The Following Workshops Will Be Presented at the 9Th Dbi European
The following workshops will be presented at the 9th DbI European
Conference on Deafblindness in Denmark in September 2017
Workshop Session 1: Tuesday September 5, 2017, at 12:00-12:45 / Acq. Db / Cong. Db / Both Cong. and Acq. Db1.1 / Titel: Deafblindness – Theory-of-mind, cognitive functioning and social network in Alström syndrome / X
Presenter: Hans-Erik Frölander
Workplace: The National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools, Sweden / Co-presenter: Claes Möller, Björn Lyxell
Chairperson: Marga Martens
Room: W2/Radiosalen
1.2 / Titel: Come on!
Meaningful rehabilitation for people with acquired deafblindness. / X
Presenter: Kirsten Washuus
Workplace: CFD, Denmark / Co-presenter: Else Marie Jensen
Chairperson: Trine Skov Uldall
Room: W3/Musiksalen
1.3 / Titel: My Journey to Independence : From Isolation to participation / X
Presenter: Linda Fistonich, Australia
(recorded presentation) / Co-presenter: Karen Wickham
Chairperson: Karin Moreau Andersen
Room: W1/Det lille Teater
1.4 / Titel: Camp Abilities: educational sports camps for children with sensory impairments / X
Presenter: Lauren Lieberman
Workplace: The College at Brockport, State Univesity of New York, USA / Co-presenter: Pam Haibach
Chairperson: Annet Eikelboom
Room: W5/Latinerstuen
1.5 / Titel: Never say never!
Optimizing senses and functions releases new learning. / X
Presenter: Line Hovland
Workplace: Eikholt national center for the deafblind, Norway / Chairperson: Bente Enggrav
Room: PL/Europahallen
1.6 / Titel: Adapted Physical Activity: from idea to reality - Unlocking potentials / X
Presenter: Mads Kopperholdt
Workplace: Centre for Deafblindness and Hearing Loss (CDH), Denmark / Co-presenter: Anders Martin Rundh
Chairperson: Lotte van de Weem
Room: W8/Albatrosstuen
1.7 / Titel: Dreaming about an accessible life / X
Presenter: Eric van Heuvelen
Workplace: Bartimeus Institute for the visually impaired, The Netherlands / Co-presenter: Ilse Oosterhuis
Chairperson: Stan Munroe
Room: W6/Bondestuen
1.8 / Titel: When a party makes sense / X
Presenter: Louise Søndergaard
Workplace: Centre for Deafblindness and Hearing Loss (CDH), Denmark / Co-presenter: Martin Hedegaard
Chairperson: Dominique Spriet
Room: W4/Laugstuen
Workshops at the DbI 2017 Conference
Workshop Session 2: Tuesday September 5, 2017, at 14:15-15:00 / Acq. Db / Cong. Db / Both Cong. and Acq. Db2.1 / Titel: Threepart conversation - a multidisciplinary project from CDH / X
Presenter: Camilla Lolk Rønshøj
Workplace: Centre for Deafblindness and Hearing Loss (CDH), Denmark / Co-presenter: Tine Nørgaard Pedersen, Helle Buelund Selling
Chairperson: Berit Rönnåsen
Room: W2/Radiosalen
2.2 / Titel: To live with PHARC- a novel complex syndrome causing acquired deafblindness / X
Presenter: Inger Marie Storaas
Workplace: Statped, Norway / Co-presenter: Evabritt Andreassen
Chairperson: Patrizia Ceccarani
Room: W6/Bondestuen
2.3 / Titel: Friends from the wild: Developing relationships through ongoing outdoor activities. / X
Presenter: Joseph Gibson
Workplace: Deafblind Outdoors, Norway / Co-presenter: Sofia Kristoffersen Nystuen, Norway
Sunniva Joten Langsjøvold
Chairperson: Maria Creutz
Room: W3/Musiksalen
2.4 / Titel: CHARGE and working on social connectedness-
a big challenge / X
Presenter: Tanja Geck
Workplace: Deutsches Taubblindenwerk, Germany / Co-presenter: Sandra Runge-Fleischer, Deutsches Taubblindenwerk
Chairperson: Inge Mogensen
Room: PL/Europahallen
2.6 / Titel: Fun Chi: Adapting Tai Chi for Self-Regulation and Relaxation / X
Presenter: Sharon Barrey Grassick
Workplace: School of Special Educational Needs - Sensory, Australia / Chairperson: Ulrica Broddstedt
Room: W4/Laugstuen
2.9 / Titel: Aquired Deafblindness in Ethiopia and its Coping strategy: The Case of Three Women with Acquired Deafblindness / X
Presenter: Dr. Sewalem Tsega
Workplace: Addis ababa University Disability center and SNE Department, Ethiopia / Chairperson: Peter Simcock
Room: W5/Latinerstuen
Workshop Session 3: Wednesday September 6, 2017, at 11:00-11:45 / Acq. Db / Cong. Db / Both Cong. and Acq. Db
3.1 / Titel: TMIC: a fine tool to create social connectedness. / X
Presenter: Damie van Vianen
Workplace: Kentalis Rafael, The Netherlands / Co-presenter: Amanda Buijs
Chairperson: Bernadette van den Tillaart
Room: W5/Latinerstuen
3.2 / Titel: Arousal and interaction with people with deafblindness / X
Presenter: Henrik Okbøl
Workplace: Geelsgårdskolen, Denmark / Co-presenter: Tina Bendixen, Lone Rømer, Tanja Møller Christiansen
Chairperson: Shaun Gibbons
Room: W1/Det lille Teater
3.4 / Titel: Tactile sign language in communication with people with Congenital deafblindness. / X
Presenter: Bettina Kastrup Pedersen
Workplace: Centre for Deafblindness and Hearing Loss, Denmark / Chairperson: Kirsten Costain Schou
Room: PL/Europahallen
3.5 / Titel: Conducting psychotherapy with individuals who have acquired deafblindness / X
Presenter: Maj Volden
Workplace: The Norwegian National Unit for Mental Health and Deafness, OUS-HF, Norway / Chairperson: Hege Saltnes
Room: W2/Radiosalen
3.6 / Titel: The formation of the communicative partner image for the deafblind students / X
Presenter: Svetlana Zarechnova
Workplace: Children`s House for Deafblind, Russia / Chairperson: Ekatarina Sviridenkova
Room: W6/Bondestuen
3.7 / Titel: Positive Touch Access: Invitation to Touch Leads to Self-Actualization / X
Presenter: Susanne Morrow
Workplace: New York Deaf-Blind Collaborative, USA / Chairperson: Bernadette Kappen
Room: W4/Laugstuen
3.8 / Titel: ‘Life in resonance’, a personal exploration of communication through touch as a deafblind shiatsu therapist / X
Presenter: Femke Krijger
Workplace: own practice of shiatsu/Tao yoga therapy ’levensvonk’, The Netherlands / Chairperson: Lena Göransson
Room: W3/Musiksalen
Workshop Session 4: Wednesday September 6, 2017, at 12:00-12:45 / Acq. Db / Cong. Db / Both Cong. and Acq. Db
4.1 / Titel: Narrativity and embodiment / X
Presenter: Myrra Smith
Workplace: Centre for Deafblindness and Hearing Loss (CDH), Denmark / Co-presenter: Dorte Lindberg
Chairperson: Tina Bendixen
Room: W6/Bondestuen
4.2 / Titel: Adventurous learning and declarative communication in a tactile multi-partner way / X
Presenter: Amanda Buijs
Workplace: Royal Dutch Kentalis, Rafaël school, The Netherlands / Co-presenter: Lieke van Buuren
Chairperson: Lauren Lieberman
Room: W5/Latinerstuen
4.3 / Titel: Teaching Orientation and Mobility Skills to people with deafblindness who use tactile sign language / X
Presenter: Meredith Prain
Workplace: Senses Australia, Australia / Co-presenter: Bronwen Scott
Chairperson: Kaye Collard
Room: W3/Musiksalen
4.4 / Titel: The art of sight / X
Presenter: Sylvia van Doorn
Workplace: Royal Dutch Kentalis, Unit Deafblindness, The Netherlands / Co-presenter: Ans van Gulick, Annet Eikelboom and Ans van den Ende
Chairperson: Tracey Veldhuis
Room: W2/Radiosalen
4.5 / Titel: Deafblindness, Self-Stimulation, and Availability for Learning / X
Presenter: David Brown
Workplace: Self-employed, USA / Chairperson: Henrik Okbøl
Room: PL/Europahallen
4.6 / Titel: The support needs of family members of persons with Usher type 2 / X
Presenter: Ilse van Zadelhoff
Workplace: Royal Dutch Kentalis, The Netherlands / Co-presenter: Saskia Damen
Chairperson: Sonja van de Molengraft
Room: W4/Laugstuen
4.7 / Titel: Enhancing learning for a child with deafblindness by putting on the ‘cognitive glasses’: Assessment of learning through working memory / X
Presenter: Anne Schoone
Workplace: Royal Dutch Kentalis, The Netherlands / Co-presenter: Monique Verberg
Chairperson: Pia Solholt
Room: W1/Det lille Teater
4.8 / Titel: Group training for communication of young adults with visual and hearing impairments / X
Presenter: Alina Khokhlova
Workplace: Yasenevo Center for Deafblind, Russia / Chairperson: Flemming Ask Larsen
Room: W8/Albatrosstuen
Workshop Session 5: Wednesday September 6, 2017, at 14:15-15:00 / Acq. Db / Cong. Db / Both Cong. and Acq. Db
5.1 / Titel: From Sensory to Symbolic / X
Presenter: Basem AbdelGhaffar
Workplace: University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates / Chairperson: Kirsten Wolthuis
Room: W4/Laugstuen
5.2 / Titel: Sailing Sense - Sailing for people with deafblindness and multi-sensory impairment / X
Presenter: Miguel Olio
Workplace: Sailing Sense, Brazil / Chairperson: Joseph Gibson
Room: W8/Albatrosstuen
5.3 / Titel: The important role that touch has played in my life / X
Presenter: Vanessa Vlajkovic
Workplace: University Student, Australia / Chairperson: Anne Jalakas
Room: W1/Det lille Teater
5.4 / Titel: Affective sense of touch and movement in shaping closeness / X
Presenter: Ivana Macokatic
Workplace: Day-care Centre for Rehabilitation Mali dom-Zagreb, Croatia / Co-presenter: Ana Katusic
Chairperson: Trine Seljeseth
Room: W3/Musiksalen
5.5 / Titel: «What does language mean for me? » / X
Presenter: Annika Maria Johannessen
Workplace: Statped, Norway / Co-presenter: Olaug Grude Hobberstad
Chairperson: Diane Williams
Room: W2/Radiosalen
5.6 / Titel: Communicative engagement in multiparty conversations with persons with CDB / X
Presenter: M. Worm
Workplace: Bartiméus, The Netherlands / Chairperson: Troels Møller
Room: W6/Bondestuen
5.7 / Titel: Teaching Concepts to Children Using the BEST Elements of Dance / X
Presenter: Kristen Paul
Workplace: University of Utah, USA / Co-presenter: Brooke Barnhill
Catherine Nelson
Pamela Geber Handman
Chairperson: Marijke Bolwerk
Room: W5/Latinerstuen
5.8 / Titel: Research programme Communication and Deafblindness: Overview and new research / X
Presenter: Marleen Janssen
Workplace: University of Groningen, The Netherlands / Co-presenter: Saskia Damen
Chairperson: Saskia Damen
Room: PL/Europahallen
Workshop Session 6: Thursday September 7, 2017, at 14:15-15:00 / Acq. Db / Cong. Db / Both Cong. and Acq. Db
6.1 / Titel: From thoughts to language to reality - getting closer to social connectivity / X
Presenter: Sabine Brink and Ole Wøssner
Workplace: CFD - Døvblindehuset, Denmark / Co-presenter: Tanja Nyons
Litte Frehr
Chairperson: Susan Bruce
Room: PL/Europahallen
6.2 / Titel: Adult children of parents living with Usher syndrome: Experiences across the life span / X
Presenter: Karen Wickham
Workplace: Senses Australia, Australia / Chairperson: Mäde M. Müller
Room: W6/Bondestuen
6.3 / Titel: Autonomy support for students with congenital and acquired deafblindness: how can it be assessed and addressed? / X
Presenter: Ineke Haakma
Workplace: University of Groningen, The Netherlands / Chairperson: Frank Kat
Room: W1/Det lille Teater
6.4 / Titel: My isolation makes me fear that I'll forget how to communicate / X
Presenter: Rikke Norup Christiansen
Workplace: CFD Rådgivning, Denmark / Co-presenter: Karin Moreau Andersen and Malene Kure Strandkvist
Chairperson: Shelley Thomas-Sanderson
Room: W4/Laugstuen
6.5 / Titel: Come to shared knowledge in 1 day! / X
Presenter: Sonja van de Molengraft
Workplace: CRESAM, France / Co-presenter: Guillaume Ferron
Séverine Clément
Chairperson: Monika Estenberger
Room: W2/Radiosalen
6.6 / Titel: Trapped In Deafblindness – The Story of A Man with Acquired Deafblindness / X
Presenter: Anette Kjær
Workplace: CFD Councelling, Denmark / Co-presenter: Jette Mistegård Jørgensen
Chairperson: Vanessa Vlajkovic
Room: W3/Musiksalen
6.8 / Titel: Health and people with Usher syndrome, need for biopsychosocial approach / X
Presenter: Moa Wahlqvist
Workplace: Audiological research centre, University hospital of Örebro, Sweden / Chairperson: Catherine Nelson
Room: W8/Albatrosstuen
6.9 / Titel: A guide for supporting people living with deafblindness through their palliative journey / X
Presenter: Lorraine Simpson
Workplace: DeafBlind Ontario Services, Canada / Chairperson: Alana Roy
Room: W5/Latinerstuen
Workshops at the DbI 2017 Conference