Professional Development Day: New Approaches to Longstanding Challenges

Join the Junior Blind of America for a free day of learning and connecting.

Topics covered will include:

• Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Mental Health Services Provided to Medically Complex Youth in DCFS Placement,
• Benefits of Using the Apple iPad in Helping Children with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities Develop Communication Skills,
• Hands-on with New and Updated Assistive Technology,
• Medical Update – What's new in treatment of eye/vision concerns?,
• Teaching Cause and Effect: Learning with Adaptive Switches as a Prerequisite for Language Instruction, and
• Abandonment of Assistive Technology in Visual Impairment Services.

Please RSVP by Thursday, October 27, 2011 to Sarah Lopez at slopez@juniorblind.org or 323.290.6284.

Location

Junior Blind of America
5300 Angeles Vista Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90043