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Mon Nov 18 18:48:40 UTC 2013

National Council of State Agencies for the Blind

Fall Training

November 13-15, 2013

Grand Hyatt Denver

1750 Welton Street

Denver, Colorado 80202

David DeNotaris, President

Knowing, Showing and Growing

Pre-Conference: Tuesday, November 12, 2013

1:00                         Tour Colorado Center for the Blind

Participants must RSVP for the Tour by calling: 303-778-1130 

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

9:00                Registration/Exhibits – Mt. Sopris, Lobby Level

                        RSA Joint Conference Presentation

                        Mt. Sopris, Lobby Level

12:30               Lunch on Your Own (NCSAB Attendees)

Lunch & RSA Meeting (Executive Committee Members) 

2:00                 Opening Session – Mt. Sopris, Lobby Level

Welcome: Commissioner Janet LaBreck – RSA 

Presiding: David DeNotaris- NCSAB President

                        Director PA Bureau of Blindness & Visual Services

2:20                 Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation Update- Stephen Wooderson, CEO

2:30                 Washington Update- Dr. Frederick Schroeder 

2:50                 Randolph Sheppard Updates- Catriona McDonald Linchpin Strategies 

3:10                 Legislative and VA Updates – Terry Smith 

3:30                 Non-24-Hour Disorder – 

                        Presenting: Annie Gallagher, Vanda 

3:45                 Randolph Sheppard 

                        Presiding: Committee Chair - Raymond Hopkins

Presenting: Thomas Finch – RSA 

Presenting: Jacqui Bybee - MSU Research

Presenting: Susan Rockwell-Gashel & 

Kevan Worley-Vendor Bill of Rights

                        Presenting: Otis Stevenson - Multi-State Contracts 

5:15                 Committee Meetings

                        Employment Committee – Mt. Wilson, 3rd floor

·       Presiding Chair: Susan Schaffer 

                        Independent Living Committee – Mt. Princeton, 3rd floor

·       Presiding Co-Chairs: Bill Gibson & Joe Xavier

                        Randolph-Sheppard Committee – Mt. Oxford, 3rd floor

·       Presiding Chair: Ray Hopkins 

                        Technology Committee – Mt. Yale, 3rd floor 

·       Presiding Co-Chairs: Bill Finn & Robert Doyle 

Blindness Training (Formerly Training Centers) Committee – Mt. Harvard, 3rd floor

Presiding: Co-Chairs Rita Houston & Lea Grupen

6:00-8:00         Reception – Mt. Columbia, 3rd floor

Thursday, November 14, 2013

8:00                 Registration/Exhibit- Mt. Sopris, Lobby Level

8:30                 General Session Announcements

Mt. Sopris, Lobby Level

8:45                 Creating Successful Change- Change 9 by 9 

                        Presiding: NCSAB President- David DeNotaris 

Presenters:      Barbara Madrigal & Bill Agnell Texas, Division of Blind Services 

                                Doug Wilson-   9 By 9 Solutions 

10:00               Break 

10:15               Employment

Presiding: Committee Chair- Sue Schaffer 

Texas Career Club – Innovation for Career Search

Presenters: Elissa Francis & Jeanette Lee

                   Texas, Division of Blind Services 

Defining Soft Skills: Conceptual Model in Practice

Presenter: Robert J. Schulenburg, Junior Blind 

11:45               CORE Updates

                        Presenting: Patricia Nunez, CORE Board President 

12:00               Lunchtime Speaker - Mt. Columbia, 3rd floor

                        Presenting: John Ficca, Director 

Hands On Educational Services, Inc. 

1:30                 Transition – Mt. Sopris, 3rd floor

                        Presiding: David DeNotaris     

                        Textbooks, Technology & Transition

Presenter: Dan Burke Colorado Center f/t Blind

Stories of Successful Youth Employment

Presenter: Joe Strechay, AFB

3:00                 Break

3:15                         Assistive Technology 

Presiding: Co-Chairs: Bill Finn & Robert Doyle 

AT Evaluation Training & Trends 

Presenter: Amy Salmon 

 Hadley School for the Blind

4:00                 Independent Living

Presiding: Co-Chairs: Bill Gibson & Joe Xavier

Group Skill Training for the Older Blind 

                        Presenter: Laurie Pryor, Texas DBS

4:45                 Updates & Exhibitor Presentations

                        Newsline Update- Scott White NFB

                        Vanda Pharmaceuticals

                        Other Exhibitor Demonstrations 

5:30                 Adjourn    

Friday, November 15, 2013

7:00                 Executive Committee Meeting- Mt. Oxford, 3rd floor

8:00                 Registration/Exhibit- Mt. Sopris Lobby

8:30                 Business Meeting- Mt. Sopris, Lobby Level

Elections 

9:00                 Legislative Updates and Strategic Direction 

                        Presiding: David DeNotaris- NCSAB President 

Presenters: Dr. Frederick Schroeder  

9:30                 Blindness Training

                        Presiding: Co-Chairs Rita Houston & Lea Grupen

Structured Discovery- More Than a Training Model 

Presenter: Julie Deden- Colorado Center f/t Blind

10:45               Knowing, Showing and Growing State Updates,                             Emerging Practices

11:45               Announcements, Wrap-up Adjourn

Exhibitors:

Annie Gallagher, Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc., District Of Columbia - Telephone: 202-734-3424; Email: annie.gallagher at vandapharma.Com

Sarah Lejeck, Libera Inc., New York - Telephone 716-640-1189; Email:  slejeck at perkins.org

David Morgan, Perkins Products, Massachusetts - Telephone 617-972-7320; Email:  david.morgan at perkins.org

Carol Sprague, Colorado Center for the Blind, Colorado - Telephone 303-778-1130; Email:  ccb at cocenter.org

Tony Woodell, World Services for the Blind, Arkansas - Telephone 501-664-7100; Email:  twoodell at wsblind.org