ruler graphic

Co-Directors
Dr. Kathleen Mary Huebner   kathyh@pco.edu

Dr. Missy Garber  mgarber@pco.edu

Project Administrative Assistant
Tina Fitzpatrick  tfitzpatrick@pco.edu

Ideas that Work
U.S. Office of Special
Education Programs

This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (Cooperative Agreement #H325U040001). Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education.

Capital Hill Visit, Washington, DC
February 4-7, 2006

Click on photo to see larger.

Photo: (Pictured left to right in Congressman Geoff Davis' office) Paul Schroeder, Vice President, Programs and Policy, AFB; Lori Johnson, NCLVI Fellow, University of Louisville; Dan Adelstein, National Security Assistant for Kentucky Congressman Geoff Davis; and Holly Lawson, NCLVI Fellow, University of Arizona. Pictured left to right in Congressman Geoff Davis' office - Paul Schroeder, Vice President, Programs and Policy, AFB; Lori Johnson, NCLVI Fellow, University of Louisville; Dan Adelstein, National Security Assistant for Kentucky Congressman Geoff Davis; and Holly Lawson, NCLVI Fellow, University of Arizona.

Holly and Lori presented their issue brief: TEACHERS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AS A RELATED SERVICE?-- "Supportive Services" or "Specially Designed Instruction" to Mr. Adelstein during their Capitol Hill visits.

Photo: From Left to Right: Julie Durando (NCLVI Fellow, University of Northern Colorado)Elizabeth Hartmann (University of California Berkeley and San Francisco State University), Melissa Shannon (Staff for Nancy Pelosi), and Kim Zebehazy (University of Pittsburgh)

From Left to Right: Julie Durando (NCLVI Fellow, University of Northern Colorado)  Elizabeth Hartmann (University of California Berkeley and San Francisco State University), Melissa Shannon (Staff for Nancy Pelosi), and Kim Zebehazy (University of Pittsburgh)

Discussion: the implications of high stakes testing for students who are visually impaired and have additional disabilities.
Photo: Alan Dinsmore, Senior Governmental Relations Representative from the American Foundation for the Blind, shown here with Julie Durando, escorted several Fellows during their Hill visits.
 Alan Dinsmore, Senior Governmental Relations Representative from the American Foundation for the Blind, shown here with Julie Durando, escorted several Fellows during their Hill visits.		 Photo: NCLVI Fellow, Derrick Smith with Liz Stillwell, Senator Sessions Legislative Aide. NCLVI Fellow,  Derrick Smith with Liz Stillwell, Senator Sessions Legislative Aide.