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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>REGISTER NOW!<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Contemporary Issues in Rehabilitation and Education </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>For the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>13<sup>th</sup> ANNUAL REHABILITATION </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>AND ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY CONFERENCE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Rosen Centre Hotel<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>9840 International Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Orlando, Florida 32819<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Tuesday, July 1, 2014 <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>8:30 am - 7:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Come and join us! Once again, this year’s conference will be action packed with a variety of new speakers, topics, and hands-on events.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Schedule:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> 7:30 - 8:30 am—Registration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> 8:30 am—Conference Begins<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>2:00 - 5:00— Interactive Breakout Sessions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> 5:00 - 7:30 pm—NBPCB Awards Reception<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Registration Fee includes the NBPCB Awards Reception:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Cost: Before June 15 — $85 for professionals; $75 for Students. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> After June 15 — $100 for both students and professionals <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>You may also register for the Unified English Braille workshop: Cost $40 for professionals; $20 for students<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Go to the following URL to register:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="https://nbpcb.org/members/er.php?eid=192" target="_blank">https://nbpcb.org/members/er.php?eid=192</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Those certified with NOMC and/or NCLB may register using their username and password. All other participants should register as a guest. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>For questions or special arrangements, contact Dianne Reed at 318-257-4554, or <a href="mailto:dreed@latech.edu">dreed@latech.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Sponsors: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>National Blindness Professional Certification Board (NBPCB) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Professional Development & Research Institute on Blindness (PDRIB)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>REGISTER TO TAKE THE NATIONAL CERTIFICATION IN LITERARY BRAILLE (NCLB) Exam <a href="http://www.nbpcb.org/pages/announcements.php"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.nbpcb.org/pages/announcements.php</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director, Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>210 Woodard Hall<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PO Box 3158<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ruston LA 71272<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office: 318.257.4554<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Skype: edwardbell2010<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu"><span style='color:blue'>ebell@latech.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.latech.edu/instituteonblindness"><span style='color:blue'>www.latech.edu/instituteonblindness</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>********************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- Stephen Jay Gould<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>