[Rehab] 21st Rehab and O&M Conference: Registration and Agenda Links

[Edward Bell]

Registration is now open!


 


National Blindness Professionals Certification Board presents:


Contemporary Issues in Rehabilitation and Education 
For the Blind

21st ANNUAL REHABILITATION  AND ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY CONFERENCE

 

New Orleans Marriot 

555 Canal Street
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70130

Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 
8:30 am - 7:30 pm CDT 

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.

 

**For the first time ever, an in-person option and virtual streaming option
is available. In-person attendees will have access to the entire conference
including general session, breakout sessions, and NBPCB Awards Reception.
Virtual streaming attendees will have access to the general session.
Separate CEU's will be distributed for general session and breakout session
attendees. 

 


Presentations and breakouts including:


*         Hear from employed blind adults about the impact that Structured
Discovery education had on their independence and employment.

*         Learn new strategies that you can implement in your classroom or
teaching environment.

*         See how to cater your teaching for students with secondary
disabilities.

*         Learn where to find new material and secrets to running a dynamic
philosophy discussion.

*         Share ideas and network in multiple rehabilitation disciplines,
including Braille, home management, cane travel, and assistive technology.

*          Come learn about the new National Certification in Access
Technology for the Blind (NCATB)

 

More agenda items coming soon.

 

Schedule:
7:30 - 8:30 am-Registration
8:30 am-Conference Begins
2:00 - 5:00- Interactive Breakout Sessions
5:00 - 7:00 pm-NBPCB Awards Reception




Registration 


Registration Fee includes the NBPCB Awards Reception:
Cost: Before June 21 - $100 for in-person attendees; $50 for virtual
attendees. 
After June 21 - $115 for in-person attendees; 65$ for virtual attendees 

 

 <https://nbpcb.org/members/er.php?eid=493> Register Here!

 

 
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/dxufig1k0eoi1ed/2022%20Anual%20Rehab%20Conference
%20Basic%20Agenda%20Draft.docx?dl=1> Download Draft Agenda Here

 

 

Visit the National Blindness Professionals Certification Board website to
learn more about a career in changing lives:

 <http://www.nbpcb.org> http://www.nbpcb.org

 

 

 

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

Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness

Louisiana Tech University

600 Mayfield Ave / 210 Woodard Hall

PO Box 3158

Ruston LA 71272

Office: 318.257.4554                      Fax: 318.257.2259 

 <mailto:ebell at latech.edu> ebell at latech.edu  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