Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE-Q Volume 65 Issue 1 Amy Parker, Ed.D. & COMS Assistant Professor, Portland State University, atp5@pdx.edu The Pacific Northwest is truly a place of old and new magic. Panoramic views of mountains, the smell of the Pacific, and the freshness of giant sequoias fill the senses in powerful ways. Beyond the unarguable beauty of the region, the professionals who work in these diverse states bring a spirit of innovation and knowledge sharing with students who are visually impaired or deafblind. In this issue we feature some of this regional President's Message

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Convention Schedule
• President's Message
• Message from the Editor
• Growing and Learning with Irwin in Mind
• The Visually Impaired Learner (VIL) and Orientation and Mobility (O&M) programs at Portland State University
• Mobility Matters: Interdisciplinary Partnerships to Create More Accessible Cities
• Camp Spark: Using Sports and Physical Activity as a Catalyst for Independence
• Improving Services for Students with CVI in Oregon: Learning and Working Together
• The Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act
• CEC’s DVIDB Preconvention Workshop: Implementing Effective Instruction for Students with Cortical Visual Impairments - Moving from Assessment to Intervention
• Introduction to CEC’s Process for Re-Validating Knowledge and Skills Competency Sets
• Conceptual Paper for Re-Validating the Teacher of the Deafblind and Intervener Competencies