<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Vermont NFB,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We wanted you to know that Vermont NFB member Mae Lane-Karnas is co-presenting on the topic of Nemeth code (math and sciences Braille code) for the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AERBVI)’s Neurological Visual Impairment (NVID) Division. She has been studying Nemeth code for approximately one year in homeschool and with Dr Tina Herzberg, and has found she loves math, numbers, and calculations because of the access provided by Nemeth code and tactile graphics. Mae and her co presenters, Dr Tina Herzberg and fellow middle schooler Sydney Floyd, created this presentation for the Principals of Schools for the Blind (POSB) Math and Sciences Institute for Instruction this winter, and surprised attendees with exceptionally high standards for blind CVI (Cerebral Visual Impairment) students’ potential in Braille and math. This is the first presentation we have heard of in the field of CVI discussing academic math skills and thriving with Nemeth code, and we are excited people are hearing about it from two blind students. Please feel free to forward to any TVIs or parents you know of!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Katie</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">From AERBVI’s NVID:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-aaff26cd-7fff-9dc2-2d2f-f2c03d6d7e5d" class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are excited to announce our upcoming webinar: </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategies and Resources for Teaching the Nemeth Code to Students With Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Where: </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Via Zoom! </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When: </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">May 8, 2023 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Register in advance for this webinar:</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://perkins-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_00IwRm_DSliPcWK6NkewrA" class="" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://perkins-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_00IwRm_DSliPcWK6NkewrA</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Presented by Dr. Tina Herzberg, Sydney Floyd, and Mae Lane-Karnas</span></div><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Come join us to learn about our journey in teaching and learning the Nemeth Code within UEB Contexts and how incorporating braille and tactile graphics has led to math gains for two middle school students! The presenters will share resources, games, and strategies that can be used to teach the Nemeth Code within UEB Contexts to students of all ages.</span></div><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Objectives:</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Make at least three connections between learning the Nemeth Code within UEB Contexts and learning math.</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Identify 3 resources and/or games that can be used to teach Nemeth Code within UEB Contexts to students with cerebral/cortical visual impairment.</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Identify 3 strategies that can be used to teach Nemeth Code within UEB Contexts to students with cerebral/cortical visual impairment.</span></div><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 11pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please note we will not be offering CEUs for this course as we wanted to provide it at no cost. Please join us! </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 11pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We hope you can make it!</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 11pt; margin-bottom: 11pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The NVID </span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></body></html>