Assistive Technology Family Conference

for Parents, Students Who are Blind or Visually Impaired,

and the Professionals Who Serve Them

September 24, 2016

AGENDA
8:00am – 8:30am / Registration and Networking with the Vendors
8:30am – 9:15am / Welcome and Vendor Introductions
9:15am – 10:15am / Keynote: From Apps to Advocacy: My Journey into Technology Use
Abby Edwards, Student at Wright State University
10:15am – 10:45am / Break
Visit Vendor Exhibits
ROOM 1 / ROOM 2 / ROOM 3
Session 1
10:45am – 11:45am / Parent Panel
Elaine Edwards
Jaime Hooks
Jessica Palmentera
Katie Susil
Lauri Kaplan - Moderator / Gutenberg vs Star Trek
Jerry Whittaker
Technical Assistance Consultant / Accessing Google Apps
for Education using the BrailleNote Touch
Jim Sullivan, Humanware
Bruce Noblick, ULVA
11:45am – 12:45pm / Working Lunch with Vendor Exhibits
Session 2
12:45pm – 1:45pm / Student Panel
Abby Edwards
Ricky Palmentera
Ben Horton
Taylor Warrick
Kim Picard, Moderator / New Products from APH
Maria Delgado
American Printing House / AT Assessment Process
Jan Rogers
AT & AEM Center
1:45pm – 2:15pm / Break
Visit Vendor Exhibits
Session 3
2:15pm – 3:15pm / Braille Literacy at the Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually ______Impaired_____
Vicky Prahin
Hadley Institute / Access Digital Reading Services – BARD, Bookshare & Learning Ally
Kim Picard, OSSB
Katie Robinson, AT & AEM Center / Updates on New Centers:
AT & AEM Center
Outreach Center for Deafness and Blindness
Jan Rogers
Christine Croyle
3:15pm – 3:30pm / Door Prize Giveaways
Wrap-Up and Evaluations

The Assistive Technology Family Conference is sponsored by the BEST Grant and Collaborative Partners: AT & AEM Center at OCALI, American Council of the Blind of Ohio (ACBO), Ohio Center for Deafblind Education (OCDBE), Ohio Department of Education Office for Exceptional Children (ODE-OEC) and the Ohio State School for the Blind (OSSB).

The contents of this conference were developed under a grant from the Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.