Visual Impairment Chat Series Beyond Sight: Practical Strategies for Access and Independence
Mon, Sep 21
|Zoom Meeting
The Visual Impairment Fireside Chat Series is a yearlong virtual learning opportunity designed for educators and support personnel working with students who are blind or visually impaired.
Time & Location
Sep 21, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Zoom Meeting
About the event
The Visual Impairment Fireside Chat Series is a year-long virtual learning opportunity designed for educators and support personnel who work with students who are blind or visually impaired. Across four one-hour sessions, participants will explore practical strategies for increasing access, independence, participation, and success throughout the school day.
Sessions will address classroom organization and environmental access, accessible instructional materials, assistive technology, meaningful participation, and collaboration with teachers of students with visual impairments and orientation and mobility specialists. Participants will have opportunities to discuss classroom challenges, share effective practices, and identify strategies they can immediately apply with students.
This series is appropriate for general and special education teachers, paraprofessionals, related service providers, instructional coaches, assistive technology staff, administrators, and other personnel supporting students with visual impairments. Participants may attend individual sessions or participate in the full series.
Dates of Training
September 21, 2026
November 18, 2026