Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE-Q Volume 65 Issue 2 8 Nicole Johnson, Ed.D. Associate Professor, Kutztown University njohnson@kutztown.edu Welcome to newly elected leadership in the amazing Council of Exceptional Children: Division of Visual Impairment and Deafblindness! As President of DVIDB, I wanted to welcome new members of our board and thank returning members. Lisa McConachie is serving as our president elect and our new board members are Carol Rimka, Joan Allison, Bryan Moles, and Jodi Reeves. President's Message

• Cover
• Message from the Editor
• President's Message
• Virginia M. Sowell Student of the Year Award
• Deborah D. Hatton Dissertation of the Year Award
• Teacher of the Year Award
• Exemplary Advocate Award
• Distinguished Service Award
• Strategies that Support the Inclusion of Children with Visual Impairments in Early Childhood Settings
• The Longitudinal Measurement of Communication Growth in Learners with Deafblindness
• Determining a Tactile Threshold for Learners with Deafblindness: Teachers' Communication Modality Choices
• Supporting Availability for Learning: Student-Centered Biobehavioral Assessment and Intervention for Children and Youth with Deafblindness/Multiple Disabilities
• A Curriculum for Teaching Job Search Skills to Youth with Visual Impairments