Subject: Annual Rehabilitation and Orientation and Mobility Conference Agenda and Registration Information Registration is now open! National Blindness Professionals Certification Board presents: Contemporary Issues in Rehabilitation and Education for the Blind 22nd Annual Rehabilitation and Orientation and Mobility Conference The Hilton Americas-Houston 1600 Lamar Street Houston, TX 77010 800-236-2905 Saturday, July 1st, 2023 8:30 am - 7:30 pm CDT 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. Presentations and breakouts including: * Keynote: Glen Shepard, world renown expert on management and leadership. * <https://www.glennshepard.com/> https://www.glennshepard.com/ * Discover the tenants of Structured Discovery as a professional and within training centers. * Learn new strategies that you can implement in your classroom or teaching environment. * Become informed about the Vocational Rehabilitation system and policies and the intent of informed choice * Share ideas and network in multiple rehabilitation disciplines, including Braille, home management, cane travel, and assistive technology. For a copy of the draft agenda, click here: <https://www.dropbox.com/s/xd6mxii4v1tajxh/2023%20Anual%20Rehab%20Tentative% 20Conference%20Agenda.docx?dl=1> 2023 Rehab Draft Agenda Register here: <https://nbpcb.org/members/er.php?eid=519> https://nbpcb.org/members/er.php?eid=519 Cost before June 15th - $85 Cost after June 15th- $100 Online registration closes on June 25th. Registration can also be made in-person. 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.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