We are continuing our “How to help your child with CVI” series today with “Teamwork” Teamwork is so important in many aspects of our lives, and certainly when it comes to helping a child with CVI. During this podcast you will hear, as always,

How to help your child with CVI - Intervention

Jun 19th, 2020 16m 47s

This weeks podcast is the 3rd in our series “How to help your child with CVI” The past few weeks we have looked at Diagnosis and Assessment, this week the focus will be on Intervention.It is always good to have someone knowledgeable to “Show y

How to help your child with CVI - Assessment

Jun 9th, 2020 15m 22s

We are continuing our new series "How to help your child with CVI". Todays podcast will focus on Educational Assessment. As with last weeks podcast, you will hear from Dr. Mary Zatta. She will be discussing the importance of Education Assess

How to help your child with CVI - Diagnosis

Jun 3rd, 2020 14m 6s

Hello! We are starting a new series on this podcast titled "How to help your child with CVI". This is based on a self-paced tutorial offered at no charge on perkinselearning.org - only in podcast form! We hope this series will be of help to

Guide Dogs for the Blind - with Jake Koch

May 26th, 2020 27m 8s

This weeks podcast we will be discussing Guide Dogs. I had a delightful conversation with Jake Koch, community outreach specialist with Guide Dogs for the blind, we discussed a variety of topics in regards to guide dogs. When is a good time

Keeping up with Technology - Ike Presley

May 20th, 2020 28m 6s

In this podcast, Ike Presley talks about the world of assistive technology and walks us through a range of assistive technology options. He shares some of the strategies involved in conducting an assessment as well as in choosing the right assi

Virtual ExCEL Academy with Charlotte Cushman

May 14th, 2020 16m 58s

Charlotte Cushman is back on the podcast to discuss Virtual ExCEL Academy. As you will hear, this virtual classroom is available at no charge to students, teachers, parents, or anyone who is interested in attending. If you are interested: htt

Assistive Technologies, conversation with Kelly Fonner

May 5th, 2020 23m 15s

Today we have a special guest. Kelly Fonner took some time to talk with me. Kelly is a self-employed consultant and trainer in assistive and educational technology. As you will learn, she has a well developed career in assistive technologies sp

Career Education for Children with Visual Impairments

Apr 28th, 2020 25m 16s

Karen Wolffe, Ph.D. describes the importance of career education for students who are blind or visually impaired. Dr. Wolffe describes the importance of starting very early in a child’s development in order for the student to develop the necess

Teaching Braille to children with visual impairments

Apr 14th, 2020 19m 22s

Welcome to Perkins eLearning to go! Todays podcast will be a reboot of one of our webcasts. In this webcast, Lucia Hasty discusses teaching children with visual impairments braille. We have many requests for courses on this, so I hope this podc

Mealtime Skills for Children with Visual Impairments

Mar 3rd, 2020 28m 1s

Hello! Welcome to Perkins e-Learning to-go! Today's podcast is an audio version of one of our classic webcasts - a reboot. We will be learning about Mealtime Skills for Children with Visual Impairments today.Sue Shannon, an occupat

Autism and Visual Impairment with Linda Hagood

Feb 25th, 2020 31m 34s

Hello and Welcome to Perkins eLearning to go – this is Valerie. What will we listen to today? Well, I had the opportunity to talk with a very special person. She has spent over 30 years as a speech pathologist and has spanned states to focus

Teachable Moments: Science Concepts

Feb 11th, 2020 9m 46s

Perkins teacher Kate Fraser presents teachable moments in the area of science, from tactile modeling to managing safety in laboratory instruction. Learn more about science instruction in the Secondary Program at Perkins School for the Blind by

CVI - where do we go from here?

Jan 28th, 2020 20m 36s

Lotfi Merabet joins us and discusses his journey to becoming interested in CVI, successes he recognizes with research in this area, and what is happening now and what is in store for the future?Dr. Merabet is an optometrist-scientist and

Considerations for Reducing Complexity with the Home for children with CVI

Jan 21st, 2020 50m 46s

Today we bring you one of our pre-recorded webinars. This one is titled Considerations for Reducing Complexity with the Home which was presented by Marguerite TibaudoMarguerite Tibaudo reviews the complications that complex environments pose

Teachable Moment for Calendars and Schedules

Jan 14th, 2020 28m 50s

Teachable moments are back! What is a teachable moment? It is a short (4 minutes) recording on a specific teaching strategy that is easily adaptable into the classroom. Want to see what these look like in person? Not to worry, here are the l

College Success - Part 3: Orientation and Mobility

Jan 7th, 2020 1h

Today is the third podcast in our College Success series. Leslie Thatcher and Kate Katulak are back to discuss orientation and mobility and how important these skills are for independent living. This is a big topic so they brought along an exp

Cortical Visual Impairment Complexity with Matt Tietjen

Dec 24th, 2019 31m 47s

Hello! We are on a short break, please enjoy this "classic" Perkins eLearning to go podcast.Evaluating a classrooms complexity for a child with cortical visual impairment can be a challenge. Thankfully, Matt Tietjen explains how this

Social Skills for Children with Vision Impairment

Dec 17th, 2019 30m 33s

The ability to develop friendships and interact with other students is a common concern for parents of children with visual impairments. In this webcast, Tom Miller looks at social skills development for students with visual impairment, includi

College Success - Part 2: Technology

Dec 10th, 2019 38m 53s

On today’s podcast we have some familiar voices, Leslie Thatcher and Kate Katulak are back to discuss transitioning to college. Today’s topic? Technology. As you can imagine, technology is extremely important for any college bound young adul

Teachable Moments: Books

Dec 4th, 2019 21m 57s

It is time for a few teachable moments! What is a teachable moment? It is a short (4 minutes) recording on a specific teaching strategy that is easily adaptable into the classroom. Today we will be listening to 5 teachable moments on adaptin

Seeing outside the box, creative lesson planning for visually impaired children

Nov 26th, 2019 59m 40s

Did you know you can teach a child about the beach using a plastic or paper plate, some card stock, and a few pom poms? Enter Gwyn McCormack, founder of Positive Eye. Gwyn has been using her visionary skills for the past 12 years to educate c

Child Guided Assessment

Nov 19th, 2019 31m 2s

Dr. Jan van Dijk of the Netherlands, was an international leader with more than 50 years of experience in the field of deafblindness. In this podcast, he shares his expertise on child-guided assessment. Dr. van Dijk assessed children by observi

An Overview of Charge Syndrome

Nov 12th, 2019 18m 11s

In this weeks podcast we are airing a reboot of one of our webcasts. The webcast, Charge Syndrome an overview is brought to us by Pam Ryan. During this webcast Pam will discuss the features of charge, medical complications, and how this syndr

College Success Series - Part 1. Getting Ready for Transitioning to College

Nov 5th, 2019 56m 43s

This is part 1 of 4 in our college success series. Leslie Thatcher and Kate Katulak are here to discuss what can help someone with a vision impairment get ready for college. This can start early on in the students life with learning braille a