Accepting Presentation Proposals- 2020 Joint PNW & OR Conference

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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!

2019 Conference- CALL FOR PRESENTERS

We need your expertise!  Consider sharing your practice and experiences with fellow AER members. Submission for papers is due January 31, 2019. You can send these proposals directly to pnwaerbvi@gmail.com.

This year we have two presentation options; 70-minute standard presentation or a 20-minute mini presentation. Select the below link to find out more!

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2019 Conference- Save the Date

We’re excited to announce the date and location of the 2019 PNW AER Conference!

It will be held March 21-23,  2019. The location will be Central Washington University located in Ellensburg, WA. Parking is FREE for all conference attendees. Registration will be open soon!

Hotel Information: We have two hotel options for the conference; each located close to Central Washington University. There is no shuttle available from the hotels to Central Washington University, however there are Taxi’s and Uber’s available in Ellensburg.

2018 Conference Agenda Released!

The 2018 Oregon and PNW AER Conference Agenda has been released.  Click on the below link, titled a “Draft” because minor changes in scheduling may occur, but the content and times will remain unchanged.  We have GREAT content this year!

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Additional CVI Presenter for 2018 Conference

MaryAnne Roberto will be providing two sessions on Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) on Friday, March 23rd titled:

“The CVI IFSP/IEP” and “Current Trends and Research in CVI”

Bio: MaryAnne Roberto has been a Teacher of the Visually Impaired for almost 35 years, and is a graduate of Kutztown State College, in PA. MaryAnne has worked as a teacher and Early Intervention Specialist at Overbrook School for the Blind, in Philadelphia, and as an Early Intervention Specialist in Bucks County, PA. MaryAnne completed the PA CVI Mentorship under Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy in 2010-2011, and in March 2017 became a Perkins-Roman CVI Range Endorsed Professional. MaryAnne is a faculty member of the Pediatric Cortical Visual Impairment Society, and has presented at their annual conference in 2017, and will present again in June 2018. She is a moderator for an online class for Perkins School for the Blind elearning program, and has co-presented a webinar for Perkins entitled  Partners on the Journey: a TVI and Family’s CVI Experience from Birth to Age 3. MaryAnne is the owner of Envision CVI Consulting, LLC, and provides consultations, evaluations, and trainings for school districts, teams, and families. MaryAnne and her husband of 34 years live in PA, and are the parents of 8 children: four birth children and four with special needs, adopted from China.

2018 Pre-Conference Session Added

O&M Pre-conference session will be presented on Thursday, March 22nd, by Dr. Gene Bourquin. The title of his presentation is:

“ADVANCED AND EVOLVING TOPICS IN O&M: Travelers with hearing loss, Modern Signals and Complex Intersections, and Drivers’ Yielding”

Bio: Dr. Eugene Bourquin is a native New Yorker who works at the national center on deafblindness in suburban New York (HKNC), and has served as a senior instructor, supervisor, coordinator, and director in programs providing services to individuals who are deafblind. He also worked as the O&M specialist and travel instructor for more than a decade in NY’s largest school for the Deaf.   Gene has lectured internationally and nationally on topics related to drivers’ yielding, sign interpretation, and communication and mobility with deafblind people.  He has earned certifications as a COMS and CLVT (retired), as well as two national certifications in sign language interpretation.  Gene has published regularly in peer-reviewed journals and enjoyed teaching in personnel prep programs at Salus University, North Carolina Central University, and Mahidol University and Chiang Mai University in Thailand. He is a co-author of the Foundation chapter about travelers with hearing loss and an ordained Deacon in the Episcopal Church.