Description: Distance Learning has challenged teachers of the visually impaired and parents of learners with Visual and Multiple Disabilities to adapt and adjust to a new normal. These learners may be the most at risk for regression and disruptive behaviors due to a lack of coherence and understanding of changes in their daily activities.

Millie Smith, author of APH’s Sensory Learning Kit, and Stacey Chambers, a TVI colleague, have recently published in the Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness on the effectiveness of routines-based intervention for sensorimotor learners. Millie and Stacey will share insight and practical strategies for teachers and parents to utilize routines-based instruction in the classroom and home settings, both during “distance learning” and beyond.

Instructors: Millie Smith, Vision Consultant and TVI and APH Consultant; Stacey Chambers, Vision Consultant and TVI at Coppell ISD

Primary Core or ECC Area: Compensatory (concept development)

Target Audience: TVIs and families of learners with Visual and Multiple Impairments

Pre-requisite Knowledge: none

Lesson Plan Goal: Participants will gain a greater understanding of routines-based instruction and its application in the classroom and home settings.

Learning Objectives: 1. Share findings of recently published JVIB research study on the value of routines-based instruction for learners with MVI; 2. Share the typical process for scripting and perfecting a routine, including the key steps of assessment, team collaboration for scripting steps, embedding IEP goals, and ongoing progress monitoring; 3. Share at least 3 practical strategies for teachers and families for developing and implementing routines in the school and home settings.

Materials Needed:  None

Collect CEUs: CEUs are only available for the live presentation at this time. To collect CEUs, please listen for the opening and closing codes during the live session and send these, along with your first and last name, to outreach@aph.org and a certificate will be emailed to you the following week.

ZOOM: https://aph.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IjOW7J2fQRSPtohsL2bgWw