AER eLearning - Live Events
AER is always adding new live webinars for the community to enjoy and learn from together. Be sure to check back regularly to see what new dates have been added! Every webinar on this site is approved for ACVREP credits and will provide a certificate upon completion.
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Upcoming Live Events
Sat 12:00 PM EST
The Blind and the Community in Jordan Webinar
Mon 7:00 PM EST
The Relaunch of AER LIFT
Past Live Events
Wed 1:00 PM EST
The Science Behind Blind Toddlers Walking Well and Beyond Arm's Reach before the Age of Two
Mon 1:00 PM EST
AER Weekly Team Meeting
Fri 3:00 PM EST
Accessible Pharmacy Services for the Blind Expo - Diabetes Management for Blind and Low Vision Patients
In this hour-long presentation, Dr. Jason Barrett and Abbie Chesterson will discuss diabetes management for blind, low vision, and DeafBlind patients. They will cover...
Fri 5:30 PM CDT
Closing Remarks & Door Prize
Fri 4:45 PM CDT
MAER22 - Disability Rights of MS & MAER Business Meeting
Fri 3:45 PM CDT
MAER22 - Independent Living Skills: A Foundation for Success
Fri 2:30 PM CDT
MAER22 - STOP: The issue of and answer to stop handling of children with Disabilities
Fri 1:15 PM CDT
MAER22 - Session J-Creating Digital Content for Students with Visual Impairment using Switch Access
Fri 1:15 PM CDT
MAER22 - Session I - Creative Connections across the ECC in Health and Sexuality Education in Students with vision Loss
Fri 12:15 PM CDT
MAER22 - Advances in Accessibility
Fri 11:30 AM CDT
MAER22 - Services in Mississippi for Persons Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
Fri 10:15 AM CDT
MAER22 - Session H -Using a Mac with VoiceOver: Getting Started
Fri 10:15 AM CDT
MAER22 - Session G -Multiple Perspectives on Career Education
Fri 8:15 AM CDT
Friday Opening Session & Keynote Speaker: Service Before and After Vision Loss
Thu 4:45 PM CDT
MAER22 - Section A of the Proposed New CRCC Code of Ethics - What Blindness and Low Vision Rehabilitation Professionals Need to Know
Thu 3:30 PM CDT
MAER22 - Self Advocacy Through the Years w/ Panel Discussion
Thu 2:30 PM CDT
MAER22 - Session F - Benefits of Lighting Contrast and Filters
Thu 2:30 PM CDT
MAER22 - Session E - Light up the World: Economic Activities to Use with the LightBox
Thu 1:15 PM CDT
MAER22 - Session D -Managing Daily Behavioral Needs
Thu 1:15 PM CDT
MAER22 - Session C - A Closer Look: IEPs and Transitioning to College
Thu 12:15 PM CDT
2022 MAER Awards & Lunch! (Door prize)
Thu 11:30 AM CDT
MAER22 - Talking Book Services Information
Thu 10:15 AM CDT
Session B - Career Advantage for VIPs: An Online Job Preparation program for People with Vision Loss
Thu 10:15 AM CDT
MAER22 - Session A - Expand Your World View
Thu 8:00 AM CDT
Opening Session: Keynote Speaker: When All Things Are Equal, Blindness is the Competitive Edge
Wed 7:00 PM EDT
The new StellarTrek: leading the way and complementing orientation and mobility tools, HumanWare
This session introduces Humanware's StellarTrek orientation and mobility device to demonstrate how such a device can significantly improve a person's traditional...
Fri 8:00 AM EDT
Sample with Megan
Tue 12:00 PM EDT
Innovative Employment Strategies
Fri 2:45 PM CDT
WAER Awards and Conference Wrap Up
Fri 1:15 PM CDT
Preparing for College and Beyond
Fri 1:15 PM CDT
Smart Home of the Blind and Fabulous
Fri 11:00 AM CDT
Streaming to Success, Tips and tricks for the Victor Reader Trek and Victor Reader Stream
Fri 9:30 AM CDT
Birth to 3: Functional Vision Evaluations
Fri 8:15 AM CDT
Going the Extra Mile: Exploring the History of Annie Sullivan
Thu 4:00 PM CDT
What’s the Complexity? Designing an Accessible School Day for Children with CVI Part Two
Thu 4:00 PM CDT
Practical Tips about Lighting, Color, Contrast, and Filters
Thu 2:30 PM CDT
Wisconsin Teens and Young Adult Travelers Finding Wheels
Thu 2:30 PM CDT
What’s the Complexity? Designing an Accessible School Day for Children with CVI Part One
Thu 1:15 PM CDT
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Individuals with Visual Impairments
Thu 11:15 AM CDT
Wisconsin AER Vendor Hour
Thu 9:45 AM CDT
Break Down the Changes to the Wisconsin Blind and Visually Impaired Disability Category
Thu 9:45 AM CDT
Birth Control: Methods for Adapting instruction for Females Who are Blind
Thu 8:15 AM CDT
What Is The Deal With Deafblindness?
Thu 8:15 AM CDT
AT Decision-Making: Using the WATI Process
Fri 3:15 PM EDT
Conference Wrap-Up and Open Discussion
Fri 1:45 PM EDT
Assessing Visual Processing Deficits
Fri 1:45 PM EDT
Everyone Communicates, Few Connect
Fri 12:30 PM EDT
Ready for College – Tools for Success
Fri 12:30 PM EDT
Practice What you Teach. How ObjectiveEd’s Reinforcement Learning System Improves Student Outcomes
Fri 12:00 PM EDT
Lunch Break - Social Half Hour
Fri 11:00 AM EDT
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
Fri 11:00 AM EDT
Framework for Learning Media Assessment
Fri 9:30 AM EDT
What VI Field Should Know about LIO – Updates on VI Rule, Guidance Documents, and Future Plans
Fri 9:30 AM EDT
Adventures of the Belt Cane
Fri 8:15 AM EDT
Orientation and Mobility with Students who have Neurological Visual Impairments
Fri 8:15 AM EDT
“What are My Options?” Assisting Students Career Decision Making Using The Career Index Plus
Thu 3:00 PM EDT
Outside of the Box O&M Lessons
Thu 3:00 PM EDT
Working Side by Side, VRT and CATIS
Thu 1:45 PM EDT
Keynote Presentation by Chris Downey: Outsights from My Blind Avatar: Discoveries of an Architecture Beyond Sight
Thu 12:30 PM EDT
Making Campus Easier to Navigate with Accessible Navigation Technology
Thu 12:30 PM EDT
The Updated Michigan AT Guidelines for Teachers of Students Blind and VI
Thu 11:45 AM EDT
Lunch/Business Meeting
Thu 10:15 AM EDT
Creating a Solid Foundation: Working with Infants and Toddlers who are Blind/Visually Impaired (BVI)
Thu 10:15 AM EDT
Independent Living Skills Modules: Resources to Build Your Skills
Thu 8:30 AM EDT
Keynote Presentation: John U. Bacon
Wed 7:00 PM EDT
Question the Authorities: How Many Braille Readers?
Fri 2:30 PM EDT
Consumer Panel Discussion: Consumer Reactions to Inability to Drive
Fri 2:30 PM EDT
Assessment for Prescription of a Bioptic
Fri 2:30 PM EDT
Driving with Bioptics
Fri 10:45 AM EST
Bringing Literacy to Life: Making Stories Sparkle Online!
Fri 9:00 AM EST
Supported Decision-Making Practices to Establish Alternatives to Guardianship
Fri 9:00 AM EST
Orientation Aids and Tactile Maps
Thu 3:15 PM EST
Orientation and Mobility Inventory
Thu 3:15 PM EST
Students with Complex Communication Needs
Thu 1:30 PM EST
Exploring the Impact of the Pandemic on O&M and the Future of Services
This session will present results and implications of how COVID-19 impacted O&M instruction and how it affected families, professionals, and students with visual...
Thu 1:30 PM EST
Building Your Confidence and Competence to Overcome the Myths of Working and "My Check"
Thu 11:45 AM EST
KAER Business Meeting and Awards Presentation
Grab your lunch and join us!
Thu 10:30 AM EST
Moving Vision Up the Agenda: A Structured Framework that Provides a Starting Point and Common Language for School Teams and Families
Thu 10:30 AM EST
Using Embossers to Make STEM Content
Working with embossers can be frustrating. First, it can be hard to know which embosser one should even get. Then, how do you set it up? Once you've set it up, how do...
Thu 9:15 AM EST
Opening Session: Clearing the Path for Comprehensive Vision Services in Kentucky
Thu 7:00 PM EST
Question the Authorities with Dr. Rachel Schles
Join AER on February 17, 2022 for the next session in our new series: “Question the Authorities!” This interview will be with Dr. Rachel Schles, the Coordinator of the...
Thu 11:00 AM EST
Global Issues Speaker Series: The Change Foundation - Visually Impaired Rugby
This session will provide an insight into the journey, background and the future of Visually Impaired Rugby. Join this session to learn about the creative and...
Wed 7:00 PM EST
Meet the Radical Helen Keller with Dr. Kim Nielsen
Join AER on January 12, 2021 for the opening session in our new series: "Question the Authorities!" Our first interview will be with Dr. Kim Nielsen. The author of The...
Tue 12:00 PM EST
So You Want to Go to Work? Innovative Employment Options for Clients who are Blind or Visually Impaired
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a number of aspects of vocational rehabilitation and employment for persons who are blind or visually impaired. One aspect, however,...
Wed 7:00 PM EST
AER eLearning Center Year End Celebration
Join the AER eLearning Center in our Year End Celebration! As we close 2021 and the first year of our eLearning platform, gather with some of the most popular...
Wed 1:15 PM EST
FAER Awards and Scholarships
Followed by mix and mingle; bring your own lunch and network.
Wed 12:00 PM EST
Following in the Footsteps of Helen Keller and Harry Truman: My Father’s Path to Becoming a Change Agent
Don Wedewer’s journey to national prominence as an advocate for those with vision loss was sparked by brief but life-changing encounters with two iconic figures, Helen...
Wed 10:45 AM EST
Creating Connectedness: Strategies to Reduce Social Isolation for People with Visual Impairment
Social isolation is an issue for those with visual impairments (VI). This session will explore the challenges and provide some specific strategies and resources to...
Wed 10:45 AM EST
Building Skills for Success
Stressing the integration of work skills and behaviors into everyday activities at home, at school, and in the community, these important capabilities can be developed...
Wed 9:00 AM EST
A Focus on the Future Begins with Individual Assessment
In this session, Dr. Karen Wolffe will provide attendees with an overview of a vocational evaluation tool developed by the author in collaboration with the Florida...
Tue 3:30 PM EST
FAER Business Meeting
Tue 2:15 PM EST
Transportation Roundtable Discussion
Join this facilitated discussion to share the transportation needs and creative solutions for individuals who have a visual disability. The facilitator will share...
Tue 2:15 PM EST
The 4to24 App for Parents and Students - Building Skills Toward Employment
Parental expectations play a vital role in the education of youth with blindness or low vision. The 4to24 app provides information to parents to empower and engage...
Tue 1:00 PM EST
Finding My Way Through the Trees
Joe shares about his personal journey while trying to find his way with twists and turns. He found obstacles and surpassed them with support, counseling, mentors, and...
Wed 5:00 PM EST
Global Issues Speaker Series: Molemisi Kono
Thu 1:00 PM EDT
The Impact of the Need for Closure for Students and Youth who are DeafBlind
Join us as we continue a conversation begun during the 2021 Texas Symposium on Deafblind Education. Maurice Belote will share his thoughts on the basic human need for...
Thu 7:00 PM EDT
Reflections on Providing Low Vision Services to Persons with Albinism in Tanzania
It can be overwhelming to start a program in a foreign country or pioneer something from the ground up. This presentation will provide an overview of where a novel low...
Fri 4:00 PM CDT
Put the NRTC on your Map
The mission of the NRTC is to enhance employment and independent living outcomes for individuals who are blind or have low vision through research, training,...
Fri 3:15 PM CDT
Partnering with Families of Individuals who are Blind or Have Low Vision
Families are sometimes overlooked in the rehabilitation process. Parents, spouses, children, and extended family or friends often experience an emotional adjustment to...
Fri 2:30 PM CDT
Services in Mississippi for Persons who are Blind or Visually Impaired
This presentation will provide participants with information on the services that are currently available in Mississippi for working age adults who have a visual...
Fri 1:15 PM CDT
Wearable Assistive Tech in the Workplace
Wearables help to make up the difference in a workplace environment. Many times handhelds and CCTVs aren't the best for certain career paths. Wearables such as...
Fri 1:15 PM CDT
Tech and Students with Multiple Disabilities
Technology is used throughout our lives and this is no different for students with multiple disabilities. The technology used can include iPad Apps, adapted toys and...
Fri 12:15 PM CDT
MAER Business Meeting
Fri 11:25 AM CDT
Advances in Accessibility (Part 2: Emerald Coast and Part 3: Sight Savers of America)
Adaptive equipment can be an indispensable tool for the visually impaired individual. During this brief presentation participants will learn of one such device that...
Fri 10:15 AM CDT
Access to Inclusion: Adaptive Sports and Recreation for the Visually Impaired
STRIVE4You will discuss methods, equipment, and techniques for adapting recreational and sporting activities for people who are visually impaired or blind using their...
Fri 10:15 AM CDT
Building Skills for Success!
Stressing the integration of work skills and behaviors into everyday activities at home, at school, and in the community, these important capabilities can be developed...
Fri 9:50 AM CDT
Advances in Accessibility (Part 1: LC Industries)
LC Industries is creating meaningful employment for people who are blind or visually impaired. During this presentation, conference participants with gain insight into...
Fri 8:15 AM CDT
Opening Session and Keynote Speaker: Modern Technology for Retinal Diseases Leading to Low Vision
Retinal diseases can permanently impair vision. However, therapeutic approaches are rapidly advancing to help prevent vision loss. Over the past decade, great progress...
Thu 4:50 PM CDT
Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS)
Disability is complex, dynamic, multidimensional and contested. Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) is a private, non-profit corporation with a federal mandate to...
Thu 3:40 PM CDT
Transition to Independence: O&M Modules Which Contribute to Independent Travel on a College Campus
This project will develop online modules in support of students with Orientation and Mobility needs. Through the proposed online modules, students will begin...
Thu 3:40 PM CDT
Videos and Presentation Slides in the Classroom
Having engaging presentation slides and embedded slides in the classroom helps the students not to be bored. Embedding fun, surprising videos keep the students engaged...
Thu 2:30 PM CDT
Blindness is Not a Barrier to Success, Perceptions Are!
Kristin Smedley will open your eyes to SEE blindness in a new light. Warning: her stories of raising two blind sons and a sighted daughter cause a lot of laughter!
Thu 1:15 PM CDT
Planning for Change: Including Vision Loss as a Covered Condition of Medical Insurance
Thu 1:15 PM CDT
Setting the Course: Promoting the Ethical Treatment of Persons with Visual Impairment
Thu 11:30 AM CDT
Project START's Mission for Mississippi: Success through Assistive Rehabilitation Technology
Thu 10:15 AM CDT
GoTap Braille & Other Tech for Students in the Digital World
Thu 10:15 AM CDT
I Take the Yellow Pill in the Morning! Promoting Self-Management in the Older Adult with Low Vision
Thu 8:15 AM CDT
Opening Session and Keynote Speakers: Overview of Bioptic Driving
Fri 2:15 PM CDT
DRS Transition Services: How do Clients Receive Services and What Does that Look Like?
Fri 1:00 PM CDT
Let’s Get Moving! How Can We Help Foster a Sense of Adventure within our Communities?
Fri 11:00 AM CDT
DRS Visual Service ABLE Tech: Technology Needed for Transition
Fri 10:00 AM CDT
Oklahoma Transition Council
Fri 8:30 AM CDT
State Department of Education: Secondary Transition Planning
Thu 4:30 PM EDT
Opening Doors with Accessibility and Technology
Join Adam Wilton and Andrea Wallace for a lively presentation about digital accessibility and technology, and the integral roles these have in student success. School...
Thu 3:00 PM EDT
Why, When and How to Disclose a Visual Disability
Many people with visual impairments have difficulty talking about it, especially when dealing with a potential employer, but also in everyday conversation and with...
Thu 1:30 PM EDT
Exploring the Link Between Safe Independent Exploration and Learning in Toddlers and Preschool Learners with Congenital Visual Impairments and Blindness
Thu 12:00 PM EDT
Career Exploration and Job Readiness
This presentation will provide a foundation and road map to help teachers, parents and vision professionals support students and young adults through the career...
Wed 4:30 PM EDT
Virtual Service Delivery in a Global Pandemic: National Data and Local Expertise
This session will review the experience of teachers of students with visual impairments, O&M specialists, family members, and students throughout the COVID-19 pandemic...
Wed 3:00 PM EDT
Digital Accessibility Basics Part Two: Using Microsoft PowerPoint
Come join us to learn the essentials for creating accessible documents using Microsoft PowerPoint, which can then be converted into other formats, such as .PDF files....
Wed 1:30 PM EDT
Career Resources from the NRTC
The mission of the National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision is to enhance employment and independent living outcomes for individuals who are...
Wed 12:00 PM EDT
Providing FAPE in a Virtual World
This session will explore all legal requirements for conducting IEPs and how to accomplish on a virtual platform. Virtual platforms provide IEP teams with numerous...
Tue 4:30 PM EDT
Engaging Students with Multiple Disabilities in Physical Activity
This session includes different teaching methods and adaptations to use when working with students who have a visual impairment and additional impairments in a...
Tue 3:00 PM EDT
What are you Going to Do on Rainy, Snowy, or Excessive Heat Days?
Camp conjures up thoughts of all things outdoors except when the weather has another idea. What do you do when the weather changes outdoor O&M lesson plans? One idea...
Tue 1:30 PM EDT
Outdoor Recreation Experiences of Youth with Visual Impairments
Outdoor recreation has many benefits for youth. Benefits may be more profound in youth with visual impairments as the involvement in outdoor recreation activities...
Tue 12:00 PM EDT
Outdoor Sensory Efficiency Development with a Sprinkling of Technology
This session will introduce lessons for developing sensory efficiency skills in the outdoor environment using nature, and accessibility adaptations for various...
Wed 8:00 PM EDT
Neurological Visual Impairment Division Webinar: CVI Companion Guide Implementation
This webinar will describe how the New Mexico early intervention team (19 developmental vision specialists) implemented the CVI Companion Guide as part of a study...
Thu 4:00 PM EDT
Collaboration: The Final "C" for Strengthening Management Skills and Thinking Like a Leader
Managing from the Middle recognizes the best part of a sandwich...the middle! This is where the work gets done, where relationships are made and sustained, and where...
Tue 7:00 PM EDT
Global Issues Speaker Series: Ben Clare
This presentation will explore Ben's journey from growing up as a blind student in Australia to travelling the world, working with amazing students with vision...
Tue 12:00 PM EDT
I Want to Work: Strategies for Developing Work Skills and Increasing Community Integration for Clients who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Transitioning clients to Employment while developing ADL skills increases client motivation, provides immediate skills reinforcement and builds self-confidence. This...
Wed 5:30 PM EDT
Let's Connect! Stories of Turning Casual Contacts into Meaningful Connections with Peers, Colleagues, Constituents and Mentors
Building on past Division 1 topics of competency and communication, speakers will discuss personal experiences of creating and maintaining professional connections...
Tue 7:00 PM EDT
Global Issues Speaker Series: Sofia Pantel del Cueto, Abre Tus Ojos, Puerto Rico
Sofia Pantel del Cueto is a visually impaired activist for the disability community in Puerto Rico. Born and raised on the island, she spent 10 years living on the...
Thu 2:00 PM EDT
Project INSPIRE: Teaching Nemeth Code within UEB Context
The presentation will be packed with the latest resources currently available to teach Nemeth Code within UEB Contexts to students from pre-K through high school....
Fri 12:00 PM EST
Virtual Recreation Therapy with Individuals with Visual Impairments During a Global Pandemic
COVID-19 caused Recreation Therapists across the country to quickly and seamlessly start providing their services through Virtual Care to some of our clients. This...
Wed 12:00 PM EST
Recruit, Re-brand, Re-focus, Re-energize: Let's Fill the Gap by Following in Michigan's Footsteps
Michigan Department of Education has partnered with Western Michigan University and out-of-state universities with teacher preparation programs for teachers of...
Mon 12:00 PM EST
Young, Visually Impaired and Happy: How Hard is It?
Recent studies have examined the long-term negative health impact of sustained stress and anxiety in childhood and this has included the impact of having a disability....