Special Education Listserv

Subject: Children's Vision Summit/Blind Task Force-REGISTRATION

Source: Heike Imler, Interim Assistant Director, Effective Practices

Intended Audience: Parents, Classroom Teachers, Teachers of the Visually Impaired, Students, and others interested in the education of children who are blind or visually impaired

Date: February 1, 2008

The 2008 Children's Vision Summit, sponsored by the Task Force on Blind Student Academic and Vocational Performance, will be held April 2 and 3, 2008, at Holiday Inn Select - Executive Center in Columbia, Missouri.

This year's summit will include an emphasis on math and science, with a math challenge for blind and visually impaired students as well as many presentations in the areas of education, advocacy, and alternative skills of blindness. 

Registration information is available at http://www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Blind/documents/SummitReg08.doc.