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Specific tracks will also be offered for adult VR consumers who are currently participating in rehabilitation training programs. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This conference will include:<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:5.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Keynote presentations each day by leaders in the rehabilitation and education fields. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:5.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Workgroups on Structured Discovery Training methods and principles. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:5.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Professional think tank work group sessions for VR instructors and administrators<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:5.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Consumer panels on what works<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:5.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Seminar style discussion groups for consumers who are receiving residential rehabilitation services. <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Registration will be $50 for professionals and free for VR consumers. Registration will be coming soon. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information, contact the conference organizers:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Edward Bell, Ph.D. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>318-257-4554, or <a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu">ebell@latech.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anil Lewis, M.Pa.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>410-659-9314 <a href="mailto:alewis@nfb.org">alewis@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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, Director, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>600 Mayfield Ave / 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 Fax: 318.257.2259 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu"><span style='color:#0563C1'>ebell@latech.edu</span></a> www.pdrib.com<o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;border-right:none;padding:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'>*************<o:p></o:p></p></div><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><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>