[Nfb-announce] Reminder about Presentation announcement - Vocational Rehabilitation for the blind in the U.S.

[Jeanine Lineback]

This is a reminder that the CISCO Academy for the Vision Impaired
will be hosting a presentation, Vocational Rehabilitation in the
U.S. This presentation will be live on Sunday December 16th at
8:00 PM EST, for those living in the U.S. For people in other
time zones please go to http://www.timeanddate.com to find out
when to participate in the live presentation. 

All are welcome and the presentation is free! 

If conditions allow, the presentation will be recorded and be
made available. 

Please remember that although CAVI Casts are generally recorded,
there is no guaranty that a recording will be possible or that
you will get the information you were seeking. The recommendation
is to participate in the live event if at all possible. 

See the original announcement below for more details.

 

Subject: Presentation announcement - Vocational Rehabilitation
for the blind in the U.S.

 

The CISCO Academy for the Vision Impaired Presents

CAVI Cast - Vocational Rehabilitation for the blind in the United
States

 

Presenters: Dr. Fredric K. Schroeder & Jeanine K. Lineback 

 

When: Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 8:00 pm eastern 

Please check the time for your time zone by going to:
http://www.timeanddate.com/

 

Where: Online - tt.cucat.org 

We will be using the free conferencing system, TeamTalk. The
TeamTalk software can be downloaded from
http://www.bearware.dk/index.php?section=products
<http://www.bearware.dk/index.php?section=products&pageid=tt4down
load#hdrmenu> &pageid=tt4download#hdrmenu

A guide for setting up and configuring TeamTalk for tt.cucat.org
can be found at
http://www.cucat.org/wiki/index.php?n=Main.SettingUpTeamtalk

The use of a headset is recommended. 

This is a free online presentation.  We encourage participation
from persons in other countries as well as those from the U.S.

 

 

Topics to be discussed include: 

.           The history of the rehabilitation system 

.           Structure and legislation of the rehabilitation
system 

.           Getting the most out of your rehabilitation

.           Your Rights and responsibilities as a client

.           Take aways and lessons from the U.S. rehabilitation
system 

.           Rehabilitation models in other countries

.           Discussion & questions 

 

About the Presenters

Dr. Fredric K. Schroeder has a long and distinguished career in
service to the blind. This year, at the Eighth General Assembly
of the World Blind Union (WBU), Dr. Schroeder was elected first
vice president of theWBU.  He was appointed as the commissioner
of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) within the
U.S. Department of Education, under President Bill Clinton. Dr.
Schroeder has held the office of the first vice president of the
National Federation of the Blind since 2006. He served as the
first executive director of the New Mexico Commission for the
Blind. He now works as a research professor specializing in
leadership and public policy in vocational rehabilitation, at San
Diego State University and also serves as president of the
Virginia affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind. You
can read more about Dr. Fredric Schroeder at
https://nfb.org/fredric-schroeder. 

 

            Jeanine K. Lineback has dedicated more than twenty
years to service of the blind. In 2012, she was elected as
treasurer of the Assistive Technology Trainers Division of the
National Federation of the Blind and Chairperson of the
Technology Committee of the Texas affiliate of the National
Federation of the Blind. Her career began in 1991 as an adaptive
technology trainer for the University of Texas at Austin. In the
summer of 1991, she accepted a position with the Colorado Center
for the Blind, where she became the Technology Coordinator. She
moved into private industry in 1997 providing assistive
technology training and consulting services. Ms. Lineback was
employed in 2008, as a Technology and Career Guidance instructor
at the Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center. Currently, she runs her
own business, Lineback Technology Solutions, providing assistive
technology training and consulting services and also serves as
Second Vice President of the Austin affiliate of the National
Federation of the Blind of Texas. You can read more about Jeanine
Lineback at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlineback.

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