Name: Step Outside Your Sensory Comfort Zone and Communicate!
Time & Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Location: Scarfe Building, Room 278, Library Block, 2125 Main Mall
Description:
This session will give participants a chance to experience activities without the use of vision or with diminished vision. The focus will be on the type of communication that is necessary to effectively learn while using senses other than vision. Connection will be made to the education of students with visual impairments in the general education classroom, but the activities overall will give participants an opportunity to practice effective communication strategies including use of explicit language and concept development strategies. The session will be of interest to teachers who may at some point have students with visual impairments in their classrooms and to the general public to learn a little about visual impairment in the context of communication. Hands-on activities and discussion will be the focus of the session with some background information about visual impairment and communication strategies given at the beginning.
Dr. Kim Zebehazy is an assistant professor in the special education concentration of blindness and visual impairment in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education. Her research focus is on problem-solving and critical thinking skills of students with visual impairments.
Dr. Cay Holbrook is an associate professor in the special education concentration of blindness and visual impairment in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education. Her research focus is on promoting literacy skills for students with visual impairments.
Guest Speakers
Kim Zebehazy
Cay Holbrook
This is a FREE event for teachers and the general public.
For more information, please visit
http://www.ecps.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/k_zebehazy.html/.