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Training Schedule for Fall 2009 - Summer 2010

 

Weekend Workshop with Jessie Moreau - November 13 - 14, 2009

    Topic: Tactually Adapted Curriculum for Students with  Significant Cognitive/ Sensory   

                  Impairments

Location:  Georgia Academy for the Blind, Macon, GA

Description: Adapted activities and materials for use with students who have significant cognitive and sensory impairments across curricular areas will be demonstrated, discussed and shared.  These activities and materials from Grades K-12 align to the Georgia Performance Standards and may be used when utilizing the Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA) and for AYP purposes.  The use of low to high tech assistive technology, including AAC devices will also be discussed and demonstrated.  Participants will receive a CD filled with adapted materials across the curricular areas for their particular grade bands (Elementary, Middle School, High School)

Presenter:   Jessie Moreau has been a self-contained teacher of students with significant cognitive and sensory impairments for 16 years; an Assistive Technology Specialist for 3 years; and on loan to the GDOE from 2005-2008 providing access to the GPS curriculum for students with significant cognitive impairments. She currently is an Instructional Coach for Adapted Curriculum & the GAA for Gwinnett County Public Schools where she runs a Curriculum Lab for students and teachers of students with significant intellectual and sensory impairments. Jessie was the Georgia Deafblind Project Teacher of the Year in 1996.

         1 PLU Credit Available

 AGENDA

Friday,  November 13

5:00-6:00 pm  ........................... Registration 

6:00 – 9:30 pm .......................... Session 1:   Teaching Language Arts

       Saturday, November 14

8:00-8:30am ............................. Breakfast– coffee,  juice, biscuits, fruit

     8:30am-12:00pm...................... Teaching Mathematics

     12:00 -1:00pm........................... Lunch will be provided on site

1:00- 4:30pm............................. Teaching Science and Social Studies

4:30-5:00pm.............................. Wrap up   


CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION FORM

Parent Advisor Summer Training (Ga. PINES/ INSITE)

INSITE Training

June 14-17 & July 12-15, 2010
Teachers of students with visual impairments, orientation and mobility specialists, teachers of students with hearing loss, preschool special education teachers, SID/PID teachers, and other special education teachers in related fields train for an opportunity to work as consultants for the Georgia PINES Program.

Georgia PINES (Georgia Parent Infant Network for Educational Services) is a statewide early intervention program funded by the Georgia Department of Education and available, free, to families of children (ages birth to 5) with sensory impairments. The program offers family training and support, provided by professionals who have been trained to serve as consultants to Georgia PINES. Training will be held at the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf in Clarkston, Georgia. Call Clare Sullivan (404-298-4882) if you are interested in this training or email her at csulliva@doe.k12.ga.us
Access additional information at http://www.gapines.net

SKI-HI Training

2010 dates coming soon...

Teachers of students with hearing loss, speech and language pathologists and audiologists train for an opportunity to work as consultants for the Georgia PINES Program.

Georgia PINES (Georgia Parent Infant Network for Educational Services) is a statewide early intervention program funded by the Georgia Department of Education and available, free, to families of children (ages birth to 5) with sensory impairments. The program offers family training and support, provided by professionals who have been trained to serve as consultants to Georgia PINES. Training will be held at the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf in Clarkston, Georgia.  Call Randi Lewis (404-298-4880) if you are interested in this training or email her at rlewis@doe.k12.ga.us

Access additional information at http://www.gapines.net .

 

DEAFBLIND SUMMER INSTITUTE

COMMUNICATION & LITERACY FOR  CHILDREN  WITH VISION AND HEARING LOSS OR MULTIPLE DISABILITIES

Date: Wednesday, June 23, Thursday, June 24, Friday, 25, 2010

Location:  Atlanta Area School for the Deaf

1 or 2 PLU credits, SCEIs credit available 

 

Speaker:  

Robbie Blaha

 Topics include:  Communication; Training on the Understanding Deafblindness: Issues, Perspectives, and Strategies Curriculum

This conference is provided at no expense to participants by the Georgia Sensory Assistance Project.

Participants attending the first 2 days of the institute are eligible to receive 1 PLU credit or 14 hours of SCEIs credit. Participants attending all 3 days of the institute are eligible to receive 2 PLU credits or 20 hours of SCEIs credit.

 AGENDA - COMING SOON

 

       GA PINES/ GSAP Parent Professional Workshops

January 30, 2010 - Atlanta Area School for the Deaf

March 6, 2010 - Georgia Academy for the Blind - Macon, GA

Contact Georgia PINES for additional information: 404/298.4882
e-mail: csulliva@doe.k12.ga.us

 

SOUTHEAST REGIONAL DEAFBLIND TEEN AND PARENT EVENT
 
 
This event is scheduled for MLK weekend in Florida. Information to follow.

 

SIBSHOPS for siblings 7-12 years

What are Sibshops?

“Sibshops are celebrations of the many contributions made by brothers and sisters of kids with special needs.  Sibshops acknowledge that being the brother or sister of a person with special needs is for some a good thing, others a not-so-good thing and for many, somewhere in-between.  They reflect a belief that brothers and sisters have much to offer one another—if they are given a chance.  Sibshops are a spirited mix of new games designed to be unique, off-beat and appealing to a wide range of abilities” Don Meyer

 

“I don’t know exactly what helps my daughters, or what they like the best, but they always come home from a Sibshop smiling and calm.  They seem to find camaraderie in experience and in spirit, even if the other kids don’t have siblings with the same exact problems as our daughter with severe disabilities.  I don’t know what they (or I) would do without Sibshops!” Parent

SibShops in 2010:

January 30, 2010 at the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf

March 6, 2010 at the Georgia Academy for the Blind in Macon

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION on SIBSHOPS CONTACT:
Jennifer Tumlin Garrett
, GSAP, Phone: 678-923-4185,  E-Mail: Jennifertgarrett@yahoo.com                                                                  

 

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Past Events 2009 (handouts may be available upon request)


SE REGIONAL DEAFBLIND TEEN & PARENT EVENT in Macon GA - 
January 16 - 18, 2009. Yes I Can! Self-determination and Advocacy. 
Keynote speakers: Kim Powers Smith,  Jason Corning,  Mike Fagbemi, Bob Green, & Barbara Chandler. Sponsered by Deafblind Projects from Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee as well as NCDB and HKNC Southeast Region.


Sibshop
s 2009: February 7, 2009 in Atlanta
at the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf and March 7, 2009 in Macon at the Georgia Academy for the Blind.  The SibShop will from 8:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (lunch included).  Optional afternoon activities will be available from 12:00 until 3:30 p.m.


GA PINES/GSAP Family- Professional Workshops.
February 7 (Atlanta), March 7 (Macon) from 8:45- 3:30 p.m. Keynote Presenters: B. J. Pollock, PhD., “Language vs Speech vs  Communication”; Panel of Parents:  “Finding the Communication Match for My Child”  ; Additional sessions are scheduled on: Cortical Vision Impairment, Bilateral Cochlear Implants, Mom to Mom, Dad to Dad, Parent Advisor to Parent Advisor. Come meet other families! Also there will be vendors specific to sensory loss


Parent Advisor Summer Training (Ga. PINES/ INSITE)

INSITE Training

June 15-18 & July 13-16, 2009  
 

SKI-HI Training

July 2009


DEAFBLIND SUMMER INSTITUTE

COMMUNICATION & LITERACY FOR  CHILDREN  WITH VISION AND HEARING LOSS OR MULTIPLE DISABILITIES

 

Date: Wednesday, June 24, Thursday, June 25, Friday, 26, 2009 

Location:  Georgia Academy for the Blind, Macon, GA (2895 Vineville Avenue - Macon, GA 31204)

1 or 2 PLU credits, SCEIs credit available 

Speakers:  

Barbara Purvis:  National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness- Barbara’s specialty is children with multiple disabilities, including children with combined sensory losses. As  an Infant Development Specialist, Barbara received specialized to provide assessments and care to  premature, medically fragile infants in intensive care nurseries. 

Nancy Steele:  National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness – Prior to joining NCDB, Nancy worked for 17 years as a teacher of the hearing impaired, including students with deaf-blindness. She specializes in projects related to the delivery of effective classroom TA and person-centered communication planning.

Martha Veto:  Georgia Sensory Assistance Project Martha comes to GSAP from the South Carolina Deaf-Blind Project.  She has worked as a teacher of the visually impaired and orientation and mobility specialist in Pennsylvania, Virginia and South Carolina.  For the past 5 years her focus has been on students with multiple disabilities including deafblindness.

 Topics include: 

·        The impact of deafblindness on development

·        Communication and Literacy strategies – calendars,  experience stories, co-active signing, tangible symbols

·        Assessing communication skills and developing communication goals using the Communication Matrix

·        Creating Literacy Rich Environments

·        Using the PLAI Curriculum to develop communication

 AGENDA

Wednesday,  June 24, 2009

 8:30-9:00      Registration  (coffee and pastry available)
9:00-11:00    The child with deafblindness: characteristics & impact on development / communication
11:15- 12:15 The importance of social interaction for the development of communication
1:00-2:30     Concurrent sessions:
    A. Using tangible symbols, coactive, interactive sign
    B.
Using the Communication Matrix to assess communication skills, develop communication goals
2:45-4:15 Concurrent sessions repeat
4:30-5:30  Hands-on learning
   
A. Complete the Communication Matrix on-line
    B. Practice using coactive/interactive sign
    C. Using tangible symbols for choice making

Thursday,  June 25, 2009

 8:30-9:00 Registration  (coffee and pastry available)
9:00-11:00
Literacy for children with deafblindness and multiple disabilities - Moving along the 
    literacy continuum from birth through school
11:15- 12:15  The links between social interaction, communication  and literacy
1:00-2:30 Concurrent sessions
    A. Using the Calendar systems to promote communication and literacy
    B. Adapting literacy materials for children with deafblindness
2:45-4:15  Concurrent sessions repeat
4:30-5:30  Hands on learning
    A.  Develop routines and make symbols for activities
    B.  Adapt books for vision and hearing loss
    C. Develop a calendar plan
 

Friday, June 26, 2009    Focus on Birth to Three

 8:00-8:30 Registration  (coffee and pastry available)
8:30:-10:00   Working with
infants and toddlers with combined vision and hearing loss – What’s different?
10:15- 12:00  Using PLAI to promote early  communication skills
12:30-2:15  Continuing with PLAI
2:30-3:30 Creating Literacy Rich Environments  

       

GEORGIA DEAFBLIND TEEN AND PARENT EVENT

October 9, 10, & 11, 2009 at Warm Springs! Come join us for an exciting camp adventure and informative sessions. Meet other Georgia teens and adults with deafblindness. See old friends and make new ones as well! More details to come.

For Information contact Martha Veto
phone 478-550-2367    Email:   marthaveto@gmail.com

 

 

    


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