[rehab] Call for Presenters: Dare to Be Remarkable!

[Edward Bell]

National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute

DARE TO BE REMARKABLE:

Ten Years of Progress!

Call for Presentations 

A three-day national training conference for education and rehabilitation
professionals who work with blind transition-aged students or adults.

 

Location

 

National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute

200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place

Baltimore, Maryland 21230

 

Date

Monday, November 6 through Wednesday, November 8, 2017

 

 

Call for Presentations

We would like to invite you to submit a proposal to present at this
conference during one of the concurrent breakout sessions which will be
scheduled on the afternoon of November 6, 7, and 8. Abstracts should be
submitted on one of the following conference themes or another closely
related track:

 

*	Structured Discovery methods and principles across the lifespan.
*	agency-wide philosophy and culture on blindness.
*	Educational technologies, policies, and practices for teachers of
blind students.
*	Rehabilitation methods, principles, and policies that effect
instructors and administrators. 
*	Teaching techniques in core subject areas (Cane Travel, Braille,
etc.).
*	Successful transition from education to rehabilitation.
*	Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) strategies and
programs. 

 

Proposals should include: 

*         Title of Presentation 

*         Name and contact information for lead presenter

*         Name and contact information of additional presenters (If any). 

*         Indicate whether you are willing to repeat the presentation. 

*         AV requirements (note: you may be required to provide your own
equipment)

*         Abstract that includes a description of the workshop and what
participants will learn. Proposals should not exceed 200 words in length. 

 

*         Questions about presentations can be directed to Edward Bell,
<mailto:ebell at latech.edu> ebell at latech.edu, or 318-257-4554.  

*         Deadline for proposals is June 30, 2017. 

*         Selected presenters will be notified by September 1, 2017, and all
Presenters are expected to register for the conference. 

*         All completed proposals should be email to
<mailto:ebell at latech.edu> ebell at latech.edu.

*          <https://nfb.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=119> Register
for the conference here.  

 

 

 

 

Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC

Director, Professional Development and Research

Institute on Blindness

Louisiana Tech University

210 Woodard Hall 

PO Box 3158

Ruston LA 71272

Office: 318.257.4554                      Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax)
Skype: edwardbell2010

 <mailto:ebell at latech.edu> ebell at latech.edu
<http://www.pdrib.com> www.pdrib.com

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"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." 

-- Stephen Jay Gould

 

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