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Perkins eLearning To Go

Perkins School for the Blind and Perkins eLearning bring you this podcast in the hope that by hearing from leaders in the field of visual impairment you'll become better equipped to educate children w... Read more

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Assistive Technologies, conversation with Kelly Fonner

Assistive Technologies, conversation with Kelly Fonner

Today we have a special guest. Kelly Fonner took some time to talk with me. Kelly is a self-employed consultant and trai... Read more

5 May 2020

23mins

Ranked #2

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Is your child or student available to learn?

Is your child or student available to learn?

How do you know if your student/child is available for learning? Are they attentive and ready to learn?Should you postpo... Read more

10 Sep 2019

1hr 8mins

Ranked #3

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Mealtime Skills for Children with Visual Impairments

Mealtime Skills for Children with Visual Impairments

Hello!  Welcome to Perkins e-Learning to-go!  Today's podcast is an audio version of one of our classic webcasts - a reb... Read more

3 Mar 2020

28mins

Ranked #4

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Virtual ExCEL Academy with Charlotte Cushman

Virtual ExCEL Academy with Charlotte Cushman

Charlotte Cushman is back on the podcast to discuss Virtual ExCEL Academy.  As you will hear, this virtual classroom is ... Read more

14 May 2020

16mins

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Autism and Visual Impairment with Linda Hagood

Autism and Visual Impairment with Linda Hagood

Hello and Welcome to Perkins eLearning to go – this is Valerie.  What will we listen to today?  Well, I had the opportun... Read more

25 Feb 2020

31mins

Ranked #6

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Teaching Tactile Graphics for Children with Visual Impairment

Teaching Tactile Graphics for Children with Visual Impairment

Graphics provide so much information to a sighted reader, and symbols conveying what a story is about or what’s being di... Read more

17 Sep 2019

12mins

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CVI Teachable Moments

CVI Teachable Moments

As children with CVI enter phase II, two functions are improving.The ability to understand symbols - moving from a 3D ob... Read more

8 Oct 2019

17mins

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College Success - Part 3: Orientation and Mobility

College Success - Part 3: Orientation and Mobility

Today is the third podcast in our College Success series. Leslie Thatcher and Kate Katulak are back to discuss orientati... Read more

7 Jan 2020

1hr

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Considerations for Reducing Complexity with the Home for children with CVI

Considerations for Reducing Complexity with the Home for children with CVI

Today we bring you one of our pre-recorded webinars. This one is titled Considerations for Reducing Complexity with the ... Read more

21 Jan 2020

50mins

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CVI - where do we go from here?

CVI - where do we go from here?

Lotfi Merabet joins us and discusses his journey to becoming interested in CVI,  successes he recognizes with research i... Read more

28 Jan 2020

20mins

Ranked #11

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Vision impairment in the "way back when"

Vision impairment in the "way back when"

Have you ever wondered what it might be like as a vision impaired person in the 1800s? Early 1900’s?  What was around fo... Read more

24 Sep 2019

22mins

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Teachable Moment for Calendars and Schedules

Teachable Moment for Calendars and Schedules

Teachable moments are back! What is a teachable moment?  It is a short (4 minutes) recording on a specific teaching stra... Read more

14 Jan 2020

28mins

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Teaching Braille to children with visual impairments

Teaching Braille to children with visual impairments

Welcome to Perkins eLearning to go! Todays podcast will be a reboot of one of our webcasts. In this webcast, Lucia Hasty... Read more

14 Apr 2020

19mins

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College Success Series - Intro

College Success Series - Intro

As young adults are transitioning to college, there are many unknowns for the student.  What is the best school? How wil... Read more

3 Oct 2019

42mins

Ranked #15

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Teachable Moments: Science Concepts

Teachable Moments: Science Concepts

Perkins teacher Kate Fraser presents teachable moments in the area of science, from tactile modeling to managing safety ... Read more

11 Feb 2020

9mins

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Career Education for Children with Visual Impairments

Career Education for Children with Visual Impairments

Karen Wolffe, Ph.D. describes the importance of career education for students who are blind or visually impaired. Dr. Wo... Read more

28 Apr 2020

25mins

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Cortical Visual Impairment Complexity with Matt Tietjen

Cortical Visual Impairment Complexity with Matt Tietjen

Hello! We are on a short break,  please enjoy this "classic" Perkins eLearning to go podcast. Evaluating a classroom... Read more

24 Dec 2019

31mins

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Social Skills for Children with Vision Impairment

Social Skills for Children with Vision Impairment

The ability to develop friendships and interact with other students is a common concern for parents of children with vis... Read more

17 Dec 2019

30mins

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College Success - Part 2: Technology

College Success - Part 2: Technology

On today’s podcast we have some familiar voices, Leslie Thatcher and Kate Katulak are back to discuss transitioning to c... Read more

10 Dec 2019

38mins

Ranked #20

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Teachable Moments: Books

Teachable Moments: Books

It is time for a few teachable moments!  What is a teachable moment?  It is a short (4 minutes) recording on a specific ... Read more

4 Dec 2019

21mins

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