The 136th APH Annual Meeting of Ex Officio Trustees and Special Guests

"Opening the Doors of Opportunity"
October 14 - 16, 2004

Agenda

Wednesday, October 13

• Related Meetings as scheduled
  See separate schedule

Thursday, October 14

Opportunities at APH

• 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  Choose between a three-part tour featuring the APH Plant, Callahan Museum and Hall of Fame, or spend your entire visit in the Museum and/or Hall of Fame. Bus leaves the Brown at 9:00 am from the Broadway entrance and will return to the hotel at 11:30 am
• 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  Choose between a three-part tour featuring the APH Plant, Callahan Museum and Hall of Fame, or spend your entire visit in the Museum and/or Hall of Fame. Bus leaves the Brown at 1:00 pm from the Broadway entrance and will return to the hotel at 3:30 pm

Thursday, October 14

• 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  Mezzanine
  Annual Meeting Registration and Help Desk
• 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  Broadway A
  Luncheon Meeting of APH Ex Officio Trustee Advisory Committees
• 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  Louis XVI Room
  APH Products Showcase
  
  • Tony Grantz, Business Development Manager, APH
• 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  J. Graham Brown Room
  APH InSights 2004 Art Exhibition
  
  • Roberta Williams, Public Affairs and Special Projects Manager, APH
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  Crystal Ballroom
  Opening Session - "Opening the Doors of Opportunity"
  • Welcome
    
    • Dr. Tuck Tinsley, President, APH
  • Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Callahan Museum
    
    • Tuck Tinsley, APH
    • Carol Tobe, Director, Callahan Museum, APH
  • Keynote Address
    "A View From the Other Side of an Open Door"
    Sally S. Mangold, Ph.D., Braille Curriculum Specialist
• 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
  Bluegrass Room
  Reception
  Please join APH to honor and greet Dr. Sally Mangold and celebrate the 10th anniversary of the APH Callahan Museum during a reception featuring hot and cold hors d'oeuveres and the musical entertainment of Zinninger and Zinninger.
• 9:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
  Room 415
  Hospitality Suite Open
  

Friday, October 15

• 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
  Ballroom Foyer
  Continental Breakfast
• 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  Mezzanine
  Registration and Help Desk
• 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  Louis XVI Room
  APH Products Showcase
• 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  J. Graham Brown Room
  APH InSights 2004 Art Exhibition
• 8:00 - 9:00
  Broadway A
  New Trustee Orientation Continental Breakfast
  (Ex Officio Trustees Only, Pre-registration Required)
• 9:00 - 10:30
  Crystal Ballroom
  General Session - "Opening Doors to Success"
  • Charge for the 136th Annual Meeting
    
    • Mary Nelle McLennan, Executive Advisor to the President, APH
  • Report on the State of the Company
    • Tuck Tinsley, President
    • Bob Brasher, Vice President, Advisory Services and Research
    • Jack Decker, Vice President, Production
    • Norma Fletcher, Director, Human Resources
    • Donald Keefe, Vice President, Development
    • Mary Nelle McLennan, Executive Advisor to the President
    • Gary Mudd, Vice President, Public Affairs, APH
  • Response to the 2003 Advisory Committee Recommendations
    
    • Janie Humphries, Director, Field Services, APH
  • Advisory Committee Report Highlights - 2004
    • Educational Products Advisory Committee
      
      • Kathy Brown, Chair and Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Michigan School for the Blind and the Michigan State Department of Education
    • Educational Services Advisory Committee
      
      • Louis M. Tutt, Chair and Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind
  • Introduction of 2004 APH Scholars
    
    • Bob Brasher, APH
• 10:30 - 10:45
  BREAK
• 10:45 - 12:00
  "New Products, New Opportunities"--Product Training Sessions
  • Crystal Ballroom "The 'K' Sonar: Expanding the Horizons of Perception for Persons who are Blind or Visually Impaired"
    Leader: Fred Gissoni, Customer Support Specialist, APH
    Leader: Dr. Leslie Kay, CEO and Founding Director, Bay Advanced Technologies, Ltd.

    Join Dr. Leslie Kay, inventor of the 'K' Sonar, and APH's Fred Gissoni as they present information and demonstrations of this innovative tool that empowers blind people to make perceptions that reach beyond the tip of a cane!

  • 16th Floor Boardroom Sensory Learning Kit: Accessing the World Differently
    Leader: Tristan Pierce, Multiple Disabilities Project Leader, APH
    Leader: Millie Smith, M.Ed., Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Austin, TX

    This presentation will teach participants how to design activities using sensory strategies that allow students with visual and multiple impairments to be more efficient learners.

  • Louisville Room "Unlocking Minds to Tactile Understanding"
    Leader: Karen J. Poppe, Tactile Graphics Project Leader, APH

    This presentation will emphasize the importance of early exposure to tactile graphics. Attendees will be introduced to two new products - Web Chase (a board game) and Setting the Stage for Tactile Graphics (a training program) - that can be used to encourage the development of needed hand skills and tactile discrimination abilities that will prepare young children for more complex graphics in the future.

  • Broadway A CVI Project Launched!
    Leader: Christine Roman, Ph.D., CVI Project Leader, APH, Associate Professor, Marshall University
    Leader: Dr. Carey Matsuba, MDCM, MHSc, FRCP(C), Developmental Pediatrician, Visual Impairment Program, BC's Children's Hospital
    Leader: Tessa Wright, Research Assistant, APH

    This presentation will provide an update of the projects, products and activities developed in the first year of the APH/CVI project. Special emphasis will be placed on the APH CVI web site. A brief update about additional innovative initiatives for children with CVI will also be presented.

  • Broadway B "Obtaining Accessible Textbooks and Materials Through ATIC and Resource Services"
    Leader: Jane E. Thompson, Director, Accessible Textbook Initiative and Collaboration (ATIC) Department, APH
    Leader: Julia Myers, Director, Resource Services, APH

    This presentation will describe procedures for ordering braille and large print text books from APH, along with textbook specifications, Promising Practices for Transcribing Early Literacy Textbook and Materials, and training opportunities offered by ATIC. Demonstrations will also be presented on ways to effectively search the Louis Database, the Accessible Media Producers Database (AMP), and how to download files from the APH File Repository.

  • Broadway C "Opportunities in Technology - Book Port and Teacher's Pet"
    Leader: Larry Skutchan, Technology Project Leader, APH

    Book Port training will review the basic functions of the device and introduce new features including audible.com compatibility, audio time and pause compression and braille keyboard fundamentals.

    This session will also introduce the long anticipated test creation, management, and administration software, Teacher's Pet. Learn how to create an accessible test and/or drill with multiple answer formats, add sound and graphics to your questions, manage student records, set time limits, and more!

• 12:00 - 1:30
  Lunch Break
• 12:00 - 1:30
  16th Floor Gallery
  "Great Expectations: Opportunities for Ex Officio Trustees"
  Mandatory Luncheon Meeting for Ex Officio Trustees
  Pre-Registration Required
  Janie Humphries, APH, Facilitator
• 1:30 - 2:45
  Crystal Ballroom
  General Session: "Open Minds, Open Doors"
  Bob Brasher, APH, Facilitator
  • Product Development Update
    • Ralph Bartley, Director of Research, APH
  • University Research Partnerships
    • ABC Braille Study
      • Rob Wall, Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University
      • Partners: California State University, Los Angeles; Pennsylvania College of Optometry; Southwest Missouri State University; Texas Tech University; University of Arizona; University of British Columbia; Vanderbilt University
    • Sensory Learning Kit Literature Review
      • Sandi Baker, Field Services Representative, APH
      • Partner: Texas Tech University
    • Going Places: Transition Guidelines for Community-Based Physical Fitness Activities for Students with Visual Impairments, Blindness, and Deafblindness
      • Tristan Pierce, Multiple Disabilities Project Leader, APH
      • Partners:State University of New York, Brockport; California State University, Sacramento; Western Michigan University
  • Effects of Test Medium on Test Performance
    • Barbara Henderson, Test and Assessment Project Leader, APH
    • Partner: University of Arizona
  • Optimizing The Reading Of Continuous Text
    • Elaine Kitchel, Low Vision Project Leader, APH
    • Partner:San Francisco State Univeristy
  • "Knock, Knock, Who's There?" - Information Fair Preview
    • Tristan Pierce, APH
• 2:45 - 4:30
  Bluegrass Room
  Information Fair: "Knock, Knock, Who's There"
  

  Who's there? More than 20 APH professionals ready to open their doors to provide you with the opportunity for a sneak preview of more exciting products and services. Be sure to pick up your key to get in the door of this exciting event during the Friday morning general session. Then get ten presenters to sign your poster session key, fill in your name, and drop it in the box to qualify for the drawing of a special prize on Saturday morning!

  • ABC Braille Study
  • Accessible Test Department Products and Services
  • Address Earth
  • APH Presents: Home Grown Videos
  • ATIC Large Print Textbooks
  • The Callahan Museum Comes to You
  • A Case Study In Adapting Tests for Visually Impaired Individuals: The Woodcock- Johnson III Tests of Achievement
  • Contract Administration Custom Media Products
  • Doorway to the World
  • Federal Quota Census
  • The Hall of Fame for Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field
  • Keeping Up With Yourself
  • Let's Play Ball!
  • New APH Software
  • Prison Braille Programs
  • Project Status
  • Rolling Right Along Construction Kit
  • Science Skills Inventory
  • See What's Happening With CVI
  • Setting the Stage
  • Tactile Graphics Patterns
  • Web Conferencing
• 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  16th Floor Gallery
  Fundraising and Development: Chapter 2
  Sponsored by APH
  • Leader: Don Keefe, APH
    Paul Zurkuhlen, Director, Planned Giving, APH
    James G. Dickman, Executive Vice President, Lewis Direct
  • Refreshments provided by Lewis Direct
• 6:30 - 8:30
  Crystal Ballroom
  APH InSights Art Celebration
  Awards Dinner
  • Invocation
    • Ron Gadson, Division Manager, Maintenance, APH
  • APH InSights Art Winners Awards Presentation
    • Roberta Williams, APH
    • Donald Keefe, APH
    • Tuck Tinsley, APH
  • Awards Presentation
    Wings Of Freedom Award
    Recipients:
    • Naomi R. Tuttle
      Presented by Dr. Michael Bina, Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Hadley School for the Blind
    • Dr. Dean Tuttle
      Presented by Dr. Phil Hatlen, Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• 8:30 - 9:30
  J. Graham Brown Room
  Meet The Artists
• 9:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
  Room 415
  Hospitality Suite Open
  

Saturday, October 16

• 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
  Ballroom Foyer
  Buffet Breakfast
• 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  Louis XVI Room
  APH Products Showcase
• 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  J. Graham Brown Room
  APH InSights 2004 Art Exhibition
• 9:00 - 9:45
  Crystal Ballroom
  General Session - "Opportunities and Challenges" (updates from the field)
  Jane Thompson, APH, Facilitator
  
  Updates From the Field
  • National Agenda for the Education of Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, Including Those With Multiple Disabilities
    • Karen Wolffe, National Agenda Co-Chair
  • An IDEA Whose Time Has Come. . . And Gone?
    • Mark Richert, Executive Director, Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
  • AFB Solutions Forum
    Choices for Children
    • Mary Ann Siller, Director, National Education Program, American Foundation for the Blind
  • Perkins School for the Blind 175th Anniversary
    • Steven Rothstein, Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Perkins School for the Blind
  • National Braille Challenge Invitational
    • Nancy Niebrugge, Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Braille Institute of America
• 9:45 - 11:00
  "New Products, New Opportunities" (Repeat of Friday product training sessions)
• 11:00 - 11:15
  BREAK
• 11:15 - 11:45
  Crystal Ballroom
  General Session - "Opportunity Knocks"
  Janie Humphries, APH, Facilitator
  • Presentation of "Knock, Knock, Who's There" Door Prize (must be present to win)
    • Tristan Pierce, APH
    • Bernadette Mudd, APH
  • Hall of Fame for Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field - Phase II Development
    • Cay Holbrook, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
    • Bob Brasher, APH
  • National Parent and Family Conference
    • Burt Boyer, Field Services Representative, APH
    • Susan LaVenture, Director, National Association of Parents of the Visually Impaired
  • Closing Remarks
    • Janie Humphries, APH
• 12:00 - 1:30
  16th Floor Gallery
  Formal Luncheon of Ex Officio Trustees
  Preregistration required
• 1:30 - 6:00
  Related Meetings as scheduled
  See separate schedule
• 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
  Hospitality Suite Open
• 7:30 - 8:30
  16th Floor Gallery
  Happy Hour
  Sponsored by Camberley Brown Hotel
• 8:30 - 10:30
  16th Floor Gallery
  "Swingin' Door Saloon" Social and Dance
  Featuring the musical stylings of "All Purpose Hysteria"
• 10:30 pm - 12:00 am
  Hospitality Suite Open

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