Division on Visual Impairments

3 VIDBE - Q Volume 6 4 Issue 1 Kathleen Farrand, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, Kathleen.Farrand@asu.edu Happy New Year! I am pleased to share the first issue of the Visual Impairments and Deafblind Education Quarterly ( VIDBE - Q ) journal with you. This issue is a collection of articles to preview the upcoming CEC convention, remember important members of the field that we lost in 2018, and read about programs and experiences in the field of visual impairments and deafblindness. Message from the Editor

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Message from the Editor
• President's Message
• Teaching Concepts to Children with Visual Impairments and Deafblindness Using the BEST Elements of Dance
• Child-guided Strategies: The van Dijk Approach to Assessment
• Dr. Jan van Dijk
• Dr. Deborah Hatton: In Memory of a Mentor, Colleague, and Friend
• Visually Impaired Preschool Services: 35 Years and Growing
• The Ohio State University Early Childhood Education and Visual Impairment Education Program
• CEC’s Leadership Institute: A Look at the Future
• DVIDB Executive Board