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ACB Focus: Education and Employment (2021)

By: American Council of the Blind
  • Summary

  • Welcome to the ACB Education and Employment Track of the ACB Focus Podcast Series. The Education and Employment Track contains programs with focus on pathways to personal and professional success and opportunity, spanning an engaging range of topics from braille and accessible books to career development and issues encompassing education and employment.
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Episodes
  • 20210722 - Guide dog schools update
    Aug 27 2021

    ~~Community Run- Guide Dog Schools Update: The past 12 months have been challenging. Grab your favorite toy and settle from your scampering about to learn the creative ways guide dog schools have weathered the pandemic. The innovations they are using so as to pull in to the harness and move forward! Presenters: Representatives from multiple guide dog schools.

    • Recorded during the 2021 ACB National Convention on July 22~~
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 20210718 - SASI: employment strategies for those with dual sensory loss
    Aug 27 2021

    ~~SASI presents Employment Strategies for those with a Dual Sensory Loss: Sight and Sound Impaired (SASI) Committee presented a panel of people who have a dual sensory loss of hearing and vision loss. The panel discussed how they used reasonable accommodations, communication techniques, assistive technology and other strategies to gain and maintain employment.  Panelists: ♠ Scott Davert, Coordinator of Technology Research and Innovation Center for the Helen Keller National Center, Sands Point, NY ♠ Megan Conway, Research and Accessibility Specialist, Helen Keller National Center, Healdsburg, CA ♠ Kerry Thompson, Senior Officer for Communications, Inclusion, & Analytics, Disability Rights Fund, Boston, MA ♠ Brian Horst, Child Support Program Administrator, Division of Child Support, Washington, DC

    • Recorded during the 2021 ACB National Convention on July 18~~
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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • 20210717 - Saturday School: Teaching through the years
    Aug 27 2021

    ~~Saturday School: “Teaching Through the Years”: Memories, thoughts, and opinions of a blind educator as she discussed her multi-faceted career teaching blind students. Presenter: Chris Baugh, Classroom Teacher, Maryland School for The Blind, Baltimore, MD

    • Recorded during the 2021 ACB National Convention on July 17~~
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    1 hr and 13 mins

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