Poster Sessions

Poster - Changing the Dynamics of Instruction—Training the Parents and Paraprofessionals - Confirmed

• Casey Robertson

• • In many cases, the Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI) is the only professional on a student’s team with expertise in Braille. As a result, students often struggle to practice reading when the TVI is not present, receiving minimal support outside of dedicated Braille instruction time. Providing training for paraprofessionals and parents equips them with the necessary skills to reinforce literacy beyond formal lessons, ultimately improving literacy outcomes. When additional team members, including staff and parents, develop confidence in supporting Braille literacy, they can effectively guide, encourage, and reinforce the student’s learning. 

Poster - Supporting Educators Who Teach and Empower Children With Vision Loss: Creating an Inclusive Juvenile Collection in an Academic Library 

• Camille McCutcheon

• • This presenter will highlight how the inclusive juvenile collection at the University of South Carolina Upstate is curated, maintained, and assessed. She will discuss how this collection supports individuals preparing to teach children with vision loss and share easy-to-implement suggestions for beginning a collection in community, public, and school libraries.

Poster - Braille for All Ages: Unlocking Literacy Through Touch

•  Dr. Karen Koehler, Robin Finley, Dan Kelley

• • Learn about programs that provide braille instruction to teens and adults. Presenters will share ideas, strategies and resources for helping a variety of learners develop critical braille literacy skills.

Poster - One Byte At A Time

• Carlton Anne Cook Walker

• • Habits are hard to break AND hard to make. It takes time and effort to break out of vision-centric thinking and to develop meaningful and effective curricular materials for non-visual learners. This session will help you identify informational access gaps and use technology to provide effective and efficient literacy-based solutions.