These are convenient, accessible and can be accessed at anytime.
These sessions are presented by RIDBC staff and external experts in the field.
All of these sessions also can be used for accreditation purposes. Each course will clearly state what accreditation is available for each course.
Audiology Masterclass Series 2020
This Masterclass series will take place through a Zoom webinar from 12-1pm EST on the posted date. Ten days after each live event, a recording of the webinar will also be made available for you to watch via the Short Courses website. You will be notified via email for both the live event and when the recording is available to watch.
DHH Masterclass Series 2020
Seven presentations, offered via live video conference, and digital access post live video event.
O&M Masterclass Series 2020
This series on technology for orientation and mobility is intended to provide the Orientation and Mobility Specialist (OMS) with resources for working with an array of age groups across the life span, as well as providing resources to carry out other professional functions that support direct instruction with learners (e.g. consultation with other providers, paperwork, remote work locations, cloud systems, etc.).
BVI Masterclass Series 2020
How the Masterclass works: Each Masterclass will be offered live through a Zoom webinar from 12-1pm EST on the posted date. Ten days after each live event, a recording of the webinar will also be made available for you to watch via the Short Courses website. You will be notified via email for both the (more…)
Accessibility for Students who are Blind or Vision Impaired Package
This package is a bundle of 6 webinars related to working with students who are blind or have low vision. This package is suitable to teachers, SLSO’s and other professionals working with students who are blind or have low vision in the classroom.
From amplification to attention: the neurophysiology of auditory processing in noise
In this session, we will review recent literature and experiments that describe the changing features of oscillatory brain activity during development and in different listening environments. We will discuss how these findings may guide the identification and remediation of children with language-learning difficulties, including children with hearing loss, and the importance of robust environments for fostering language development.
Early Childhood Development and implication of vision impairment
The years from conception through birth to eight years of age are critical to the complete and healthy cognitive, emotional and physical growth of children. This webinar explores early childhood development, the role of vision and visual development and then the implications for a child's development due to their vision impairment. Duration of this (more…)
Top Tips Series Package – D/HH
This package is a bundle of 4 webinars related to working with students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. This package is suitable to teachers, SLSO’s and other professionals working with students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in the classroom.
Connecting Up: Accessibility Features of iOS and teaching hearing impaired students Package
This webinar package unpacks some accessibility features of iOS devices that deaf or hard of hearing students may be using in the classroom and also in their everyday lives.
Understanding visual function to optimise functional vision in children with CVI
Cerebral vision impairment (CVI) has emerged to be one of the most prominent causes of vision impairment in children in the developed world. The spectrum of CVI creates anomalies in the quality of vision seen in conjunction with cognitive visual dysfunction.
