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VIDBE-Q Volume 64 Issue 3
UPCOMING WEBINARS
SAVE THE DATES
Julie Maier serves as an Educational Specialist for
California Deafblind Services providing technical
assistance and training to families of children with
deafblindness and their educational teams. Additionally,
she is a faculty member in the Special Education
Department at San Francisco State University.
Julie served as the project liaison for two OSEP funded
personnel preparation project in deafblindness at SFSU
which trained dozens of teachers to serve as teacher of the
deafblind. Her conference and webinar presentations have
included the topics of authentic assessment, literacy skill
development, social supports, inclusive educational
supports, self-determination, transition planning, and
interveners for learners with multi-sensory impairments.
September th at pm EST
MATHEMATICS, ANYONE?
Presented by: Sonja Steinbach
Resources on how to teach and learn
Nemeth and UEB math, create quick
tactile graphics, and tips and tricks to
promote mathematical exploration.
Sonja has served as a teacher of the visual impairments
for over five years. In her time, she has worked in
middle school and high school mathematics classroom
at Washington State School for the lind helping
coordinate a distance learning program for students
across five states. After earning a master's in special
education and a masters's in math for teachers, she has
in-depth knowledge about how students with visual
impairments learn math, and how professionals in the
fields of mathematics and education interact with those
students. As a person with a visual impairments
herself, Sonja also understands what motivates students
to be successful.
November th at pm EST
INTERVENERS:
THEIR UNIQUE ROLE
Presented by Julie Maier
Information about interveners for
students with deafblindness: Their
unique role, intervention outcomes,
and training opportunities.
January th at pm EST
MEANINGFUL LITERACY
FOR STUDENTS WITH
MULTI-SENSORY NEEDS
Presented by Julie Maier
Promoting meaningful literacy for
student with with multi-sensory
impairments: Thinking beyond
just reading and writing.
Julie Maier
Sonja Steinbach
