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Gateways Summer Institute - 2018 - Featuring Gwyn McCormack
Date and time
Location
NOAH EVENT VENUE
12451 Plantside Dr Louisville, KY 40299Refund Policy
Description
July 17th
Registration 7:00-8:00 a.m. (EST)
Opening Remarks - 8:00-8:30 a.m.
Workshop start: 8:30 a.m.
Lunch on your own - 11:30-1:00
Workshop Description
Using a holistic theme-based approach offers a multitude of rich learning opportunities to ensure children with vision impairment can participate in an accessible and meaningful literacy experience. The workshop aims to equip the practitioner with many creative ideas, resources and activities to support delivery of a multi-sensory approach to literacy. Popular children’s stories will inspire, including Harry Potter and the well loved Kentucky children’s story, Otis, each embracing the development of:
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Concept and language skills
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Tactile discrimination skills
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Fine motor skills
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Book and story skills
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Use of functional vision
July 18th
Registration - 7:00-8:00 a.m. (EST)
Workshop start - 8:00 a.m.
Lunch provided - 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Workshop Description
Creative Literacy Cues - Big MAKE & TAKE workshop
Following on from the ‘Creative Cues Workshop, a fun, creative and practical ‘Make and Take’ session will offer the opportunity to create, make and take some resources based on the stories shared. We will have fun developing and creating resources from cardboard boxes, Lazy Susan’s, IKEA hangers, shiny paper plus our own ingenuity!
Positive Looking – development of visual skills workshop
A simple step by step framework will be explained to support the core understanding of the development of visual skills. Each visual skill will be explained along with the goal for development in each case. It will include demonstrations of how to develop each skill; ideas and activities to support the practitioner in planning targeted interventions and the observation points to consider. A wide range of resources for each visual skill and how to use them will form the main practical, interactive nature of this workshop.
For more information on Gwyn visit:
For information on Otis visit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOHUFenpN5Q