8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Breakout Session 1
Zoom 1: O&M for the Advanced Traveler with CVI
Presenters: Rebecca Hommer and Donovan Quinn
Handout
Zoom 2: Orientation and Mobility for People with Deafblindness
Presenter: Emy Hurtig
No Handout
Zoom 3: T18+ Options at TSBVI
Presenters: Tad Doezema and Tyler Thompson
Handout
Zoom 4: Evansville Association for the Blind Summer College Programming
Presenter: Krysti Hughes
No Handout
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Breakout Session 2
Zoom 1: Redefining Mobility: Key Updates in the 4th Edition of Foundations of Orientation and Mobility
Presenters: William Wiener, Robert Wall Emerson, & Bruce Blasch
Moderator: Heather Spence
No Handout
Zoom 2: Benefits and necessity of early O&M intervention for babies with CVI and Multiple Impairments
Presenter: Michaela Smith
No Handout
Zoom 3: Lighting the Way: Building Powerful Partnerships (East Texas Lighthouse)
Presenters: Lannette Burlingame
No Handout
Zoom 4: Become Invulnerable to Defeat
Presenter: Dona Sauerburger
No Handout
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Break
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Breakout Session 3
Zoom 1: Addressing the Transportation Needs of Residentially Based or Mainstreamed Young Novice Candidates with Visual Impairments who Want to Explore the Driving Privilege
Presenter: Chuck Huss
No Handout
Zoom 2: From First Steps to Next Steps: Navigating Transitions from ECI (IDEA Part C)”
Presenters: Gaby Lopez & Rachel L. Phillips
No Handout
Zoom 3: The Great Transition Express: All Aboard for College Success!
Presenters: Jessica Rose, COMS & Danielle Gonzalez, TSVI
Session Handout 1
Session Handout 2
Session Handout 3
Video
Zoom 4: Empowering Independence: Teaching Students to Use ChatGPT for Creating and Checking Routes in Orientation and Mobility
Presenter: Shannah Blankenship
Handout
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Breakout Session 4
Zoom 1: Direction with Intention: Investing for Professionals Who Lead the Way
Presenters: Jarrett Gist & Taylor Hodges
No Handout
Zoom 2: Multi-Brain Mapping: Co-creating Maps with Clients
Presenter: Chelsea Nohan
No Handout
Zoom 3: Mentorship in Motion: The Mutual Benefits of Intern Supervision for O&M Specialists
Presenters: Beverly Jackson
No Handout
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Break
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Breakout Session 5
Zoom 1: Rethinking O&M: Breaking Barriers and Reaching the Underserved
Presenters: Leslie Hoskins & Erica Ihrke
No Handout
Zoom 2: Supporting Meaningful Transition to Adult Life: Practical Person-Centered Tools and Strategies
Presenters: Belinda Fayard & Eva Lavigne
Session Handout 1
Session Handout 2
Zoom 3: A Walk Through the Revised O&M Severity Rating Scale
Presenter: Dr. Amanda English
No Handout