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Wednesday--October 9
Opportunities at APH
Thursday--October 10
- 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Tour of APH Including Callahan Museum
Bus leaves The Brown at 9:00 a.m. from the Broadway entrance and will return to the hotel at 11:30 a.m.
- 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Tour of APH Including Callahan Museum
Bus leaves The Brown at 1:00 p.m. from the Broadway entrance and will return to the hotel at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday--October 10
- 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 & B
Meeting of APH Ex Officio Trustee Advisory Committees
- 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Bluegrass Room
APH Products Showcase
Tony Grantz, Business Development Manager, APH
APH InSights 2002 Art Exhibition
Roberta Williams, Public Affairs and Special Projects Manager, APH
- Throughout the Meeting Lobby, near the Bluegrass Room
Unveiling of New Traveling Callahan Museum Exhibits
Carol Tobe, Director, Callahan Museum of APH
- 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Crystal Ballroom
Opening Session
"Sharing the Memory, Shaping the Dream"
- Welcome
Dr. Tuck Tinsley, President, APH
- Celebrating the Living Legends of the
Hall of Fame for Leaders and
Legends of the Blindness Field
Dr. Phil Hatlen, facilitator, Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Gallery 16th Floor
Reception Honoring Our Living Legends
Please join APH as we honor our living Legends at a reception featuring hot and cold hors d'oeuveres and the musical entertainment of Zinninger and Zinninger.
Friday--October 11
- 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Bluegrass Room Foyer
Continental Breakfast
- 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Mezzanine
Registration and Help Desk
- 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Bluegrass Room
APH InSights 2002 Art Exhibition
APH Products Showcase
Hall of Fame Wall of Tribute Display
- 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Crystal Ballroom
General Session
- Opening Remarks
Dr. Tuck Tinsley, APH
- Charge for the 134th Annual Meeting
Mary Nelle McLennan, , Executive Advisor to the President, APH
- Stars and Stripes
J. Gary Mudd, Vice President, Public Affairs, APH
- APH Callahan Museum Traveling Exhibits
Carol Tobe, Director, Callahan Museum of APH
- Acting on Your Input: Implementation of 2001 Advisory Committee Recommendations
Mary Nelle McLennan, APH
- Advisory Committee Reports
- Educational Products Advisory Committee
Barbara McCarthy, Chair and Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Virginia Department of Education and the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired
- Educational Services Advisory Committee
Rod Brawley, Chair and Ex Officio Trustee Representing the California Department of Education
- 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break
- 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Crystal Ballroom
General Session
Spotlighting APH Focus Groups and Results
- Focusing on Test Central
Debbie Willis, Manager, Test Central, APH
Larry Brown, Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Oregon Department of Education
Warren Figueiredo, Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Louisiana Department of Education
- CVI Synergy
(Cortical Visual Impairment)
Tristan Pierce, Research Associate, Multiple Disabilities Project Leader, APH
Dr. Christine Roman, Assistant Professor, Marshall University
- University Deafblind Program Educators
Sandi Baker, Field Services Representative, APH
Kathy Brown, Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Michigan State Department of Education and the Michigan School for the Blind
- Orientation and Mobility Product Development
Terrie Terlau, Research Associate, Adult Life Project Leader, APH
Steve Sanford, Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Division of Blind Services, Florida
- Tactile Graphics Brainstorming
Karen J. Poppe, Senior Research Associate, Tactile Graphics Project Leader, APH
Fred Otto, Research Associate, APH
Samir Azer, Science Teacher, Kentucky School for the Blind
- Early Literacy Focus Group and Other ATIC Collaborations
Jane E. Thompson, Director, Accessible Textbook Initiative and Collaboration (ATIC), APH
Betsy Burnham, Accessible Media Manager and Trainer, APH
- 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break
- 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Gallery 16th Floor
Ex Officio Trustee Orientation and Student Registration System (SRS) Training
Preregistration Required
Karen Blaker, Advisory Services Support Specialist, APH
Janie Humphries, Director, Advisory Services, APH
- 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Field Input Group Concurrent Sessions
- Broadway A
Revolutionary Portable Reading Device
Leader: Larry Skutchan, Research Scientist, Technology Project Leader, APH
This session presents a new device, Book Port, designed to provide a portable means of reading books electronically. Participants will provide feedback about proposed features and functions and will suggest other uses and features they wish to see in such a device.
- Broadway B
Looking Into Low Vision
Leader: Elaine Kitchel, Research Scientist, Low Vision Project Leader, APH
Participants will be asked to review and generate ideas for science activities for high school students who may use optical devices. Group members will also be asked to participate in reviewing and generating ideas for computer games for students with low vision.
- Broadway C
Braille Buffet
Leader: Eleanor Pester, Research Scientist, Braille Project Leader, APH
If braille suits your appetite, this session should have something tasty for you. We will be discussing production specifications for uncontracted braille material for adults, evaluating new and old Quick Pick products, and brainstorming future needs and trends.
- J. Graham Brown Room
Accessible Textbook Initiative and Collaboration (ATIC)
Leader: Jane E. Thompson, APH
In this session we will unveil the new ATIC Large Print Textbook. We will discuss the results of the University of Louisville's field research, APH's summer pilot, and the software that was developed to create this new and exciting accessible textbook.
- Louis XVI Room
Multiple Disabilities, Physical Fitness
Leader: Tristan Pierce, APH
This session will take a look at two distinctly different types of products for students with multiple disabilities. Attendees will be able to participate in the creation and design of a new series of age appropriate, high interest, low vocabulary story books for visually impaired students with additional disabilities. Those in attendance will also have the opportunity to provide feedback on using sports and recreational leisure activities in transition planning for students with visual impairments.
- Louisville Room
Adult Life
Leader: Terrie Terlau, APH
If you are interested in Orientation & Mobility and independent living products for blind persons from 4 to 104, come to our Adult Life Field Input Group. Here you will learn about and give input on the development of products that deal with teaching and assessing functional (daily living) skills for children and adults; sound localization and orientation; and checkbook management.
- 3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Break
- 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Crystal Ballroom
General Session
Janie Humphries, APH, Facilitator
- Reports from Field Input Groups
APH Staff
- Updates from the Field:
- AER Personnel Recruitment Project, with the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) and APH
Mark Richert, Director, Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER)
- National Agenda
Donna Stryker, Co-Chair, National Agenda
- Choices for Children
Dr. Susan Spungin, Vice President of Education and International Programs, American Foundation for the Blind, New York
- Instructional Materials Accessibility Act (IMAA)
Paul Schroeder, Vice President of Governmental Relations, AFB
- National Association of State Departments of Special Education (NASDSE) Training Project
Dr. Bernadette Kappen, Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Overbrook School for the Blind, Pennsylvania
- 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Crystal Ballroom
APH InSights Art Celebration
Awards Dinner
Video Premiere
- Invocation
Lou Tutt, Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Maryland School for the Blind
- Honoring Retiring Advisory Committee Members
Rod Brawley, California
Barbara McCarthy, Virginia
Donna See, Ex Officio Trustee Representing the West Virginia State Department of Education
- APH InSights Art Winners Awards Presentation
Roberta Williams, APH
Dr. Tuck Tinsley, APH
Donald Keefe, Vice President, Development, APH
- APH InSights Art Competition Makes Connections
Dr. Jeanne Prickett, Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Hawaii Center for the Deaf and the Blind and the Hawaii Department of Education
- Low Vision Video Premiere - Teen Scene: Portraits of Success
Sandi Baker, APH
Elaine Kitchel, APH
- 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Bluegrass Room
Meet the Artists and Video Stars
Saturday--October 12
- 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Bluegrass Room Foyer
Continental Breakfast
- 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Mezzanine
Registration and Help Desk
- 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Bluegrass Room
APH InSights 2002 Art Exhibition
APH Products Showcase
- 8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Bluegrass Room
Information Fair
Join us for a wide variety of poster sessions on timely topics!
- Accessibility and Usability of APH Databases: Share your ideas on making Louis and AMP more user-friendly
- The Abacus Is Not a Dinosaur!
- APH Prison Braille Program
- Babies Count: The National Registry of Children with Visual Impairments from Birth to 3 Years
- The Big Picture: Results of A Survey of Teachers on Uncontracted and Contracted Braille Methods and Materials
- Customized Accessible Media (Available with Federal Quota and Non-Quota Funds)
- Federal Quota Census of Blind and Visually Impaired Students
- Focus on Orientation & Mobility!
- Future Trends in Assessment: Computer-Administered Tests
- Hall of Fame Wall of Tribute Display
- Large Print Color Atlas
- National Instructional Partnerships
- Secrets of ATIC Specs
- Studio Recorder Software
- Tactile Connections: Symbols for Communication
- Teaching the Student with a Visual Impairment
- Teaching Touch
- Termite Torpedo Software
- Test Central Happenings
- Time and Again!: Uses for the Analog and Digital Clocks
- Toy Team
- Unveiling the New ATIC Large Print Textbook
- 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break
- 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Crystal Ballroom
General Session and Closing
Bob Brasher, Vice President of Products and Services, APH, Facilitator
50th Anniversary of the APH Department of Research
- Creating a Foundation for Research
Former Directors of APH Educational Research:
- Dr. Sam Ashcroft, 1953-1957
- Dr. Carson Nolan, 1958-1976
- June Morris, 1977-1988
- Debbie Willis, APH, 1997-2001
- Building for the Future
Rob Wise, Director of Educational Research, APH
Tristan Pierce, APH
Larry Skutchan, APH
Suzette Wright, Research Associate, Early Literacy Project Leader, APH
- Expanding Research: APH Partnerships
- ABC Braille Study
Dr. Anne L. Corn, Professor of Special Education, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Vanderbilt University
- Test Central Happenings
Dr. Carol Allman, Consultant to APH, Managing Test Editor and Instructor
- APH ATIC Update
Jane E. Thompson, ATIC, APH
- 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Gallery 16th Floor
Formal Luncheon Meeting of Ex Officio Trustees
(Preregistration required)
- 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Gallery 16th Floor
- Happy Hour
Sponsored by The Brown
- Do Drop Up Social and Dance
Featuring the musical stylings of
"All Purpose Hysteria"
- Closing
Dr. Tuck Tinsley, APH
Sunday--October 13
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