
Save the Date National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute DARE TO BE REMARKABLE: Pathways toward Structured Discovery A three-day national training conference for education and rehabilitation professionals who work with blind transition-age students and adults When: Tuesday, December 15 - Thursday, December 17 Time: 11:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time Where: Live via Zoom * Please see the attached call for presenters This conference is for all rehabilitation and education professionals who work with the population of transition-age youth and adults who are blind or low vision. Specific tracks will also be offered for adult VR consumers who are currently participating in rehabilitation training programs. This conference will include: * Keynote presentations each day by leaders in the rehabilitation and education fields. * Workgroups on Structured Discovery Training methods and principles. * Professional think tank work group sessions for VR instructors and administrators * Consumer panels on what works * Seminar style discussion groups for consumers who are receiving residential rehabilitation services. Registration will be $50 for professionals and free for VR consumers. Registration will be coming soon. For more information, contact the conference organizers: Edward Bell, Ph.D. Louisiana Tech University 318-257-4554, or ebell at latech.edu <mailto:ebell at latech.edu> Anil Lewis, M.Pa. National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute 410-659-9314 alewis at nfb.org <mailto:alewis at nfb.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.edu www.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