...
Action Research In Special Education
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast Dr. Susan Bruce talks about inquiry as the basis of action research and the types of action research that can be conducted. In addition, she shares examples of action research studies...
Adapting Environments for Individuals with Vision Loss
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Darick Wright, Coordinator of the New England Eye Low Vision Clinic at Perkins, speaks about adapting the environment to help maximize the use of vision. He provides guidelines for environmental...
Adaptive Physical Education
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Matt LaCortiglia, Adaptive Physical Education Teacher at Perkins School for the Blind, presents a FAIER planning model to develop physical activities for individuals with disabilities. FAIER is an...
Addressing Issues of Sexuality with Students Who are Visually Impaired
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Jeff Migliozzi encourages parents and educators to be frank and explicit when talking about sex education to individuals with vision impairment, including those with additional disabilities. He also...
Advocating For Your Child's Needs
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Diana Autin offers deafblindness guidance based on Educational Service Guidelines that were developed by New Jersey's Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN). Guides include fact sheets, mini-guides...
Assistive Technology Assessment
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast, Ike Presley talks about the world of assistive technology and walks us through a range of assistive technology options. He shares some of the strategies involved in conducting an...
Career Education for Children Who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast, Karen Wolffe, Ph.D. describes the importance of career education for students who are blind or visually impaired. Dr. Wolffe describes the importance of starting very early in a...
Cerebral Visual Impairment: A Brain-Based Visual Condition
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast, Dr. Lueck provides an overview of cerebral visual impairment and the challenges that parents and professionals face in terms of understanding how children with CVI use their vision....
CHARGE Syndrome: An Overview
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Pamela Ryan, School Psychologist at Perkins School for the Blind, offers an overview of CHARGE Syndrome. She talks about CHARGE features, characteristics, medical complications and how these issues...
CHARGE Syndrome: Behavioral Issues
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Dr. Timothy Hartshorne speaks about behavioral issues associated with CHARGE Syndrome. Dr. Hartshorne emphasizes that by better understanding the unique features of CHARGE syndrome and its...
CHARGE Syndrome: Preparing for the World of Work
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Wendy Bridgeo discusses the importance of starting the transition process early for students with disabilities, especially those with CHARGE syndrome. She offers insights on teaching strategies to...
CHARGE Syndrome: Providing Physical Therapy
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Maryann Girardi, PT, DPT, ATP, speaks about providing physical therapy to children with CHARGE syndrome and its challenges. She describes the impact CHARGE syndrome has on balance and muscle tone. Dr...
CHARGE Syndrome: Sensory Processing
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
In this webcast David Brown provides an overview of the impact that CHARGE Syndrome has on sensory processing. He describes the impact of sensory processing on proprioception, the vestibular sense,...
CHARGE Syndrome: Teaching Strategies for Children
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Sharon Stelzer, a long-timeteacher in the Perkins Deafblind Program, discusses teaching students with CHARGE Syndrome and implementation strategies needed to help teachers create a positive learning...
CHARGE Syndrome: The Impact of CHARGE on Communication and Learning
Webcast | Approximately 30 minutes
Martha Majors provides insights on the impact of medical and physical challenges for children in educational environments. She also provides guidance for educators to help them develop an effective...