[nfbmi-talk] Fw: [Blindtlk] 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

[Georgia Kitchen]

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From: "Jeanine Lineback (by way of David Andrews<dandrews at visi.com>)" 
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Subject: [Blindtlk] 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



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/>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&pageid=tt4download#hdrmenu>http://www.bearware.dk/index.php?section=products&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>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>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>http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlineback.





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