Call for Papers
THE CALL FOR PAPERS HAS CLOSED FOR 2007 GETTING IN TOUCH WITH LITERACY. EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE SENT TO EVERYONE THAT SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL. IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION AS TO THE STATUS OF YOUR PROPOSAL, PLEASE EMAIL KAY RATZLAFF AT KRATZLAFF@FIMCVI.ORG OR CALL 813-837-7829.
For more information about the 2007 Getting In Touch With Literacy program and the excellent slate of sessions, please go to Conference Agenda.
The conference theme reflects the role of literacy in all facets of life and includes such topics as:
| Academic literacy | Horticulture | Physical education |
| Art | Kitchen literacy | Recreational literacy |
| Community literacy | Maps | Relationships |
| Computer literacy | Mathematics | Sports literacy |
| Drama | Movement literacy | Subject area literacy |
| Entertainment | Music |
Proposals Proposals for concurrent or posters sessions should address some aspect of Charting a Course to Literacy in conjunction with any of the following:
| Additional learning needs | Infant, preschool, school-age, adolescent, college, or adult ages |
| Adequate Yearly Progress | Literacy and the family |
| Adventitious and congenital onset | Materials production changes/updates & NIMAS |
| Assessment, instruction, and support structures | No Child Left Behind |
| Braille, print, auditory, and electronic formats | Research-based practice |
| Contracted and uncontracted braille | Technology |
| Disabilities in addition to visual impairment | Various skill levels - pre-literacy, emergent, basic, advanced writing |
| IDEA and literacy |