REGISTER NOW! *** Early registration rate ends June 15 *** National Federation of the Blind Contemporary Issues in Rehabilitation and Education For the Blind 17th ANNUAL REHABILITATION AND ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY CONFERENCE Rosen Shingle Creek Resort 9939 Universal Boulevard Orlando, Florida 32819-9357 (866) 996-6338 Tuesday, July 3, 2018 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=355 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 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 our 2018 events: the Employment Committee meeting and networking session Tuesday afternoon from 1-3 p.m., the Job Seeker Seminar on Wednesday afternoon from 1-4 p.m., the Job Seeker Seminar Breakout Sessions on Wednesday from 6-8:30 p.m., the Upward Mobility Seminar on Friday from 7-9 p.m., and the Career Fair on Saturday from 7-9 p.m. See convention agenda or Jobs Listserv for more 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 600 Mayfield Ave / 210 Woodard Hall PO Box 3158 Ruston LA 71272 Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 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