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ICEVI 10TH WORLD CONFERENCE

Workshops - Program Order

Monday Workshops

0124 Which Hand is Better for Reading Braille in the Adventitiously Blind

Author: Tetsuu Kurokawa

0154 Braille and Pre-Reading Elements: Formal Conceptions of Characters

Author: D. Ismael Mart¡nez Libana

0418 Braille Literacy for Parents and Teachers: A Happy and Successful Partnership

Author: Wilma Pires de Miranda

A-2

0106 We Needed a Tool - Made in Finland

Author: Riitta Laakso

0142 Children with Visual Impairments and Their Families

Author: Tom Miller

0153 Early Attention Services for the Visually Impaired in Spain

Author: Pablo Mart¡n Andrade

A-3

0038 Providing Access to the Visual Environment: A Parent-Professional Partnership in Promoting the Use of Optical Devices

Author: Anne L. Corn

0155 Visual Rehabilitation: A Method of Working for the Education of Pupils with Diminished Vision

Author: Angeles Matey Garc¡a

0368 Prospective Study of Children from Birth to 36 Months Born with Congenital Visual Impairment

Authors: Edna Eiko Nakahara, Rosana Serafim de Abreu Silva Furtado and Ana Paula Braga

Collaborators: Maria Aparecida Onuki Haddad, Mayumi Sei and Maria da Gra‡a F.C. Monteiro

A-4

0027 The Basic Appraisal on the Integrated Education for the Visually Impaired Children in China

Author: Xu Bailun

0061 Comparative Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Various Modes of Education of Children With Visual Impairment

Author: Bhushan Punani

0143 A Successful Implementation Model of Inclusionary Practices for Children with Sensory Impairments

Author: Gillian M. Meieran

A-5

0277 Autistic Persons with Blindness as an Additional Handicap

Author: May Nyheim Presented by: Else Johansen Lyngseth

0282 Deaf-Blindness: A Possible Educational Approach "Giving Priority to Childhood"

Author: Cristina Oyarzabal

0424 A Functional Ecological Program for Congenitally Deaf-Blind

Author: Ana Maria de Barros Silva

0429 Deaf-Blind Rehabilitation Training Programme in Hong Kong

Author: Maureen Tam

A-6

0015 Improving the Accessibility of Educational Video Material for Students with Visual Impairment

Authors: Marianna Buultjens, Phil Odor and Heather L. Mason

0374 Where clients lead the way: A workshop concerning the implications of a client monitoring system in revalidation

Author: Antje Dekker

0394 Education for Multihandicapped Children: "Working With A Plan of Action"

Authors: Ton Metselaar and Johan Berghuis

A-7

0001 Distance Education Models: A Partial Solution to the Shortage of Personnel Preparation Programs

Author: Kathleen M. Huebner

0283 Considerations for Renewal in the Area of Personnel Training

Authors: Elba Alice Gonz lez and Alicia In‚s Boudet

0416 Curricular Adaptations and Creation of Services for Multi-handicapped Blind Persons in Chile

Authors: Lucia Millan Brice¤o and Oriana Donoso Araya

A-8

0310 Expanding Education and Employment Opportunity for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons Through the Development of an Eastern European Network on Access Technology

Authors: Krisztina Kovacs and Branislav Mamojka

0329 Use of Assistive Technology by Japanese Blind Computer Specialists

Authors: Hideji Nagaoka, Tetsuu Kurokawa and Martin E. Pauly

0379 Planning Quality Services for Visually Impaired Children

Author: Eamonn Fetton

A-9

0091 The Career Explorer Program

Author: Mary Broderick

0152 Proposal for Labour Integration of Blind and Visually Impaired Persons

Author: Pl cido Gonz lez Paredes

0293 Understanding Visual Impairment through Winnicotts Proposals

Author: Maria L£cia Toledo Moraes Amiralian

A-10

0011 Grade One Braille - A Leap Into Literacy

Authors: Linda A. Mamer and Karen Nagel

0352 Before a Blind Child Can Read a Map: First Steps in Tactile Graphics

Author: Boguslaw Marek

0430 Touching Pictures! The How and Why of Tactile Graphics

Author: Tim Connell

B-1

0107 Moon for Children with a Visual Impairment and Additional Learning Disabilities

Author: Stephen McCall

0350 Parent Professional Partnership for Achieving National Goals

Authors: Donna Stryker and Anne Corn

0445 STIP - The Speed of Tactile Information Processing

Author: Heather Labon Mason

B-2

0144 Going Beyond Disability: An Early Intervention Approach Directed Towards Parents of Visually Impaired Children.

Authors: Hubert Van Deuren, Gerrit Loots and Erika Malschaert

0147 Initiation in Language for Blind Children

Author: Merc‚ Leonhardt

0178 Patterns of Interaction in Blind Infant-Parent Dyads

Author: Anette Ingsholt

B-3

0085 Management of Low Vision in the School and in the Home

Author: Martha Gross Mart¡nez

0221 Previewing the Environment: Strategies for the Low Vision Student

Authors: Fabiana Perla and Betsy O'Donnell

0435 The Impact of a Low Vision Programme on Existing Education Services for the Blind in Malawi

Author:Karin van Dijk

B-4

0132 Teaching Braille to Parents and Regular Classroom Teachers in Norway

Author: Kirsten Havelin Rekdal

0150 The Integration of Blind and Visually Impaired Children into Schooling in Spain: An Analysis of its Effects and Implications for the Future

Author: Pura D¡az-Veiga

0198 The Relation Between Regular or Special Education and the Psychosocial Functioning and Social Contacts of Blind and Visually Impaired Adolescents

Author: Sabina Kef

0299 Integrated Education for Visually Impaired Children in China

Author: Peng Xia-guang

B-5

0014 Saving the Baby While Getting Rid of the Bath Water: A New Look at Residential Schools

Authors: Lars Guldager and Rebecca D. Earl

0359 From Continuum to Array: New Roles for Residential Special Schools

Author: Anthony B. Best

0392 Creating Optimal Conditions for Self-Development of People with Both an Intellectual and a Visual Disability

Author: Liesbeth Schrijnemakers

B-6

0031 The Role of the Family and the School in the Rehabilitation of the Visually Impaired in Developing Their Basic Daily Skills

Author: Sonia Maria Chadi de Paula Arruda

0037 Strategies for Involving Parents of Visually Impaired Children, Professionals and the Wider Community As Partners in Achieving Full Access to Education for These Children

Authors: Bulus L. Yaksat and Kathryn E. Hill

0306 Parents Are Satisfied, But Still.....

Author: Twan van Dijck

0315 Family Support System in the Early Intervention: Methods of Identifying

Author: Eliska Meissnerova-Rothova Presenter: Markiea Skalicka

B-7

0280 Training Needs, Quality of Training and Personnel in the Field of the Blind in Africa

Author: Festo Malundu Ndonye

0297 The Training of Professionals Within the O.N.C.E. Moving Towards a New Model of Integration

Author: Antonio Valles Ar ndiga

0314 New Sport - Volleyball for the Blind in Japan

Authors: Yasuko Koda and Kazuhiko Amano

0364 Preparation of Personnel in Kenya

Author: Edward N. Makumi

B-8

0270 Outcomes of A Public-Private Partnership to Create a Digital Atlas That Will Open the World of Maps for the Partially Sighted

Author: E.M. Velleman

0432 Mobic: A System for Facilitating Independent Mobility and Navigation for Blind People

Authors: Graeme Douglas, Michael Tobin, Nick Bozic and Eileen Hill

0446 Orientation and Mobility in Urban Environments with Virtual Maps and Global Positioning Systems

Authors: William R. Wiener and Illya Zaslavsky

B-9

0164 Parents as Partners in Career Planning

Author: John McConnell

0218 Survey of Parents and Employers on Employment Requirements and Attitudes Affecting Workplace Success of Individuals with Visual Impairments

Authors: Virginia Murray Sowell, Olivia Chavez Schonberger, Elizabeth Perotto and Anne Estevis

0332 The Future Workshop

Author: Anne-Grete Munch-Petersen

B-10

0103 Professionals and Parents - Partners in Habilitation and Rehabilitation of Visually Impaired Children: A Successful Experience

Authors: Ivete Andrade da Silva Rocha, Meiry Soares da Costa and Paula Mello Gon‡alves Pereira

0165 Social Mobilization for Early Detection, Prevention and Intervention of Visual and Other Disabilities Among Children 0-6

Author: Marita S. Capadocia

0412 Social/Sex Education: A Problem Solving Framework

Author: Tom Miller
 


Workshops Tuesday

C-1

0073 Braille Dinosaurs!

Author: Tim Connell

0088 Audio-Tactile Graphics: The Role of Audio Input When Presenting Tactile Models and Graphics to Children

Author: Tricia D'Apice

0248 Automatic Braille Translation and the Unification of Braille Codet

Author: Joseph E. Sullivan


C-2

0054 Adult Memories: What Have New Zealand Adults Learned About Blindness from the Education System

Authors: Nancy Higgins and Keith Ballard

0098 Does the Summer and Winter Intensive Training Program Help for Integrated Blind and Low Vision Children

Author: Maria Istvanne Kiss

0212 The Role of Schools for the Blind in Integrated Education for Visually Impaired Children in China

Author: Grace Chan

0268 Changing Social Attitude to Blind Students in Mainstream School Systems

Author: Phan Thi Xuan

C-3

0232 Assessment of the ABL-Autofocus Teleschope Spectacles

Author: Peter Lebech

0262 The Low Vision Project in Kenya

Author: Petra Verweyen

0385 Provision of Low Vision Services for Children in Brazil

Author: Silvia Veitzman

0286 Visual Stimulation Services at the Helen Keller Institute: An Interactive Proposal

Authors: Patricia Pastor, Gabriela Rovezzi and Nora Fuentes

C-4

0053 Educational Inclusion: Premise, Practice and Promise

Author: Virginia E. Bishop

0172 The Education of Children With Retinitis Pigmentosa in the Family

Authors: Yolanda Marrero Acosta and Orfilio Pelaez Molina

0208 Psychoeducational Groups: A Strategy for Promoting Cognitive Development in Visually Impaired Children

Author: Cecilia Guarnieri Batista

0220 Early Intervention System as an Answer to Parents' Questions

Author: Terezie Hradilkova, Marketa Skalicka and Jana Vachulova

C-5

0093 Forming new teaching and educational methods in the work with children who have visual impairment and mental disorders

Authors: Ojars Lamass and Elmars Kasparsons

0273 Visual Perceptual Training of Children with Multiple Disabilities in Russia

Authors: Lidia Grigorieva, Marina Bernadskaya and Vladimir Svechnikov

0390 Social Skills Training for Adults with Both a Visual and Intellectual Impairment

Authors: Sini te Winkel and Onno van Assema

0441 Ambulatory Rehabilitation for the Multi-handicapped

Authors: Eliana Adela Alcantar Grilli and Solange Elizabeth Munoz Avaria
Presenters: Irving Augustine and Carolyn Sanchez

C-6

0045 A Procedural Model for Increasing Family Involvement in the Development of Visually Impaired Children

Authors: Edgar N. L¢pez and Michael Carter

0160 The Family as the First Environment for Integration of the Blind Child

Author: Elsa Rodr¡guez Alvarez

0346 Parents as Partners: Because a blind person cannot guide other blind persons

Author: Cristina Harada

C-7

0199 Staff Development Through Supervision: The Classroom as a Research Laboratory

Author: Anthony B. Best

0447 Family and Professional Collaboration in the Development of Hand-in-Hand: Essentials of Communication and Orientation and Mobility, A Self-Study Instructional Package

Authors: Kathleen M. Huebner and Susan J. Spungin

0431 Training of Personnel in Education and Rehabilitation of the Visually Impaired and Post-Graduate Specialization in Multiple Disabilities

Author: Mabel M.O. Cingolani de Yavarone

C-8

0290 Is It Possible to Speak About Marketing in the Education of People with Visual Impairments?

Author: Anthony B. Best

0294 Sexual Education and Visual Impairment: The Dialog of Silence-The Silence of Dialog

Author: Maria Alves de Toledo Bruns

0436 Vocational training and implanting computer technology for the blind and visually handicapped in Lithuania

Authors: Vitas Purlys and Regina Labiniene

C-9

0347 In-Sight: A Test for Children

Author: Ida E. Ekkens

0386 Involvement of Family in Comprehensive Rehabilitation of the Visually Handicapped

Author: Mr. Madhukar Suryavanshi Presenter: Nandini Rawal

0396 Family-Centered Assessment of Young Children Who Have Vision Impairments

Author: Jan North

C-10

0440 Process and Outcomes of an ICEVI European Regional Workshop on Teacher Training (3-part presentation)

Authors: Marianna Buultjens, Herman Gresnigt and Heather Labon Mason
 


Workshops Thursday

D-1

0071 To Investigate the Reasons Why Low Vision Aids (LVA's) Have A Low Usage Rate in Mainstream Secondary Education

Author: Heather Labon Mason

0203 A Pilot Itinerant Education Programme (IEP) to Integrate Low Vision Children in Mainstream Schools in Ghana

Author: Augustine Kwame Asare

0354 Stimulating Vision in the Daily Life of Multiply Handicapped Visually Impaired Children

Authors: Marina Strothmann and Matthias Zeschitz

D-2

0324 Inclusive Learning and the Special Curriculum in Post 16 Education for Visually Impaired People

Author: Kevin Connell

0339 Mainstreaming of Low Vision Children in Regular Schools

Authors: M. Elisabete R.F. Gasparetto, K.M.M. Carvalho and N. Kara-Jos‚

0348 Identifying the Profile of a Visual Impairment in Childhood and Adolescence

Authors: Maria Aparecida Onuki Haddad, Mayumi Sei and Ana Paula Braga

D-3

0111 Adaptation of the Experience of the Civilized Countries - The Main Aspect of the Development of the Special Educational Institution for the Visually Impaired

Author: Konstantine Kravtsov Presenter: Helena Keller

0179 Development of Expertise Centres for Visually Impaired Children in the Netherlands

Author: Frits Grevink

0296 Organization and Administration of Services

Author: Juan Jesus Torres Masip

0336 How To Find Volunteers and Financial Support Through Community Campaigns

Authors: Helena Fl via de Rezende Melo and Alzira Maria Nicolini Delgado

D-4

0267 Stories to Tell: Families of Children with Vision Impairment

Authors: Gwen Nagel and Violet Parahi

0313 Competent Parents-Competent Children

Authors: Lena Annerborn and Franck Gunnel

0380 The Living Together Room

Author: Mara Olympia de Campos Siaulys

D-5

0002 An Argentinean Investigation on Human Echolocation

Authors: Claudia Arias, Oscar A. Ramos and Aldo H. Ortiz Skarp

0400 Basic Orientation and Mobility for Children with Multiple Disabilities: A Starting Point

Authors: Fabiana Perla and Walter D. Ducret

0409 Mastery Processes in Families with Impaired Children

Author: Hanne Lindau

D-6

0092 Transition to Work

Author: Keshi Chisambi

0391 Working Conditions for People With Both an Intellectual and a Visual Disability to Play a Part in Their Community and to Develop According to Their Own Needs and Capabilities

Author: Liesbeth Schrijnemakers

0408 To Stay Employed - In Spite of a Reduction of Sight

Author: Grete Poulsen

D-7

0149 Study of Stereotypes in Blind or Visually Impaired Children

Author: Angels Esteban Pic¢

0252 Implementation of a Projective Test with Visually Impaired Children

Authors: Yolanda Penerini, Hayd‚e Echeverr¡a, Hector Waisburg and Patricia Visint¡n

0319 The Effect of the Physical Features Associated with Albinism on the Self-Esteem of African-American Children and Youths with Albinism

Author: Moniqueka E. Gold

0341 Validation of a Spatial Orientation Test for Blind Subjects

Author: William R. Wiener

D-8

0284 Simulations of Use and Efficiency of a Passive and Standardized Sign System for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons (3-sections)

Authors: Adriana Apollonio, Clotilde Amengual, Beatriz L. Sandham, Rosa A.L. Connio and Estela E. Cuppi

D-9

0018 The Parent Perspective on Schools for Students who are Blind and Visually Impaired: A National Study

Authors: Anne L. Corn, Michael J. Bina and Linda B. DePriest

0156 Educate for Life: The Right to be Different

Author: Consuelo Sanz G¢mez

0439 Education: A Cooperative Process

Author: Enrique Elissalde

D-10

0121 Visual Development of Low Vision Children

Authors: Silvia Veitzman, Patricia Define and Paula Costa

0444 The Development of Integrated Education in Thailand and Its Affect on Similar Movements in Southeast Asia (Namely in Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos)

Author: Prayat Punong-ong