Learning Across a Lifetime

The 137th Annual Meeting of Ex Officio Trustees and Special Guests
American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.
October 13-15, 2005
Louisville, Kentucky

Tentative Agenda

Wednesday, October 12

• Related Meetings as scheduled
  See separate schedule

Thursday, October 13

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 Marriott at 9:00 am from the 2nd Street entrance and leaves APH to 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 Marriott at 1:00 pm from the 2nd Street entrance and leaves APH to return to the hotel at 3:30 pm

Thursday, October 13

• 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  Marriott Ballroom, Foyer, Salons V & VI
  Annual Meeting Registration and Help Desk
• 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  Place Room
  Informal Discussion of Issues Relating to Deafblindness with Jan van Dijk
• 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  Skybox Room
  Luncheon Meeting of APH Ex Officio Trustee Advisory Committees
• 12:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  Skybox Room
  Educational Products (EPAC) Advisory Committee Meeting
• 12:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  Grandstand Room
  Educational Services (ESAC) Advisory Committee Meeting
• 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  Kentucky Ballroom, Salon A & B
  APH Products Showcase
  Tony Grantz, Business Development Manager, APH
• 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  Kentucky Ballroom, Salon C & D
  APH InSights 2005 Art Exhibition
  Roberta Williams, Public Affairs and Special Projects Manager, APH
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
  Marriott Ballroom, Salons V & VI
  Opening Session
  "Learning Across A Lifetime"
  • Welcome
    Dr. Tuck Tinsley, President, APH
  • Keynote Address
    "Meeting Student's Needs in a Changing Environment"
    Dr. J. Elton Moore, Director, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision, Mississippi State University
    -This presentation will feature a brief overview of issues facing the blindness field and will stress the need for greater collaboration between education and rehabilitation professionals.
• 8:15 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
  Kentucky Ballroom, Salon F & G
  Reception
  Please join APH to honor and greet Dr. Elton Moore during a reception featuring hot and cold hors d'oeuveres and musical entertainment by APH's own Johnny Zinninger.
• 9:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
  3rd Floor
  Hospitality Suite Open
  

Friday, October 14

• 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  Marriott Ballroom, Foyer, Salons V & VI
  Registration and Help Desk
• 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
  Kentucky Ballroom, Salon A - D Foyer
  Continental Breakfast
• 9:00 - 10:30
  Marriott Ballroom, Salons V & VI
  General Session
  • Report on the State of the Company
    Tuck Tinsley, President
  • CVI Perspectives at APH
    Christine Roman, CVI Project Leader, APH
  • Response to the 2004 Advisory Committee Recommendations
    Janie Blome, Director of Field Services, APH
  • Advisory Committee Report Highlights - 2005
    • Educational Products Advisory Committee
      Larry Brown, Chair, and Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Oregon Department of Education
    • Educational Services Advisory Committee
      Stuart Wittenstein, Chair, and Ex Officio Trustee Representing the California School for the Blind
  • Introduction of 2005 APH Scholars
    Bob Brasher, Vice President of Advisory Services and Research, APH
• 10:30 - 10:45
  BREAK
• 10:45 - 12:00
  Interactive Product Training Sessions
  • Clubhouse Room
    "Louis Search Tips"
    Julia Myers, Director, Resource Services, APH
    Nicole Gaines, Systems Librarian, APH
    -This session offer tips and advice on how to search the Louis database, with special emphasis on product and book searches.
  • Marriott Ballroom Salon VII
    "Sherlock, LumiTest and Miniguide US: Tiny Tools Do Major Tasks"
    Terrie Terlau, Adult Life Project Leader, APH
    -Sherlock provides a portable, affordable talking labeling system for clothes, food, CDs, books, and more! LumiTest shows you if the porch light is burned out and where to sign a letter. Miniguide US helps cane users and dog guide handlers find landmarks, desired environmental features, and openings in crowds. This presentation tells the full story and offers you hands-on experience with these new, innovative tools from APH.
  • Marriott Ballroom, Salon VIII
    "Recreational Approaches to Building Early Tactile Skills"
    Karen J. Poppe, Tactile Graphics Project Leader, APH
    -This presentation will focus on recent APH products that encourage the development of tactile skills within a recreational context. Some of the products that will be showcased include Web Chase and SQUID: Tactile Activities Magazine. Audience input will be requested on the design features for a new tactile game under development, as well as general feedback about products needed in the "recreational" area for tactile skills development. Chatty and creative audience members are welcome!
  • Marriott Ballroom, Salon IX
    "CVI Perspectives"
    Christine Roman Lantzy, APH
    -This presentation will offer a preview of the new APH informational DVD, CVI Perspectives. The DVD offers information from medical, educational and family viewpoints and provides content regarding the medical causes of CVI, an explanation of the unique characteristics associated with CVI, and interviews with parents who have children with CVI.
  • Marriott Ballroom, Salon X
    "Making Test Items Accessible"
    Carol Allman, Consultant and Instructor, APH
    Monica Coffey, Accessible Test Editor, APH
    Barbara Henderson, Test and Assessment Project Leader
    Kris Scott, Accessible Test Editor, APH
    -An overview of key issues involved in making print test items accessible in alternate media will be presented. Discussion time will be provided for test issues and questions. Handouts and resources will be available.
    *NOTE: This session will not be repeated on Saturday.
  • Paddock Room
    "An Interactive CD Rom for Teaching Skills and Knowledge to Professionals Working with Students with Deafblindness"
    Jan Van Dijk, Professor, Sint-Michielsgestel Institute, The Netherlands
    -This session will highlight a cd rom, a product now available from APH, that uses video clips to demonstrate child guided techniques for assessing children who are deafblind. During the presentation, part of the cd rom "Child-guided Strategies for Assessing Children who are Deafblind or Have Multiple Disabilities" will be demonstrated and Dr. van Dijk, the author of this product, will answer questions from the audience.
    
• 12:00 - 1:30
  Lunch Break
• 12:00 - 1:30
  Marriott Ballroom, Salon IV
  Mandatory Luncheon Meeting for Ex Officio Trustees
  Pre-Registration Required
• 1:30 - 2:30
  Marriott Ballroom, Salons V & VI
  General Session
  
  Updates From the Field of Blindness
  
  • "The National Center for Leadership in Visual Impairment Welcomes the First Cohort of NCLVI Fellows"
    Kathleen Huebner, Professor and Associate Dean, Pennsylvania College of Optometry
  • "AER - Learning from Our Past, Excited About Our Future"
    Sandy Ruconich, President-Elect, Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
  • "AFB Textbooks and Instructional Materials Solutions Forum"
    Mary Ann Siller, Director, National Education Program, American Foundation for the Blind
  • "House Rules: An Update on IDEIA Policy and Proposed Regulations"
    Mark Richert, Director, Public Policy, American Foundation for the Blind
  • "Overbrook School for the Blind's 175th Anniversary"
    Bernadette Kappen, Director, Overbrook School for the Blind
  • "Why Not Host Your Own Regional Braille Challenge?"
    Nancy Niebrugge, Vice President of Programs and Services, Braille Institute of America
• 2:30 - 4:15
  Marriott Ballroom, Salons I - III
  Information Fair (Poster Sessions)
  
  Join more than eighteen APH professionals ready to keep your mind young as you learn about more exciting products and services. Be sure to pick up your game piece for this once in a lifetime opportunity for learning during the Friday morning general session. Then get ten presenters to sign your game piece, sign your name, and drop it in the box to qualify for the drawing of a special prize on Saturday morning!
  • Accessible Tests through Multiple Literacies
  • Adapting Science for Students With Visual Impairments
  • Address Earth: Maps for Students with Low Vision and Color Blindness
  • APH Custom Media Solutions
  • Expanded Core Curriculum: Skills for Learning Across A Lifetime
  • Getting In Touch With Emergent Literacy
  • The Hall of Fame for Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field - Class of 2005
  • Mastering Braille Contractions for Reading Success
  • National Family Conference
  • New Technology Products from APH
  • Ordering APH Textbooks
  • Parent-Child Beliefs about Physical Activity
  • Project Status
  • Reclaiming Your Possessions
  • SQUID Encounters
  • SRS Updates
  • Tactile Graphic Workshop for Transcribers
  • ToAd: Tools for the Assessment and Development of Vision
• 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
  Kentucky Ballroom, Salons C & D
  Meet The Artists
• 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
  Marriott Ballroom, Salons V & VI
  APH InSights Art Banquet and 2005 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
  • Invocation
    Ron Gadson, Division Manager, Maintenance, APH
  • APH InSights Art Winners Awards Presentation
    Donald J. Keefe, Vice President of Development, APH
    Roberta Williams, APH
    Tuck Tinsley, APH
  • 2005 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
    Bernadette Kappen, Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Overbrook School for the Blind
    
    Honoring:
    • William H. English
    • William A. Hadley
    • Dr. Abraham Nemeth
    • Dr. J. Max Woolly
• 8:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
  3rd Floor
  Hospitality Suite Open
  

Saturday, October 15

• 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
  Kentucky Ballroom, Salons A - D Foyer
  Buffet Breakfast
• 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  Kentucky Ballroom, Salons A & B
  APH Products Showcase
  Kentucky Ballroom, Salons C & D
  APH InSights 2005 Art Exhibition
• 9:00 - 9:45
  Marriott Ballroom, Salons V & VI
  General Session
  Jane Thompson, Director, Accessible Textbook Initiative and Collaboration (ATIC), APH, Facilitator
  • Research Report - 2005
    Ralph Bartley, Director of Educational Research, APH
  • The ABC Braille Study
    Anne Corn, Professor of Special Education, OphthalmologyAnd Visual Sciences, Vanderbilt University
  • Education and Guidelines to Ensure Accessible Test Items Enhance a Lifetime of Learning
    Debbie Willis, Director of Accessible Tests, APH
• 9:45 - 11:00
  Interactive Product Training Sessions
  (Repeat of Friday product training sessions)
  • Clubhouse Room
    "Louis Search Tips"
    Julia Myers, Director, Resource Services, APH
    Nicole Gaines, Systems Librarian, APH
    -This session offer tips and advice on how to search the Louis database, with special emphasis on product and book searches.
  • Marriott Ballroom Salon VII
    "Sherlock, LumiTest and Miniguide US: Tiny Tools Do Major Tasks"
    Terrie Terlau, Adult Life Project Leader, APH
    -Sherlock provides a portable, affordable talking labeling system for clothes, food, CDs, books, and more! LumiTest shows you if the porch light is burned out and where to sign a letter. Miniguide US helps cane users and dog guide handlers find landmarks, desired environmental features, and openings in crowds. This presentation tells the full story and offers you hands-on experience with these new, innovative tools from APH.
  • Marriott Ballroom, Salon VIII
    "Recreational Approaches to Building Early Tactile Skills"
    Karen J. Poppe, Tactile Graphics Project Leader, APH
    -This presentation will focus on recent APH products that encourage the development of tactile skills within a recreational context. Some of the products that will be showcased include Web Chase and SQUID: Tactile Activities Magazine. Audience input will be requested on the design features for a new tactile game under development, as well as general feedback about products needed in the "recreational" area for tactile skills development. Chatty and creative audience members are welcome!
  • Marriott Ballroom, Salon IX
    "CVI Perspectives"
    Christine Roman Lantzy, APH
    -This presentation will offer a preview of the new APH informational DVD, CVI Perspectives. The DVD offers information from medical, educational and family viewpoints and provides content regarding the medical causes of CVI, an explanation of the unique characteristics associated with CVI, and interviews with parents who have children with CVI.
  • Marriott Ballroom, Salon X
    "Preparing to Test Visually Impaired Students"
    Carol Allman, Consultant and Instructor, APH
    Barbara Henderson, Test and Assessment Project Leader
    -Awareness of accommodations; test administration information and points to include when developing contracts with test publishers will be addressed in this session. Discussion time will be provided for test issues and questions and handouts and resources will be available.
    *Note: This session is not a repeat from Friday.
  • Paddock Room
    "An Interactive CD Rom for Teaching Skills and Knowledge to Professionals Working with Students with Deafblindness"
    Jan Van Dijk, Professor, Sint-Michielsgestel Institute, The Netherlands
    -This session will highlight a cd rom, a product now available from APH, that uses video clips to demonstrate child guided techniques for assessing children who are deafblind. During the presentation, part of the cd rom "Child-guided Strategies for Assessing Children who are Deafblind or Have Multiple Disabilities" will be demonstrated and Dr. van Dijk, the author of this product, will answer questions from the audience.
• 11:00 - 11:15
  BREAK
• 11:15 - 11:45
  Marriott Ballroom, Salons V & VI General Session
  Ralph Bartley, APH, Facilitator
  • Door Prize Presentation
    Monica Vaught, Research Assistant, APH
    Brian Dougherty, Promotional Materials Designer, APH
  • APH Expert in Residence
    Bob Brasher, APH
  • Checking Our Bearings to Stay On Course: Results of the 2005 APH Customer Satisfaction Survey
    Mary Nelle McLennan, Executive Advisor to the President, APH
  • Closing Remarks
    Janie Blome, APH
    Bob Brasher, APH
• 12:00 - 1:30
  Kentucky Ballroom, Salons F & G
  Mandatory Ex Officio Trustee Luncheon
  Preregistration required
• 1:30 - 6:00
  Related Meetings as scheduled
  See separate schedule
• 7:30 - 8:30
  Kentucky Ballroom, Salons F & G
  Happy Hour
  Sponsored by the Downtown Marriott Hotel
• 8:30 - 10:30
  Kentucky Ballroom, Salons F & G
  APH Homecoming Dance
  Featuring the musical stylings of "All Purpose Hysteria"
• 10:30 pm - 12:00 am
  Hospitality Suite Open

Sunday, October 16

• Related Meetings as scheduled
  See separate schedule

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