Coffee Hours
Don’t have much time? Need information on a specific topic in a hurry? Check out our popular Coffee Hour presentations.
Trauma Informed Instruction for Students with Sensory Impairments 05/23/2022
Open captioned. There are a number of similarities between the behavioral characteristics associated with childhood trauma and those commonly demonstrated by students with visual impairments, including those who are multiply impaired and/or deafblind. Parallels also exist among educational approaches for working with our population (Jan van Dijk, Lilli Nielsen, Barbara Miles, etc.) and therapeutic approaches for working with those who have experienced childhood trauma. During this coffee hour, the presenters will discuss how trauma-informed instruction and educational approaches for populations with sensory impairments complement and support each other.
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CHARGE Syndrome: The Puzzle, The Practicals, and The Possibilities 03/28/22
Open captioned. Join us for a Coffee Chat to learn about the many nuances of CHARGE Syndrome and explore resources and tools to support a child and family. The presenter, a parent of a young man with CHARGE will also share her lived experiences raising a child and navigating the medical, educational, and post-secondary systems.
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Supporting Language Across Modalities: Strategies for the Home 05/5/2022
“Open Captioned and ASL interpreted. Join us and Kimberly Sanzo for a special 2-hour Coffee Hour presentation. Participants of this Coffee Hour will be able to: 1. Explain the neurological basis for language. 2. Explain the importance of early language access. 3. State at least three strategies to use with DHH children at home in either signed or oral language.”
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Cortical Visual Impairment: Considerations for Augmentative & Alternative Communication Development 01/18/2022
Students with cortical visual impairment and complex communication needs including those who have additional/multiple disabilities often require the development of individualized, multimodal communication programs to support their expressive communication and access to information and interactions throughout the day. Professionals working with these students require a holistic understanding of communication development and assessment, and knowledge of unique techniques and approaches that apply to this diverse group of students. A new resource for supporting teams in developing appropriate communication systems for students with CVI will be shared with participants, The AAC/CVI Matrix (Russell & Willis, 2020). Close captioned.
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Guidance for Planning Behavior Intervention for Children and Young Adults with Deafblindness or Visual and Multiple Impairments 11/29/2021
Open captioned, ASL interpretation. Join us for an overview of TSBVI’s new behavior guidance document. We will explore ways to foster safety, success, independence, connectedness by using proactive and responsive strategies. We will also address how meeting these needs can impact behavior and lay the foundation for all development and learning.
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The Impact of Stress on Brain Development and Brain Resiliency – Part 1 09/30/2021
Open captioned and ASL. In this session Dr. Cameron will explain how experiences shape brain development, and how increased anxiety and stress influence a number of processes in the developing brain. She will focus on how experiences can also help children build resilience to the impact of stress and anxiety, and on how parents and communities can enhance their use of social supports to optimize children’s brain development.
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The Impact of Stress on Brain Development and Brain Resiliency – Part 2 -09/30/2021
Open Captioned and ASL. A Year in Review: Lessons from the Pandemic An hour-long panel discussion Led by Tanni Anthony on the impacts of COVID-19 and lessons learned on early intervention and family support services.
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The Impact of Stress on Brain Development and Brain Resiliency – Part 3 – 09/30/2021
Open Captioned and ASL* Part 3: Intentional Happy : How things big, small and in-between can increase one’s joy. Though most people think they know what makes them happy, we find ourselves often attempting to increase or search for happiness in our lives. Through describing research on the experience of happiness, as well as, sharing personal reflections and stories the presenters hope to provide an opportunity for participants to examine how changes in behaviors and perceptions may lead to increased happiness and well-being in day-to-day life. *Note: Due to unprecedented technical problems, ASL interpretation is missing for 12 minutes in the middle of the presentation. Captions are visible throughout. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Interactions with Children who are Deafblind: A Conversation and Website Introduction 09/27/2021
Open Captioned. How do we join the person who is deafblind in sharing their world, a world experienced through touch? How do we arouse curiosity? What is the path to bonding? Why must we recognize and affirm their communication before a formal language can be co-created? Have you ever considered how a person who is deafblind learns the concepts that people with vision and hearing learn incidentally…. from observation? During our Coffee Hour session, we will explore experiencing the world through the sense of touch. We will investigate how to initiate interaction, share meaningful experiences, and co-create formal language with the deafblind learner. The hope of this session is to provide the audience with questions that will provoke thought, reflection, and further inquiry into interactions with individuals who are deafblind. The session is not intended as a “how-to” guide for instruction.
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General Considerations for Supporting Students who are Deafblind and Proficient Communicators 09/20/2021
Open Captioned. ASL. An overview of this under-identified group of students, who participate in the general education or deaf education settings. We will review strategies and supports to consider for this unique population.
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Exploring the Sense of Touch 08/23/2021
Open captioned. Have you ever wondered why your student seems tactually defensive or doesn’t want to touch objects or people, or shuts down and becomes passive when presented with tactile learning opportunities? Not all touch sensations are created equal. Neurologically, different forms of touch are connected to emotion and executive function such as problem solving. These tactile processing areas of the brain can work to suppress or support learning. In this webinar we will examine how we may need to change our approach to support and encourage our students’ abilities to access instructional materials through touch.
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Assessment, Intervention and Outcomes of Young Children with Mild/Moderate Hearing Levels: A Multi-State Perspective & Academic Outcomes and Predictors of Performance in School-Age Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss 08/19/2021
Open captioned. ASL. Allison Sedey, PhD: Assessment, Intervention, and Outcomes of Young Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss: A Multi-State Perspective Christie Yoshinaga-Itano, PhD: Academic Outcomes and Predictors of Performance in School-Age Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss.
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General Considerations for Supporting Students who are Deafblind 08/16/21
An overview of all things deafblind education including eligibility, strategies, evaluation, helpful tools, and more!
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Unilateral Hearing Loss in Children – What Do We Know and Where Do We Go? 06/03/2021
This video is open captioned and ASL interpreted. Since the mid 1980s, numerous studies have shown that school-age children with unilateral hearing loss (UHL) may experience difficulties in a variety of areas that can affect communication access and academic performance. However, findings across studies are not always straightforward, with some studies suggesting that children with UHL may experience few difficulties specifically associated with their hearing loss when compared to peers with normal hearing. These conflicting observations complicate efforts to ensure the educational and audiological needs of children with UHL are met. For children with UHL, there also currently is no broad consensus regarding if and when amplification should be used and what amplification options are appropriate for this population.
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OT Review of Sensory Processing 05/24/2021
Join Lisa as she reviews the terms Sensory Processing, Sensory Efficiency Skills, and Sensory Integration. She will discuss the what and where of the vision system, sense of smell, limbic system, touch sensation, vestibular function and proprioception.
The New Education of Students who are Deafblind: An Administrator’s Story on Creating Systems Change 01/24/2021
Open captioned. In this Coffee Hour, participants will explore one model for systems change that can be applied to creating a teacher of the deafblind position. Using the example of how the Region 4 Regional Day School Program for the Deaf (RDSPD) addressed programming issues for students who are deaf-blind, participants will explore a successful application of the model and how it can be used to address identified challenges. In addition, participants will learn how communication on the importance of the issue and a well-developed vision can drive the change process.
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Collaborating with Families in the IEP Process
Join Lane McKittrick of Lane of Inquiry, Deafblind Education Research and Family Support, as she shares her dual perspective on IEP collaboration – both as a parent and as a special education researcher focused on deafblindness. Lane will review the importance of collaborating with families, share common challenges that families face with the IEP process, and review collaborative strategies. As a researcher who has also conducted COVID specific research on deafblindness, she will also discuss COVID implications for collaborating during the pandemic.
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Using an Active Learning Approach with Infants and Toddlers (WREIC Session) 03/18/2021
This presentation will focus on the principles of Dr. Lilli Nielsen’s Active Learning approach, with special emphasis on its use in early intervention. We will begin by exploring Active Learning Principles, and then look at specific materials and activities that can be done in the home environment. We will also look at the Active Learning Space website https://activelearningspace.org/ and discuss how it can be used to support families and practitioners.
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Story Time- Creating Meaningful Experience Stories With Your Students 02/11/2021
When we create experience stories with children, we build literacy skills while supporting the development of deeper connections with others and an interest in reading. Experience stories empower children and teach them to find joy in reminiscing. This session focuses on various ways to create and use experience stories in a variety of formats.
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Usher Syndrome – What’s New? 01/11/2021
Nancy O’Donnell, Director of Outreach for the Usher Syndrome Coalition will provide an overview of Usher syndrome as well as resources and strategies that can be used to enhance work with students with Usher syndrome.
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Partnering with Families in Preparing for Life after School 09/17/2020
Join David Wiley & Eva Thompson Lavigne from TSBVI Outreach on our September 17th Coffee Hour as they discuss, share strategies and resources that professionals can use to to engage and partner with families as they prepare for their child to graduate and enter adult life.
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Engaging with Families 08/28/2020
Join Edgenie Bellah and Kathi Garza with TSBVI Outreach on the August 24th Coffee Hour as they discuss Engaging with Families.
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Using the Intervener Team Model for Students who are Proficient Communicators 12/17/2020
While the majority of the children and youth who are deafblind are emerging communicators, there is a growing number who are “proficient communicators” being served in general education classrooms. There are many resources and strategies available detailing how Interveners can support emerging communicators. This sessions will explore the roles of Interveners for Proficient Communicators through information shared by the presenter and information gathered from participants.
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Implementing the Intervener Team Model for Students with Emerging Language- 12/14/2020
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