PURPOSE, SATISFACTION AND JOY IN THE LIVES OF STUDENTS WITH DEAFBLINDNESS AND THE PEOPLE WHO CARE FEBRUARY 12-14, AUSTIN, TEXAS

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1 PURPOSE, SATISFACTION AND JOY IN THE LIVES OF STUDENTS WITH DEAFBLINDNESS AND THE PEOPLE WHO CARE FEBRUARY 12-14, AUSTIN, TEXAS Sponsored by Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired Texas Outreach 2009 Texas Symposium on ness 1

2 Thursday 7:00-8:30 PM Ballroom General Session Time Location Event 4-9 PM Lobby Registration 7:00 PM Welcome and Valentine Dessert Social Ballroom Please join us for dessert and socializing prior to our keynote address. 7:30-8:30 PM Begins at 7:00 PM Runs thru out the Symposium Robertson Anindya Bapin Bhattacharyya, Technology Development & Training Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults, San Francisco, CA - Technology Empowerment for Work and Personal Success DBMAT and Texas Chargers Exhibit Artwork from Individuals with ness 2009 Texas Symposium on ness 2

3 Friday 8:00-11:30 AM Ballroom General Session Time Location Event 8:00 AM Pre-function Area Continental Breakfast 8:30 AM Announcements and Presentation of the Trail Blazer Ballroom and Intervener Awards 9:00 AM Linda Mamer, Consultant, Vancouver, BC Purpose, Satisfaction and Joy for Students and the People Who Care 10:00 AM Jamie Pope, Executive Director of American Association for Deaf-Blind and Randy Pope, Private Consultant on Support Service Providers, Silver Springs, MD Living the Good Life George and Christina Givens, Parents of Skye, Spring, TX Reaching Out for Skye Amanda Huston, Student, Houston, TX and Patsy Izaguirre, Student, Killeen, TX Our Lives So Far 11:30 AM -1:00 PM Austin ESC Specialists Brownbag (Other participants are on their own from lunch.) 2009 Texas Symposium on ness 3

4 Friday - 1:00-2:30 PM Breakout Sessions South Central North Austin DeWitt DeZavala Brad Carlson, Deaf-Blind DARS DBS, Austin, TX ADAMLS a Tool for Assessing Access to Manual Language Systems for Students Kat Stremel, Senior Fellow, Teaching Research Institute, Shawnee Mission, KS The Use of Progress Monitoring and Response to Intervention to Improve Jill Brown, TVI/COMS, Crowley, TX Wiggle and Jiggle; Let s Get Moving CC Davis, Reg. Rep. HKNC, Kathi Montalbano, DADS DBMD Medicaid Waiver, Rachel Simpson, DARS DBS Deaf- Blind Specialist Community Support and Services Designed for Students and Adults with ness in Texas Tracy Johnson, Parent, Sharon Harrison, Intervener, and JoAnne Fifield, Classroom Teacher Using the Intervener Model to Support Students with CHARGE Dale Rudin, Licensed Psychologist, Austin, TX Recreating the Dream: From Grieving to Coping 2:30-3:00 PM Pre-function Area Break 2009 Texas Symposium on ness 4

5 South Linda Mamer, Consultant, Vancouver, BC Communicative Intent: The Challenges Faced by the Student with ness and Motor Problems Central David Brown, Education California Deaf-Blind Services, San Francisco, CA Self- Regulation, Stress, and the Elusiveness of Emotional Equilibrium Friday - 3:00-4:30 PM Breakout Sessions North Kat Stremel, Senior Fellow, Teaching Research Institute, Shawnee Mission, KS Social Interactions: The Framework for Austin DeWitt DeZavala Jamie Pope, Executive Director of AADB and Randy Pope, Private Consultant on Support Service Providers, Silver Springs, MD A Glimpse into Our Lives as a Couple Anindya Bapin Bhattacharyya, Technology Development & Training Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults, San Francisco, CA Becoming a Travel Pro with a GPS and a Pro On the Go Amy Parker, Doctoral Student, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX, Robbie Blaha, Holly Cooper and Chris Montgomery, Specialists, Texas Outreach, Austin, TX and Melanie Knapp, Parent, Houston, TX National Trends Related to Teacher Certification 5:00-7:00 PM Dovers Room Family Social hosted by DBMAT/TX Chargers 2009 Texas Symposium on ness 5

6 8:00-9:00 AM Pre-function Area Breakfast Saturday 9:00-10:30 Breakout Sessions South Central North Austin DeWitt DeZavala Linda Mamer Consultant, Vancouver, BC Social Issues that Impact Between Students who are and their Peers Robbie Blaha, Specialist & Holly Cooper, TSBVI, Austin, TX Academic Learners With ness: Providing Access to the General Curriculum Jessica Lampert, OTR, CLVT, COMS, Dallas, TX and Sabrina Casteneda, OTR, CYI Body Awareness Through Yoga Jacqulyn Carter, Deaf-Blind DARS-DBS, Dallas, TX, Gina Dagrella, Sister of Danny, Houston, TX, Sara Hinds, Sister of Rebecca, LaPorte, TX Sarah Khan, Sister of Tania, Bellaire, TX and Dugan Thompson, Sister of Caleb, Sweetwater, TX In the Mind of the Sibling Tish Smith, Speech/ Language Therapist and Kate Hurst, Statewide Staff Development Specialists, TSBVI, Austin, TX Using Drawing with Students Who Have Low Vision and ness Mike Fagbemi, Technical Assistance National Consortium on Deaf- Blindness, Sands Point, NY and Jamie Pope, Executive Director, American Association of Deaf-Blind, Silver Springs, MD The Joy of a Self- Determined Life 2009 Texas Symposium on ness 6

7 10:30-11:00 AM Pre-function Area Break Saturday 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Break-Out Sessions South Central North Austin DeWitt DeZavala Dr. Fareed and Dr. Rubina Khan, Parents of Tania, Bellaire, TX Understanding Congenital ness: a Family's Lifetime Quest for with Doctors Craig Axelrod, Co- Author of You Make the Difference: An Educator- Oriented Process for Supporting High Quality Interactions with Students Who are Dripping Springs, TX You Make the Difference Carolina Gonzales, COMS, Round Rock, TX and Ruth Ann Marsh, COMS, TSBVI Outreach, Austin, TX Teaching O&M to Students with ness Matt Schultz, TVI, and Fran LaWare, TVI, TSBVI, Austin, TX All About Sarah: Planning an Individualized Transition Mike Fagbemi, Technical Assistance National Consortium on Deaf- Blindness, Sands Point, NY Customized Employment Stacy Shafer, VI Early Childhood, and Gigi Newton, Early Childhood Consultants, TSBVI, Austin, TX Suggestions and Activities for Infants and Toddlers with Dual Sensory Losses 12:30-1:30 PM Dovers Room Intervener Brownbag Lunch (Other participants are on their own for lunch.) 2009 Texas Symposium on ness 7

8 Saturday Ballroom 1:30-3:30 PM General Sessions 1:30 PM Presentation of the Ann Silverrain and Marty Murrell Ballroom Awards 1:45 PM Robbie Blaha, TSBVI Outreach, Austin, TX The Relief of Being Understood and Other Joys for Children with ness 2:45 PM David Brown, Education California Deaf-Blind Services, San Francisco, CA Sense Memories or Failing Better: An Alien s Valentine to Texas 2009 Texas Symposium on ness 8