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Being able to attend the conference next year is something that I am ecstatic about. I had
so much fun attending the conference in April and sharing some of what I have been learning
about as well at the DVI social. My friend Geneva Steinmann and I displayed a poster on the
role of the intervener. This poster pretty much explained that an intervener is someone who
connects a deafblind student to the world. Although most of the people at the DVI social
already knew this, I had a great time getting to talk to them about other things. Many TVIs
brought up job opportunities in the state that they come from and others were more than willing
to share advice about coming into this field. I think my favorite part of the conference however
was hearing the experiences of many of the teachers there, not just TVIs, but special education
and general education teachers as well. They were willing to share their experiences, offer
advice and then answer questions on top of that. What topped it off was the fact that they even
shared their emails, Facebook and Twitter information so that I can keep in touch with them and
ask questions or get ideas in the future. It really was a great experience!
All in all, I am extremely excited about the upcoming year and all the work I will do to
help in completing my degree as well as for CEC-DVI. I am looking forward to the connections
I will continue to make by participating as a student ambassador as well as by meeting TVIs at
the conference next year. This will be an amazing opportunity for myself, as well as Anna, and I
am glad to be one of the students chosen for the position of student ambassador. If you are a
student or professor involved in a vision program at another university, please feel free to email
me at the email address listed above so we can start our networking.
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