[nfbmi-talk] Fw: just fyi this is where cannon is today

Larry Posont president.nfb.mi at gmail.com
Sat Nov 13 15:51:21 UTC 2010


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FALL 2010 AGENDA



National Council of State Agencies for the Blind

Fall Training Conference

November 10-12, 2010



Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina

1380 Harbor Island Drive

San Diego, CA 92101



Phone #: 619-291-2900

Toll Free #: 877-734-2726

(Callers should mention CSAVR block

of rooms for hotel reservations)



Michael Gandy, President



Consumers and Rehabilitation Professionals:

Partnering Strategies for Success.





Wednesday, November 10



11:00-1:00     Registration

                      Harbor Island Foyer



11:30-1:00     Executive Committee Luncheon

                      Executive 2A and 2B



1:00-5:00       Exhibits

                      Harbor Island Foyer



Opening Session

Harbor Island 1



1:00-1:15       Welcome, Opening Remarks and Introductions, Michael Gandy, NCSAB President



1:15-2:15       OSERS/RSA Alexa Posny, Assistant Secretary, OSERS; (invited) Lynnae Ruttledge, RSA Commissioner; RSA Staff



2:15-2:30       Steve Wooderson, CEO, Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation



2:30-3:15       Dr. Fredric K. Schroeder, Policy Advisor for NCSAB—Washington Update



3:15-3:30       Break

                      Harbor Island Foyer



3:30-4:00       Vision Serve Alliance—Partnerships for the Future

                      Roxann Mayros, CEO, Vision Serve Alliance

                      Cash-strapped states and school districts, poor donor support, aging baby boomers, high unemployment rates, 
new for-profit entities … these issues and more will impact how, when and where services to people with vision loss will be 
delivered in the future.  Ms. Mayros will examine future trends in rehabilitation of blind and visually impaired consumers and 
partnerships that will best use available resources for effective and quality programs and services.



4:00-4:30       A Class is a Class is a Class

                      Karen Keninger, Director, Iowa Blind

                      Field trips, camping, a banquet, holiday activities all work together with classroom training to build skills 
and confidence at Iowa's Orientation Center.



4:30-5:00       Committee meetings to discuss action items



6:00-8:00       Reception

                      Executive 3A and 3B





Thursday, November 11



8:00-5:00       Exhibits

                      Harbor Island Foyer



8:00-5:15       General Sessions

                      Harbor Island 1



 8:00-9:45      Randolph Sheppard Committee—general session for all conference attendees

                      Moderated by Terry Smith, Committee Chairperson



·       "Strategies for Success—A Report from Our Federal Partners"

Suzanne Mitchell, RSA

Daniel Frye, RSA



·       "The Blind Entrepreneurs Alliance Partnership—A True Success Story"

Catriona Macdonald, Linchpin Strategies, Inc.



·       "The White Paper—A True Collaboration"

Dan Sippl, Randolph Sheppard Vendors of America

Nicky Gacos, National Association of Blind Merchants



9:45-10:00     Break

                      Harbor Island Foyer

10:00-11:00   Partnering with Consumer Groups—NFB

                      Ron Brown, Second Vice-President, National Federation of the Blind



11:00-12:00   Pathways to Independence

                      Deanna Jesse, Program Specialist, Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired

                      Using Stimulus funds, ‘Pathways to Independence’ is a project which exemplifies partnership between the agency 
(NCBVI) and consumers.  Working together, staff and consumers developed DVDs for individuals to use to supplement and reinforce 
training they receive from NCBVI Rehabilitation Teachers. Seven modules were produced: cane travel, cooking, shopping and organizing 
a kitchen, tasks of daily living (TDL), Braille, personal information management, and general referral information.



12:00-1:30     Director's only and one representative lunch

                      Executive 2A and 2B



1:30-3:00       Employment Committee—general session for all conference attendees

                      Moderated by Ed House and Katy Morris, Committee co-chairs



·       Transition work experience

                          Barry Rita, Connecticut Blind

                          Connecticut Blind has been working collaboratively with the Workforce Boards and community partners to 
create more work opportunities for transitioning youth in their communities. This has afforded multiple opportunities for the youth 
to not only learn work skills by doing, but also to begin making connections in the communities that they reside in.



·       Self-Employment

Chuck Young, Hadley School for the Blind

Hadley has worked with experts in the field of self-employment for individuals who are blind and is currently developing a course on 
Self Employment for both consumers and professionals in the field of blindness.  It is expected to be available in early 2011.



·       State Experiences in Self-Employment in Rural and Urban Settings

A panel of State Representatives will relate what has worked well in rural and urban settings in the area of Self Employment.



3:00-3:15       Break

                      Harbor Island Foyer



3:15-4:15       Partnering with Consumer Groups—ACB

                      Mitch Pomerantz, President



4:15-5:15       Independent Living Committee general session for all conference attendees

                      Moderated by Bill Gibson & Janet LaBreck, Committee co-chairs





Friday, November 12



7:00-8:30       Executive Committee Breakfast Meeting

                      Executive 2A and 2B



8:00-11:00     Exhibits

                      Harbor Island Foyer



8:30-9:15       Business Meeting Committee Reports Officer's Reports

                      Harbor Island 1



                      General Sessions

                      Harbor Island 1



9:15-9:30       Update, Brenda Cavanaugh, Research & Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision Mississippi State



9:30-9:45       Update, Pris Rogers, American Foundation for the Blind



9:45-10:00     Col. Donald Gagliano, Executive Director, Vision Center of Excellence, Department of Defense/Veterans Affairs



10:00-10:15   Break

                      Harbor Island Foyer



10:15-10:45   Roundtable discussion—Using ARRA Funds: Special Projects, Stopgaps, and more.



10:45-11:00   Closing Remarks—Michael Gandy, NCSAB President



11:00             Adjourn
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