Events

All Events

E.g., 2019-12-16

Self-Defense Training

January 10 5:00PM | Northeast Building The Self-Defense program will equip visually impaired students with the mental and physical skills needed to defend themselves. (AGES 13-22)

Career Development & Self-Determination to Achieve Transition Success: Expanding the Core Curriculum

January 20 (All day) | Online Learn how to support children and youth with visual impairments through the career education model.

Phase III CVI

January 20 (All day) | Online This course will provide content related to students who have cortical visual impairment (CVI) and who are considered to be in Phase III CVI.

Teaching Strategies for Students in the Sensorimotor Stage of Development

January 20 (All day) | Online Participants will learn about Sensorimotor Stage of Development, the Van Dijk Approach, levels of learning in the Sensory Learning Kit and more.

Transition Planning: Thinking About College – Exploring a Variety of Options

January 20 1:00PM | Grousbeck Center Join us in the Grousbeck Center for Students and Technology (GCST) for the third [2019-20] in a series of free transition workshops.

Essential Assessments for Students with Visual Impairments

January 27 (All day) | Online Essential assessments: functional vision, learning media assessment and screening and assessment in the ECC content areas.

Assessment of Students with CVI: Reliable Scoring of the CVI Range (Winter Session)

January 27 (All day) | Online Winter Session. An in-depth course in scoring the CVI Range, to improve your reliability in assessing children.

Winter Ski Camp

February 9 (All day) | Sugarloaf Mountain (Meet at Perkins) Students enjoy skiing at Sugarloaf Mountain at the annual New England Blind & VI Ski Festival. No previous ski experience needed. (AGES 13-22)

Creating Assistive Technology Solutions in Minutes

February 10 (All day) | Online You will use an assortment of the tools and materials described in the book and on video clips to fabricate 8 assistive technology solutions.

Perkins Pre-Employment Program

February 16 5:00PM | Grousbeck Center An experiential course that gives visually impaired young adults the necessary skills and confidence to pursue success in their career. (AGES 16-22)

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