TAER 2025 Conference

TAER 2025 Conference

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6:00pm MDT

Registration Opens TBA

8:00am MDT

Registration Opens TBA

9:00am MDT

Bringing Literacy to Life TBADr. Beth Jones • Dr. Belinda Rudinger Eye Anatomy Lessons with Your Students: A Make-&-Take Session TBAKathi Garza • Cindy Bachofer It’s Alive!!! How to Create Books and Stories That Have Meaning TBAEmily Leeper • Rachel Collins O&M + Play = Purposeful Movement TBAShannah Blankenship • Cheryl Schulik • Shay Utley New Technology - AI, 3D, VR TBADonna Clemens Behavior Outside the Classroom TBALynne McAlister

11:00am MDT

Lunch On your Own TBA

12:00pm MDT

Exhibits open TBA Auction Open TBA

1:00pm MDT

Welcome and Keynote Address TBADonna Clemens

2:15pm MDT

Announcements and Board Nomination TBA

2:45pm MDT

Creative Solutions without Breaking the Bank TBAAngela Pozzuoli Tabb Job Wars: Exploring Disclosure in the Job Market TBAAndrew Bernet Making it Easier: Abacus Instruction for All TBAHelen Benton Views from a Vision Teacher TBAKristie Smith You want me to do what now? Meeting Teachers Where They’re At To Build Capacity For Supporting Students w/VI In The Classroom TBACourtney Forman Everything, Everywhere, All at Once vs. Too Cool for School TBAKimberly Cline

4:00pm MDT

4:15pm MDT

Addressing O&M Barriers and Expanding Access to Services TBABarry H. Stafford Math Mayhem TBARebekka Berry The Why? For ECC; Not Just Now but Future Why? TBACori Andrews Illuminate learning opportunities, Innovate teaching practices, and Inspire student engagement TBABrenda Lee Unlocking Literacy: Strategies for MIVI Students TBABeth Presely JupyterVox: A Semantics-Based Screen Reader for Python TBAKathy Ewoldt

8:00am MDT

Break TBA Exhibits open TBA Registration Opens TBA

9:00am MDT

Pedestrian Readiness is Pre-Driver Readiness: the COMS Role in Working with Potential Drivers TBACynthia Bachofer Recharge Your Nemth Code TBASusan Osterhaus Spilling the Tea on grants for the ECC TBANancy Hefner Essential Tools of the Trade TBAShanna Hamilton Teacher Hacks TBALiz Eagan TSBVI: Programs Now and into the Future TBAEmily Coleman

10:45am MDT

Why Defined Spaces Work: VI and O&M Working Together to Promote Active Learning TBAJill Brown Mathlete Competition: Integrating Braille Math Notation and Computation TBATina Herzberg Active Learning in Public Schools: How It Can Work TBACheryl Schulik State of the Association TBALee Sonnenberg From Assessment to Meaningful Instruction, and Everything In-Between! TBARachel Collins Tactonom Reader - better learning opportunities for blind people TBAKlaus-Peter Kars

12:15pm MDT

Awards Luncheon TBA

2:15pm MDT

Innovative Games for VI & O&M TBALinda Hinkle Launch of the VISSPA Workload Analysis Tool TBARona Pogrund NAVEG: CVI Early Screening Tool in Texas TBADiane Sheline Potty Talk: Practical Approaches for Toilet Training Success TBASarah Mossberger Sensory Literacy TBAChelsea McPhail A connected classroom for Low Vision TBASam Adler

3:30pm MDT

3:45pm MDT

Embracing AI: Enhancing Efficiency in Orientation and Mobility Practices TBAPaige McCutcheon Get Ready for Adjustment! TBAValerie Alvarez Tactile Materials made easier with crafting tools TBARoxanne Ayres Innovating Evaluation for the ECC TBAAngela Wolf Opening Doors to Reading: Making books Accessible for All! TBAShannah Blankenship Digital Tactile Graphics?! Monarch Style! TBABen Davisson

5:00pm MDT

Break TBA Auction pick up TBA

5:15pm MDT

O&M Division Meeting (with ACVREP) TBAVance Langford

8:00am MDT

Annual Business Meeting TBAStephanie Walker

10:00am MDT

Don't Fear the Veer: A Study of the Numbers TBAVance Lankford Feel the Beat, Touch the Art: A Multi-Sensory Journey TBAJat Heitman Blind Children’s Vocational Discovery and Development Program’s Nonvisual Skills Training for Independence TBAShirley Franklin Supporting Success: A Person-Centered Approach to Transition Planning for Students with Visual Impairments TBABelinda Fayard Thinking outside of the Braille Cell TBAStephanie Herlich

11:30am MDT

Go-Go Gadgets TBAYvonne Corson APH Abacus Bee Texas Style TBAMari Garza Empowering Self-Advocacy through Creative Strategies TBAAnissa Letterman The Legacy of Blind Blues Musicians TBABilly Brookshire STAAR and the TSVI TBAJanet Bean Learning in a New Light: Using 3D printing, tactile graphics and computer programs to support students learning in the Classroom TBAJose Briseno