*** Reduced registration rate extended until Sunday *** REGISTER NOW! Contemporary Issues in Rehabilitation and Education For the Blind 16th ANNUAL REHABILITATION AND ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY CONFERENCE Rosen Shingle Creek Resort 9939 Universal Boulevard Orlando, Florida 32819-9357 (866) 996-6338 Monday, July 10, 2017 8:30 am - 7:30 pm 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. Schedule: 7:30 - 8:30 am-Registration 8:30 am-Conference Begins 2:00 - 5:00- Interactive Breakout Sessions 5:00 - 7:00 pm-NBPCB Awards Reception Click here to register: https://nbpcb.org/members/er.php?eid=325 Registration Fee includes the NBPCB Awards Reception: Cost: Before June 18 - $85 for professionals; $75 for Students. After June 15 - $100 for both students and professionals The National Certification in Unified English Braille (NCUEB) Exam will be offered from 1:00-5:00 concurrent with this conference. Separate registration is required to take the exam. See this link to register for NCUEB <https://nbpcb.org/members/er.php?eid=331> . Those certified through the NBPCB may register using their username and password. All other participants should register as a guest. For questions or special arrangements, contact Edward Bell at 318-257-4554, or ebell at latech.edu. The NFB Employment Committee invites all seminar attendees to come to the Job Seeker Seminar Monday afternoon from 12:30 to 4 pm, the NFB Job Fair Tuesday morning from 9:30 to 11:30 am, the Upward Mobility Seminar Thursday evening from 7 to 9 pm, and the Employment Committee meeting/networking session Friday evening from 7 to 9 pm. See convention agenda or https://employment.nfb.org for details. - Dick Davis, Chairperson Sponsors: National Blindness Professional Certification Board (NBPCB) Professional Development & Research Institute on Blindness (PDRIB) Louisiana Tech University National Organization of Professionals in Blindness Education Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC Director, Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana Tech University 210 Woodard Hall PO Box 3158 Ruston LA 71272 Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax) Skype: edwardbell2010 <mailto:ebell at latech.edu> ebell at latech.edu <http://www.pdrib.com> 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