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• 1:53:44 Hindsight is 20/20: What We Wish We Knew Sooner & Lessons Learned from Experienced TVIs (Panel Discussion with Q&A) Featured

  Presented by Dr. Karen Blankenship, Nancy Toelle, Mary Ann Siller, and Amy Covington on 10/21/2022
  TN VIVA 2022-2023
  Session Description:
  In such a unique, sometimes isolating field, TVIs may not realize what they don’t know about working in the profession. In this panel discussion seasoned TVIs shared their experiences, knowledge, and tricks of the trade, passing along their wisdom from one generation of TVIs to another.

  Uploaded Oct 24, 2022 to RCVI(Resource Center for the Visually Impaired)
• 50:12 Inclusion is Belonging: Promoting Peer Engagement and Relationships for Students with Multiple Disabilities, Including Visual Impairment Featured

  Presented by Dr. Elizabeth Biggs (Vanderbilt University) on 10/4/2022
  TN VIVA 2022-2023
  Positive peer relationships are important for all students. But, it can be challenging to know how to provide supports that lead to students with disabilities being known, accepted, and befriended by their peers, particularly when students have complex support needs—such as students with multiple disabilities and visual impairment. This session will offer practical, evidence-based strategies to equip educators (e.g., teachers of students with visual impairment, special educators, general educators, paraeducators) to promote inclusion and belonging for students with disabilities in their general education school and classroom communities through peer relationships.
  Shared links:
  * Creating communities of belonging: https://tiescenter.org/topics/peer-engagement/creating-communities-of-belonging-for-students-with-significant-cognitive-disabilities
  * Implementation Guide for Peer Support Arrangements: https://publications.ici.umn.edu/ties/peer-engagement/practice-guides/peer-support-arrangements
  * Implementation Guide for Peer Network Interventions: https://publications.ici.umn.edu/ties/peer-engagement/practice-guides/peer-networks
  

  Uploaded Oct 24, 2022 to RCVI(Resource Center for the Visually Impaired)
• 58:33 Role of Low Vision Specialist for Students with VI Featured

  Presented by Dr. Joshua Robinson (Vanderbilt University Medical Center & Vanderbilt Eye Institute) on 9/21/2022
  TN VIVA 2022-2023
  Session Description:
  Dr. Robinson is an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and serves as Director of Low Vision Rehabilitation at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute. He will give an overview of the role of a low vision specialist as a member of an interdisciplinary team supporting students and young adults with impaired vision. Topics will include the differences between an optometrist, ophthalmologist, and low vision specialist as medical professionals supporting students with visual impairments, as well as opportunities for collaboration between teachers of students with visual impairments (TVIs) and Orientation and Mobility (O&M) Specialists, among others.

  Uploaded Sep 21, 2022 to RCVI(Resource Center for the Visually Impaired)
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• 1:21:12 RCVI Welcome Back to School! (2022-23) Featured

  Presented by Allen Huang (TN RCVI) on 8/19/2022
  TN VIVA 2022-2023
  Session Description:
  Welcome back to school! Join us to hear about exciting RCVI updates and what is planned for TN VIVA in the year ahead. Updates regarding the 2023 Federal Quota census and a review of the RCVI textbook ordering process will be provided as well.

  Uploaded Aug 22, 2022 to RCVI(Resource Center for the Visually Impaired)
• 1:46:30 Essential Assessments (FVA) Strategies for Students with Visual Impairments and Complex Profiles Featured

  Presented by Suzanne Dinwiddie (TN Deaf-Blind Project) on 2/18/2022
  Unity Virtual Academy 2021-2022
  Session Description:
  Project will share tips and
  Hear about strategies that TVIs and O&M specialists can use when conducting functional vision, learning media and expanded core curriculum assessments with students with VI and complex profiles, including students with CVI.

  Uploaded Feb 22, 2022 to RCVI(Resource Center for the Visually Impaired)

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