PRCVI Forum 2019-2020
Topics included: Engaging reluctant braille readers, connections with the early intervention community, federal grants in post-secondary, and a few AT questions.
Topics included: Psychoeducational assessment for students with visual impairments, building responsive socio-emotional/mental health supports, transdisciplinary teams and case management roles for TSVIs.
Topics included: Upcoming I-M-ABLE webinar with Dr. Diane Wormsley on May 20, 12-1 PM, vision therapy statement from the American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, new professional texts from Perkins added to the professional library:
- Everyday life: a guidebook for teaching independent living skills
- Getting ready for braille!
- How we see it: a basic guide to low vision: 2nd edition
- Science literacy: a curriculum for all students with sensory impairments
- Teaching life differently: the expanded core curriculum for babies and young children with visual impairment
Topics included: Teaching environmental concepts in the playground (O&M), updating low vision devices available from PRCVI, a new resource to support music braille learning (available in UEB), using Building on Patterns - Pre-K with students working on foundational literacy goals (available from PRCVI). Special thanks to our in-studio guest, BC VTA President Marilyn Rushton.
Topics included: Teaching early concept development, assessment materials available from PRCVI, and teaching O&M. There will be no PRCVI Forum sessions during the summer, so we hope everyone has a great break. See you again in September!
Topics discussed:
- Introducing students to community-based sources for digital alternate format materials, including Bookshare for CELA members.
- Classroom presentations from the PRCVI outreach team - we do that!
- New assessment resource for concept development - the third edition of the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts.
- Perspectives on CVI - presentation from Dr. Gordon Dutton on YouTube.
Topics included:
- Using VNC Connect to mirror the teacher's display to a student tablet (as mentioned by Dr. Siu at our workshop)
- Using zip ties to attach student desks together if the student has multiple desks to accommodate materials/devices.
- New items in the PRCVI library - Professional text from TSBVI press on specialized assessments (FVA, LMA, ECCC) "Tools of the Trade"
- New Early Braille Trade Books added to the library - register at APH's Early Braille Trade Book webpage to take full advantage of these resources. The website helps to recommend titles based on braille contractions the student currently reads.
Topics included:
- Beach theme for the BC Regional Braille Challenge - Friday, February 21 at UBC!
- Upcoming Corel Draw workshop for EA/Braillists and Transcribers - Feb 19-20 at PRCVI! Registration sent to TSVIs on Feb. 17
- Getting Together with Technology - AT consumers get together and share tips, advice, and skills on assistive technology. There is a BC group that meets regularly.
- The connection between e-text (DOCX) and EPUB files on ARC-BC. TSVIs can use e-text files as a way of familiarizing students to navigation and layout features that are common to both file types (e.g., headings, tags, producer's notes).
Topics included:
- Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment for Students with Deafblindness. This project has advanced out of the pilot phase and can be requested by teams serving students with deafblindness.
- Teaching students about heading levels in documents - why is this important? See this page from the W3C on the importance of headings in a document and what they communicate to the reader.
- Touch the Stars! A favourite tactile book on astronomy is now available in UEB!
- It's Braille Challenge Eve! Friday, February 21 is the Braille Challenge at UBC (photos from the day now posted)
Topics included:
- Microsoft Teams accessibility using screen reading software.
- Expanded Core Curriculum connections while learning at home - writing letters in braille and sending using "free matter," preparing a simple meal and sharing a photo, etc.
Topics included:
- Kim Barthel - Holding Space for Those Who Help Others. Free Zoom sessions hosted by our presenter from the 2020 POPDB District Partner conference.
- Reminder that students and families can access digital alternate format reading materials through their public library account and our friends at NNELS.
Topics included:
- Orcam - wearable technology
- Posts on the PRCVI #Outreaching blog to support students using Microsoft Teams and Zoom for screen sharing
- TSBVI Coffee Hour with Dr. Christine Roman
- Example of a stand that can position the iPad for looking down at a student's hands
- Upcoming events from the CNIB Foundation BC Yukon chapter
- Talking Typer app for iOS
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