Registration is now open!
National Blindness Professionals Certification Board Presents:
Contemporary Issues in Rehabilitation and Education for the Blind
23rd Annual Rehabilitation and Orientation & Mobility Conference
Rosen Centre
9840 International Dr.
Orlando, FL 32819
800-204-7234
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
8:30 am - 7:30 pm EDT
Come and join us! Once again, this year?s conference will be action packed
with a variety of new speakers, topics, and hands-on events. Participate in
the only National Conference focused on Structured Discovery teaching and
education for the blind.
Featuring our keynote:
Carlos R. Serv?n, MPA-JD
Executive Director, Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Immediate past President of the National Council of State Agencies for the
Blind (NCSAB).
Author of the book, ?Running Dreams?An Immigrant?s Hurdles and Triumphs,
After Blindness and Amputation?
Available in Amazon, Audible, and BARD.
Presentations and breakouts including:
* How to incorporate culture within a training center.
* Learn about the various professional certifications, partnerships,
and opportunities offered by the NBPCB.
* Explore the fundamentals of technology and how they might be
implemented in Structured Discovery teaching.
* Share ideas and network in multiple rehabilitation disciplines,
including Braille, home management, cane travel, and assistive technology.
* More topics and agenda items to come!
Schedule
7:30 - 8:30 am?Registration
8:30 am?Conference Begins
12:00 pm? Break for lunch
2:00 - 5:00 pm? Interactive Breakout Sessions
5:15 - 7:30 pm?NBPCB Awards Reception/ Network Mix and Mingle
Registration
Cost: Before June 15th ? $100
Cost After June 15th? $115
Online registration closes on June 25th. Registration can be made in-person.
Registration covers all portions of the conference including general
session, breakout sessions, and entry into the NBPCB reception. Lunch is not
included.
Register here: <https://nbpcb.org/members/er.php?eid=564>
https://nbpcb.org/members/er.php?eid=564
Visit the National Blindness Professionals Certification Board website to
learn more about a career in changing lives:
<http://www.nbpcb.org> http://www.nbpcb.org
Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC, Director,
Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness
Louisiana Tech University
600 Mayfield Ave / 210 Woodard Hall
PO Box 3158
Ruston LA 71272
Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259
<mailto:ebell at latech.edu> ebell at latech.eduwww.pdrib.com
*************
"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's
brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and
died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
-- Stephen Jay Gould
