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MAER 2022: Reconnecting for All

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Conference Agenda
Thursday, April 21:
  • 8:15-8:30 - Welcome and Housekeeping
  • 8:30-10:00 - Keynote Presentation: John U. Bacon
  • 10:00-10:15 - Vendor Presentations
  • 10:15-11:30 - Concurrent Session OneĀ 
    • Independent Living Skills Modules: Resource to Build Your Skills
    • Creating a Solid Foundation: Working with Infants and Toddlers who are Blind/Visually Impaired
  • 11:30-11:45 - Vendor Presentations
  • 11:45-12:30 - Lunch and Business Meeting
  • 12:30-1:30 - Concurrent Session Two
    • The Updated Michigan AT Guidelines for Teachers of Students Blind and VI
    • Making Campus Easier to Navigate with Accessible Navigation Technology
  • 1:30-1:45 - Vendor Presentations
  • 1:45-2:45 - Keynote Presentation: Chris Downey
  • 2:45-3:00 - Vendor Presentations
  • 3:00-4:00 - Concurrent Session Three
    • Working Side by Side, VRT and CATIS
    • Outside of the Box O&M Lessons
  • 4:00-4:15 - Vendor Presentations
Friday, April 22:
  • 8:00-8:15 - Housekeeping and Welcome
  • 8:15-9:15 - Concurrent Session Four
    • "What are My Options?" Assisting Students Career Decision Making Using the Career Index Plus
    • Orientation and Mobility with Students who have Neurological Visual Impairments
  • 9:15-9:30 - Vendor Presentations
  • 9:30-10:45 - Concurrent Session Five
    • What VI Field Should Know about LIO - Updates on VI Rule, Guidance Documents, and Future Plans
    • Adventures of the Belt Cane
  • 10:45-11:00 - Vendor Presentations
  • 11:00-12:00 - Concurrent Session Six
    • A Look at the Stress Factors that may Present a Suicide Risk and the Protective Factors that were Generated to Counter that Risk of Twenty Blind and Visually Impaired Individuals
    • Framework for Learning Media Assessment
  • 12:00-12:30 - Lunch
  • 12:30-1:30 - Concurrent Session Seven
    • Ready for College - Tools for Success
    • Practice What you Teach: How ObjectiveEd's Reinforcement Learning System Improves Student Outcomes
  • 1:30-1:45 - Vendor Presentations
  • 1:45-3:15 - Concurrent Session Eight
    • Everyone Communicates, Few Connect
    • Assessing Visual Processing Deficits
  • 3:15-4:00 - Conference Wrap-Up and Open Discussion

Thanks to our sponsors for their support of this event:

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