UMass Boston Sponsored Trainings
"Focus" on Vision Impairment & Blindness Conference: Meeting the Needs of Individuals with Intellectual Disability and Vision Loss
Join us on October 7th 2025! This day-long collaborative event provides a multi-tracked educational program reaching out to the needs of individuals, clinicians, family members, support staff at day and residential programs, nurses, eye care providers, administrators, advocates, and all concerned with the vision and vision loss needs of individuals with intellectual or developmental disability. Many resources are also shared at the Exhibit Area and through Poster Presentations.
CVI Courses
The University of Massachusetts Boston Vision Studies Program and Perkins School for the Blind announce the cooperative creation of a Cortical/Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) series of professional development courses for vision professionals. These courses are in the process of undergoing review for becoming a certificate program. See the FAQ to learn more!
Online Professional Development Through NERCVE
All workshops/mini-courses will provide ACVREP credits or PDPs towards professional teaching degrees. Sign up by clicking on the title of the workshop.
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Learning objectives:
- Explain the 4 pieces to a switch accessible setup
- Identify and explain 4 of the 8 stepping stones to switch access.
- Create a step by step implementation plan for a student using switch access
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