Register & Book Your Hotel Today!

Register and Book your Hotel Today!!

Please join us March 19-21, 2020 at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, Washington for the Oregon and Pacific Northwest AER Joint Conference. We look forward to it!

Hotel Information
The Heathman Lodge is located at 7801 NE Greenwood Dr. in Vancouver, WA. Call (360) 254-3100 to reserve your room and mention the AER Conference to secure the conference rate.

Thursday’s Full Day Presentation Line Up

TVI Strand: Megan Mogan, Tactile Strategies for Early Communicators: Practical Ideas for Interactive Daily Routines 

O&M Strand: Half Day:  Dr. Robert Wall Emerson, Accessible Pedestrian Signals, Intersection Geometry and Assessing Risk 

O&M Strand: Half Day:  Saaron Putnam-Almague, Darlene Daniels and Dr. Amy Parker, Principles and Instructional Strategies for Students with Complex Needs Including Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment, Deafblind, and Multiple Disabilities

Rehab/Adult Services: Half Day:  Dr. Nora Griffin-Shirley, O&M for Older Adults with Vision Loss (Max 30 participants)

Rehab/Adult Services: Half Day:  Ashley Jopling and Guests, Psychosocial Adjustment to Vision Loss including discussion of Parent grief and loss, Stress Management approaches, and Compassion Fatigue for the Professional 

2020 Conference Registration Open!!!

Come Together

You’re invited to the Pacific Northwest and Oregon AER Conference!

Please join us March 19-21, 2020 at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, Washington for the PNW and OR Joint Conference. We look forward to seeing you there! 

Register Today  https://pnwaerbvi.org/spring-conference-registration/  

Featuring a Keynote Panel on Collaboration 

Expert Panelists:

Billy Henry, Founder/CEO at Northwest Association for Blind Athletes

Char Cooke, Rehabilitation Instructor at the Oregon Commission for the Blind

Kathryn Botsford, PhD., TVI and Executive Director at Vision Education Research

Scott McCallum, Superintendent at Washington State School for the Blind

Hotel Information

The Heathman Lodge is located at 7801 NE Greenwood Dr. in Vancouver, WA. Call (360)254-3100 to reserve your room and mention the AER Conference to secure the conference rate. 

Accepting Presentation Proposals- 2020 Joint PNW & OR Conference

COME TOGETHER 

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Presentations at the Joint Pacific Northwest and Oregon AER Conference should be designed to educate participants about successful practices, innovations, research, or expanded perspectives that improve services to students and clients who are blind or visually impaired. We encourage presentations to address all aspects of working with the blind and visually impaired: Education, Rehabilitation, Psychosocial, O&M, Early Intervention, etc.

Registration will be open soon. 

2020 Conference Save the Date!!!

PNW AER AND OREGON AER 2020 CONFERENCE 

Please join us March 19-21, 2020 at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, Washington for the Oregon and Pacific Northwest AER Joint Conference. We look forward to it!

Please use this link to complete a short survey regarding the 2020 conference!

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Save-the-Date–Come-Together-.html?soid=1132272468246&aid=zlft-G8pdoA

2019 Conference Agenda Released!

The 2019 PNW AER Conference Agenda has been released! Click on the link below, titled “Draft”.  Minor changes in schedule may occur, but the content and times will remain unchanged. We have FANTASTIC content this year!

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2019 Conference- Day 1 Strand Announcement

We have two amazing options for our Day 1 Conference Strands on Thursday March 21st!

One of the session strands will cover the topic of “Low Vision and Functional Vision Assessments: Why We Do What We Do?” presented by Rajiv K. Panikkar, Kathryn Botsford PhD., and Joanne Szabo.  This all day session will cover tricks of the trade for completing FVAs in this hands-on, audience participation presentation.  Assessments, tools and protocols will be covered.  In addition, team collaboration needed for students and clients with multiple disabilities will also be discussed.

The second full-day session strand focused on Orientation and Mobility,  presented by L. Penny Rosenblum covering “Strategies to Support Travelers to Find Their Wheels”.  Today’s travelers who are teen and in their early 20’s need a complex set of skills to be independent. Finding Wheels is designed to support travelers in developing these skills. Scenarios, content, and activities in Finding Wheels will be demonstrated.

2019 Keynote Announcement

We are pleased to announce the Keynote for the 2019 PNW AER  Conference will be Emily Coleman,  President of AER. Emily was previously the Outreach Director at the Washington State School for the Blind, we are excited to have her back with us!