Webinars
The majority of APH ConnectCenter webinars also provide Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals (ACVREP) credit. Credit is only available for the live presentation at this time. To collect ACRVEP credit, please listen for the opening and closing codes during the live session and submit these on the ACVREP Certificate Request form linked from our Education Training page. Following submission, a certificate will be emailed to you within a week.
Title of the Event: Aquatics for All Children and Youth
Date: Wednesday, April 26
Time (Eastern): 7:00pm – 7:30pm Eastern
Duration: 30 minutes
Description: Aquatics involvement has been shown to improve coordination, stamina, flexibility, overall health and wellness. Children and youth with visual impairment and additional disabilities can benefit from a program of aquatics that meets their unique needs. This webinar will provide an overview of various ways to instruct and support these children in aquatics programs.
*This event will have live captioning.
Register here for Aquatics For All Children and Youth
Title of the Event: Employment Connections: Disclosing Disability
Date: Thursday, April 13
Time (Eastern): 6:00pm – 7:00pm Eastern
Duration: 60 minutes
Description:
Join the team at APH CareerConnect for the inaugural webinar of Employment Connections. The discussion will take place regarding how and when to disclose a disability during the job seeker’s employment journey. We will look at disclosure in a cover letter, resume, during an interview and after a job offer. We will be joined by Russell Shaffer, Executive Vice President of Strategy & Programs at Disability:In.
The remainder of the hour-long session will provide an opportunity for Transition age students and curious job seekers to follow up with their questions related to disclosure of a disability during their employment process. Registered attendees including young adults, job seekers, teachers, and rehabilitation professionals can engage with our guest through real-time Q&A networking by learning about different self-advocacy techniques. Employment Connections is a quarterly offering of APH CareerConnect.
*This event will have live captioning.
Register here for Employment Connections: Disclosing Disability
Title of the Event: Stand Up and Speak Up: A Self Advocacy Plan
Date: Thursday, April 13
Time (Eastern): 7:00pm – 7:30pm Eastern
Duration: 30 minutes
Description:
A participatory workshop for parents and children on how to self-advocate. You will learn the four components and five steps of self-advocacy. Learn how to teach children to stand up and speak up.
Register here for Stand Up and Speak Up: A Self Advocacy Plan
Title of the Event: Career Conversations
Date: Thursday, April 6
Time (Eastern): 6:00pm – 7:00pm Eastern
Duration: 60 minutes
Description: Join the team at APH CareerConnect for our very popular Career Conversations
Series. APH ConnectCenter staff and guest cohosts will welcome, introduce, and engage with working blind and low-vision professionals from all backgrounds. Braille transcribers, clerical staff, librarian, owner of an audio production company, and many others will step onto the CareerConnect stage on zoom throughout 2023. Each interview will begin with a discussion on how our featured professional started out and ended up in their career, including how confidence, determination and self-advocacy played a role throughout their successful employment journey.
The remainder of the hour-long session will provide an opportunity for Transition age students and curious job seekers to follow up with choice career-related questions. Registered attendees including young adults, job seekers, teachers and rehabilitation professionals can engage with our guest through real-time Q&A networking by practicing informational interviewing.
Ann Chiappetta will share what it has been like for her to self-publish her poetry, fiction and nonfiction books. Ann has delt with changing vision as a result of retinitis pigmentosa and has used writing and her creative skills to help cope with her vision loss.
*This event will have live captioning.
Register here for Career Conversations with Kim Charlson
Title of the Event: ParentConnect: a family support group offered in partnership with The Chicago Lighthouse’s Virtual Parent Support Group. (Ongoing)
Date: First Wednesday of each month starting August 4, 2021
Time (Eastern): 7:30pm – 8:30pm Eastern
Duration: 60 minutes
Description: APH FamilyConnect and The Chicago Lighthouse are pleased to offer this virtual support group for parents and families of children who are blind or visually impaired. These monthly sessions are for families to connect with and learn from each other about the joys, challenges, and adventures of raising children with visual impairments and blindness. These sessions are open to families. ACVREP or professional development credits will not be available.
Register here for FamilyConnect: A Parent Support Group.
Connect Center Webinar Archives
Missed a chance to attend one of our webinars or just looking for more resources? Many of past CareerConnect, FamilyConnect and VisionAware webinars are available on our ConnectCenter YouTube playlist.