Perkins Training Center

Perkins provides in-service training to more teachers, professionals, and administrators working in blindness, deafblindness, or multiple disabilities than any other agency in New England. Training is provided to individuals and teams who work with children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabilities, or deafblindness. This program provides development, implementation and financial support of professional development activities with partner agencies throughout the region. Our goal is to increase access to workshops, seminars and institutes that support the professional development of educational personnel in the field of visual impairment. We continue to research alternative ways to provide training and increase resources. View the 2009 Perkins Training Center Schedule.

Goals of the Perkins Training Center include:

• Provide training, workshops, conferences and seminars to professionals.
• Work with New England agencies and programs to increase the number of trained professional.
• Assist local states in the development of training for working professionals.
• Develop and distribute audio/visual training materials.
• Offer training in locations throughout New England including on the Perkins campus.

Workshops by Request

Perkins Training Center develops and conducts specially designed professional development seminars and workshops for schools, agencies and organizations that provide services to children with visual impairment. These workshops are needs based and developed collaboratively with key people in the organization.

Topics include:Low Vision; Instructional Strategies for Students with Vision Loss & Additional Disabilities, Expanded Core Curriculum, Communication, Braille, Literacy, Consultation Skills, Mobility, Recreation and Leisure, Assessment, Instructional Strategies for Students with Visual Impairment in Core Curriculum Areas; Tactile Graphics, etc.

For more information, contact the Perkins Training Center directly. Call 617-972-7213 or email PerkinsTrainingCenter@Perkins.org.