Professional Development for Special Educators
Earn Continuing Education Credits Online!
Now you can earn Continuing Education Credits, ACVREP credits, or state recertification credits simply by viewing our videos and completing a short test confirming your participation. All you need to do is watch the videos indicated in the tutorial at your own convenience, complete the test, and print your certificate!
About Continuing Education Credits - Each year more and more teachers take professional development courses online to help satisfy professional development requirements. Teachers who complete Perkins Tutorials are eligible for Continuing Education Credits in most states and school districts. However, some states and districts have their own requirements, so be sure to inquire with your district or state professional development office to determine eligibility.
About ACVREP Credits - The Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Educational Professionals (ACVREP) provides professional certification in the disciplines of low vision therapy, orientation and mobility, and vision rehabilitation therapy. ACVREP certified professionals are required to renew their certification every five years.
About State Recertification Credits - Similarly, many states require certified teachers to periodically renew their certification. Check with your State Board of Education to see if our credits fulfill your recertification requirements.
Questions?
Contact: Mary C. Zatta, Ph.D., Training Resources Manager, Perkins School for the Blind
Email: Mary.Zatta@Perkins.org or call 617-972-7344
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Perkins webcasts and webinars cover a variety of topics presented by experts in the field of visual impairment and deafblindness.
Many of our webcasts are available on DVD.
Browse through an alphabetical list of tutorials
- Accessing the Printed Word
This training module demonstrate teaching strategies and adaptive devices used to provide students with visual impairments access to printed content.
- Appsolutely Engaging and Educational - Part 1: Using iPad Apps with Children with Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities
This one hour webinar will offer strategies, tips and techniques for using an iPad with students who are visually impaired and may have additional disabilities.
- Appsolutely Engaging and Educational Part 2: Using iPad Apps with Children with Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities
This one hour webinar will offer strategies, tips and techniques for using an iPad with students who are visually impaired and may have additional disabilities.
- Braille and Tactile Graphics
Braille educator Lucia Hasty is featured in the tutorial "Braille and Tactile Graphics," in which she analyzes the skills involved in braille literacy and the value of narrative experiences in language and conceptual development. Tactile Graphics are also discussed.
- Challenges that Families of Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired Face as Parents, Partners and Ambassadors
This training activity demonstrates the issues that parents of children who are blind or visually impaired encounter as they assist their child in achieving success within the educational system.
- CHARGE Syndrome: Series #1 - Characteristics and Implications
This training module presents the characteristics of CHARGE syndrome and its implications on communication and learning.
- CHARGE Syndrome:
Series #2 - Behavior, Balance, and Planning for the Future
This training module discusses CHARGE behavioral diagnosis, sensory deficits, physical therapy and the value of work for students.
- Clothing Care for Students with Visual Impairments
Learn strategies for teaching clothing care skills to children with visual impairments to enhance their independence and self-esteem. Complete this tutorial and receive 1.5 ACVREP or Continuing Education credits.
- Communication Strategies for Children with Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities Including Deafblindness
This training module will demonstrate a wide range of teaching strategies used to provide effective instruction to students with visual impairments and additional disabilities.
- Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment (Session 1)
This training covers the causes, definition and classification of Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment and is presented by staff of the New England Eye Low Vision Clinic at Perkins.
- Curriculum Adaptations
This training features Perkins' popular Accessible Science curriculum, presented by Science Teacher Kate Fraser, as well as methods for adapting physical education activities developed by Matt LaCortiglia. In a segment explaining Universal Design for Learning, Dr. Elizabeth Hartmann discusses the importance of advocating for universal design for the benefit of all students.
- CVI, Albinism, and Environmental Adaptations
This training module demonstrates a wide range of teaching strategies used to provide effective instruction to students with visual impairments and additional disabilities.
- Getting to 1M: Understanding Magnification and Print Size
Learn about various optical and non-optical methods of magnification and considerations when determining appropriate print/symbol size. Complete the tutorial and receive 1.5 ACVREP or Continuing Education credits.
- Introducing the Perkins SMART Brailler
Learn about the SMART Brailler's features and benefits and how it can promote braille literacy.
- Introducing TransitionPlanningAsia.org Website
Learn about the Transition Planning Asia website which prepares youth who are blind or visually impaired with multiple disabilities for independent life.
- iOS Accessibility for Users Who Are Visually Impaired
Learn about accessibility options in Apple iOS and how to activate them. Also Complete the tutorial and receive 1.5 ACVREP or Continuing Education credits.
- Let's Get Cooking: Teaching Meal Preparation Skills to Students with Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities
Learn strategies for teaching meal preparation skills and ways to modify equipment and tools for the visually impaired student. Complete the tutorial and receive 1.5 ACVREP or Continuing Education credits.
- Literacy for Students with Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities Including Deafblindness
This training module will demonstrate teaching strategies to improve literacy and writing skills of students with visual impairments and additional disabilities.
- More Than the Law - Some Thoughts on the Transition of Individuals Who Are Deafblind
In this webinar Steve Perreault talks about issues related to transition for students with deafblindness.
- Paths to Literacy: Introducing an Online Hub
This webinar introduces Paths to Literacy, a new online resource for information about literacy for students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabilities.
- Social Skills
This tutorial combines three of our popular video segments by Tom Miller, supervisor of the education partnerships programs at Perkins, and English teacher Jeff Migliozzi into one 75 minute discussion of social skills development in students with disabilities.
- Teaching Strategies for Students Who Are Visually Impaired with Additional Disabilities Including Deafblindness
This training module demonstrates a wide range of teaching strategies used to provide effective instruction to students with visual impairments and additional disabilities.
- Transition
This training module will demonstrate how to structure a Person-Centered Transition Plan, how vocational rehabilitation services vary between students and adulthood and how to identify the types of agencies that serve adults with disabilities.
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