Getting In Touch With Literacy Conference - 2007 - Charting a Course to Literacy

A National Conference Focusing on the Literacy Needs of Individuals With Visual Impairments

November 29th - December 2nd St. Pete Beach, Florida
2007 Theme: Charting A Course To Literacy

Conference Title: Getting in Touch with Literacy. Conference Logo: An image of book and mountain. The banner reads "Getting In Touch With Literacy 2007: Charting a Course to Literacy".

2007 Conference Agenda

Thursday, November 29th, 2007
8:00 am to 5:15 pm FAER Annual Conference (day two) for more information go to www.flaer.org
8:00 am to 8:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open (6:00 am set-up)
9:00 am to 7:00 pm Registration for Getting In Touch With Literacy
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm Welcoming Reception with FAER
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Opening Ceremonies and Showcase Session: Susan Spungin and Phil Hatlen : Who Controls the Future of Literacy? Point and CounterPoint
Friday, November 30th, 2007
8:00 am to 4:00 pm Registration for Getting In Touch With Literacy
7:30 am to 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am to 6:00 pm Exhibits Open
8:30 am to 9:30 am Showcase Session: Barbara Foorman
9:30 am to 9:45 am Showcase Session: Cay Holbrook, The Vision Perspective
9:45 am to 10:00 am Break/Travel
10:00 am to 11:00 pm Concurrent Sessions #1
  1. A Carnival of Braille Activities - Sandy Serventi
  2. How Can a Braille Reader Be Stimulated in an Inclusive Educational Setting? - A Report from Norwegian Schools - Jorun Hauge
  3. Use of Tangible Cues for Children with Multiple and Visual Impairment - Ellen Trief
  4. Learning from Lobsters: Facilitating Literacy - Annette Skellenger
  5. From Carvings to Computers: A History of Reading - Frances Mary D'Andrea
  6. The Effects of Mounting Systems of Near Magnification - Kelly Lusk
  7. Spelling Skills of Visually Impaired Students who Read Braille - Christine Clark and Julia Stoner
  8. Pocket Tools Never Go Out of Style - Lynda Jones
11:00 am to 11:15 pm Break/Travel
11:15 am to 12:15 pm Concurrent Sessions #2
  1. The Braille Challenge: Building Students' Pride in Braille Skills - Cay Holbrook and Nancy Niebrugge
  2. Setting the Stage for Tactile Literacy - Karen Poppe
  3. Favourable Factors for Inclusion of Braille Reading Students - Anders Ronnback, Kim DeVerdier, and Anica Winberg
  4. National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC) Update - Julia Myers
  5. Imagery, Art and Cognition as Literacy Substrates for Visually Impaired - Joan Chase
  6. Visual Efficiency Skills for Improved Reading Rates - Erika Anderson
  7. What is Progress in Functional Literacy for Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities - Kim Zebehazy
  8. Electronic Poster Sessions for Vendors (1-3)
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm Boxed Lunch, Poster Sessions and Exhibits
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions #3
  1. Making "Sense" Out of Literacy - Lisa Fulmer
  2. Catch the Fluency Wave: Support Your Students - Jerri Cleveland and Debra Sewell
  3. Phonological Awareness and Braille - Martin Monson
  4. Technology as a Literacy Tool in the General and Expanded Core Curriculums - Janet Ulwick-Sacca, Joshua Pearson and Kate Crohan
  5. Knowledge, Skills and Roles of Paraprofessionals - Sandra Lewis and Amy McKenzie
  6. Challenges to Math Achievement for Braille Readers - Missy Garber, Gaylen Kapperman and Jodi Sticken
  7. Tactile Graphics for Instruction - Ann Wadsworth and Teresa Trask
  8. Electronic Poster Session for Vendors (4-6)
2:30 pm to 2:45 pm Break/Travel
2:45 pm to 3:45 pm Concurrent Sessions #4
  1. Issues Related to Academic Engagement of Braille Reading Students - Julie Bardin
  2. Covering the Bases - Reading Skills for Braille Readers - Christine Short, Margaret Bateman, and Lori Beltron
  3. Tactual Profile, An Observation for Charting Tactual Functioning in Children and Adolescents - Ans Withagen
  4. A Creative Enrichment Program to Increase Academic and Social Literacy - Karen Ross, Janet Ulwick-Sacca
  5. The Course Starts Here: Emergent Literacy - DanaLee Fox
  6. Using Audio Assisted Reading to Facilitate Literacy - Ike Presley
  7. Literacy Related Resources Developed by Special Education Technology, British Columbia (SET-BC) - Anne Wadsworth and Teresa Trask
  8. Electronic Poster Session - Vendors
3:45 pm to 4:00 pm Break/Travel
4:00 pm to 5:45 pm Showcase Session: ABC Braille Study
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
7:30 am to 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am to 8:00 pm Exhibits Open
8:00 am to 8:00 pm Silent Auction
8:30 am to 9:45 am Showcase Session: Jeff Bohrman, Jag Einhorn, and Paul Malloy - Literacy from a Deaf-Blind Perspective
9:45 am to 10:00 am Break/Travel
10:00 am to 11:00 am Concurrent Sessions #5
  1. An Analysis of Patterns of Hand Movements of Young Braille Reading Children - Diane Wormsley, Cheryl Kamei-Hannan and Tessa Wright Carlsen
  2. You Have the Book, Now What? - Karen Frank and Abigail Flohr
  3. To Read for Life- Aesthetic Response Theory Developed as a Method in Teaching Literature for Braille Users - Brit Arna Susegg and Randi Rusten
  4. Emergent Literacy Supports for Students with Visual and Multiple Impairments - Amy McKenzie
  5. The National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) and YOU! - Mary Ann Siller, Suzanne Dalton, Vicki Hershman and Ann Reidling
  6. More Than Words Can Say: Literacy for Secondary Learners - Elisha Zuaro, Justin Cosgrove, Linda Tayler and Mike Zuaro
  7. Web Based Inservice for Classroom Teachers - Ann Hegstrom and Chris Short
  8. Using Peer Assisted Learning Strategies to Support Literacy - Paula Conroy
11:00 am to 11:15 am Break/Travel
11:15 am to 12:15 pm Concurrent Sessions #6
  1. Literacy from the Perspective of Persons Who Are Deaf-Blind - Jeff Bohrman
  2. Pirates with Patches: If Only They Had Understood Their Low Vision Needs - Kim Roberts and Alysa Crooke
  3. Help Me Rhonda...Or Using the Basic Reading Inventory - Liz Barclay
  4. Buckets of Literacy - Gerald Abner and Judy Owens
  5. The Future of Classrooms with Video Described Materials - Mary Ann Siller and Kay Ferrell
  6. Accessing the Curriculum with Low-High Technology for Braille Readers - Donna McNear
  7. Does Literacy Matter at Work? Application of Literacy Skills - Karen Wolffe
  8. All Aboard - Getting Parents on Board for Braille - Lisa Lind and Nicole Wood
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm Lunch, Poster Sessions and Exhibits (Silent Auction continued)
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions #7
  1. Literacy from the Perspective of Persons Who Are Deaf-Blind - Jag Einhorn
  2. Tentative - Report from Space Camp and Mountain Climbing
  3. Use of Assistive Technology Devices for Students with Visual Impairments - Sunggye Hong
  4. Literacy for All: Reading and Writing Modules for Students with Additional Disabilities - Tanni Anthony
  5. Electronic Poster Session - Vendors
  6. Emergent Braille Reader: Ideas for Hooking Them On Braille - Penney Rosenblum
  7. Aspects of Literacy with Braille in a Sighted Society: As Related by Seven Braille Users - Catharina Johansson
  8. The Importance of Transition for "Life-Skills" - Carol Brady-Simmons, Gisela Vazques, Carlos Montas, and Judy Matthews
2:30 pm to 2:45 pm Break/Travel
2:45 pm to 3:45 pm Concurrent Sessions #8
  1. Literacy from the Perspective of Persons Who Are Deaf-Blind - Paul Malloy
  2. A Qualitative Examination of Literacy Experiences of Beginning Braille Readers - Sharon Sacks, Cheryl Kamei Hannan, Liz Barclay, and Jane Erin
  3. The Interaction Between Braille and Tactile Pictures for Deeper Understanding - Kerstin Fellenius and Yvonne Eriksson
  4. Research and Practice in Braille Instruction for Students with Additional Disabilities - Julie Durando
  5. Family Literacy Packs - Ann Hicks and Janet Rose
  6. The VIP2 Club...Not Just for Fun - Lisa Merwarth and Sue Widmann
  7. Resources for Promoting Numeracy - Gaylen Kapperman and Jodi Sticken
  8. The Characteristics of School-Aged Braille Readers in Canada – Ann MacCuspie
3:45 pm to 4:15 pm 30 minute break for Exhibit Hall (Silent Auction)
4:15 pm to 5:15 pm Showcase Session - Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius with Michael Mellor and Diane Croft
5:15 pm to 8:30 pm Cook-out, Awards, Entertainment, Live Auction, Raffle Drawing and Conclusion of Silent Auction
8:30 pm to 9:30 pm Pick-up Silent Auction Items
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
7:30 am to 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am to 9:30 am Concurrent Sessions #9
  1. Implications from the National Early Literacy Panel Research (Part 1)
  2. Implications from the National Early Literacy Panel Research (Part 1)
  3. To Be Determined
  4. Is Braille Relevant? A Discussion of Its Role, Uses, and Essence - Judith Dixon, Eileen Curran, and Frances Mary D'Andrea
  5. Unique Accessible Textbooks Used in Unique Teaching - Jane E. Thompson
  6. Full Speed Ahead with Primary Braille Literacy - Eleanor Pester and Robin Finley
9:30 am to 9:45 am Break/Travel
9:45 am to 10:45 am Concurrent Sessions #10
  1. Implications from the National Early Literacy Panel Research (Part 2)
  2. Implications from the National Early Literacy Panel Research (Part 2)
  3. In-Sight an Asssessment procedure for Visual Functioning in Educational Tasks - Els Vervaart
  4. Nemeth Uniform Braille System: Literary Aspcets - Joyce Hull
  5. Literacy on the Go - Middle School Reading - Margaret Galligan, Carl Jacobson, Elisha Zuaro
10:45 am to 11:00 am Break/Travel
11:00 am to 12:00 pm Showcase Session: Audience Participation Event "Looking to the Future." Tell Us What You Think with Audience Voting Technology with Cay Holbrook and Frances Mary D'Andrea