Overview
What are the keys to success for life after high school for students who are visually impaired? What pre-requisite skills and concepts do students need to use technology effectively and efficiently? Come join the discussion about when students with visual impairments should start learning technology skills and what students with visual impairments need to know before they graduate high school to be prepared for post K-12 life!
Learning Objectives
- Identify three ECC areas that are strongly related to positive post-secondary outcomes.
- Describe two to three technologies or skills students who are blind should know before leaving high school.
- Describe at least two resources to acquire assistive technology for students with visual impairments.
Primary & Secondary Strand
Vision & Hearing Technologies
Target Audience
- AT Specialists
- Disability Services
- Educators
- Family Members
- Paraprofessionals
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Teachers of the Visually Impaired
- Transition Coordinator
- Visual Impairment Specialists
- Vocational Rehabilitation
Experience Level
Introductory
Primary Life Cycle Addressed
Elementary - Secondary (K-12); Other: Transition (14-22)
Session Delivery Format
In-person presentation with live-stream
Course Schedule
This course was given at the ATIA 2022 Conference on Friday, Jan 28: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM (EST)
Continuing Education Credits
For Satisfactory Completion and Continuing Education information, please visit: ATIA Learning Center CEUs
This course is offered for the following CE Provider Credits:
ACVREP; AOTA; IACET
For: 0.10 CEU Units or 1.0 CEU Hours.
This course was approved by CRCC for CRC CEUs and was included in the ATIA CRC Transition & Workplace Accessibility Series (2023-2024). This series offering was available from March 20, 2023, through March 19, 2024.
Speaker/s:
Andrea Wallace, Certified Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments, COMS
Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired, Statewide Educational Specialist for the Visually Impaired
Biography
Andrea Wallace works at the Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired (FIMC-VI) as a Statewide Educational Specialist for the Visually Impaired and part-time at Tampa Lighthouse for the Blind as a transition teacher. She has taught youth with visual impairments for over 10 years in a variety of settings. She started her career as an orientation and mobility specialist and Transition program coordinator at a Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired that served three counties. Her additional experience includes working as an itinerant teacher of students with visual impairments for Pinellas County Schools, as well as a transition and children’s program teacher at Pinellas Lighthouse. Andrea has also taught as an adjunct professor for the Florida State University Visual Disabilities Satellite Program. At FIMC-VI, Andrea provides technical assistance, educational workshops and trainings for parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, and anyone who works with children who are visually impaired.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Andrea Wallace received a salary for employment from the Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired and is a per diem employee at Lighthouse for the Blind and Low Vision.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
Andrea Wallace serves voluntarily on the Florida Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired as the Communications Committee Chair.