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.

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.

Click here to view the 2008 Perkins Training Center Schedule.

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