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.

Presentations

  • Barnard and Brostek Meta-Analyses Work
    Shawn Barnard, University of Northern Colorado and Donna Brostek, University of Louisville represented the NCLVI Fellows Meta-Analyses work at the 2007 Josephine L. Taylor Leadership Institute,  Dallas, Texas, Saturday March 24 at the Marriott Dallas/Addison Quorum I.  The Institute focus was on  Evidence-based Research.  Shawn and Donna presented at a Research-to-Practice session, "Applying Evidence-Based Research in Programs", a discussion of research-to-practice techniques: how to glean from written research reports published in JVIB and similar journals what you need to know as an administrator or program coordinator to effectively apply what the researchers have learned through their work. JVIB editors described how to make sense of research articles so that the information reported can be used to support replication studies, improve programming, and justify ongoing fiscal support of programs. This session included a report from two NCLVI Fellows, Shawn Barnard (from University of Northern Colorado) and Donna Brostek (from the University of Louisville) on their meta-analyses of 50 years of educational literature, emphasizing transition, orientation and mobility, and assistive technology.  Moderator: Karen Wolffe, Ph.D., Director, Professional Development Department, AFB, Panelists: Duane Geruschat, Ph.D., JVIB Editor-in-Chief; Jane Erin, Ph.D., JVIB Editor Emeritus, and Respondent: Chris Tompkins, Executive Director, Foundation for Blind Children.  See attached document for the full report. NCLVI Meta-Analyses.doc
     
  • Perspectives and Challenges in Training Personnel to Serve Low Incidence Populations: Blindness & Visual Impairment - 2006 OSEP Project Directors' Conference, Washington, DC - August, 2006 - Power Point Presentation
     
  • The National Center for Leadership in Visual Impairment - A Model of Collaboration, AER 2006, Snowbird, Utah - Power Point Presentation

Kathleen M. Huebner, Ph.D., Co-Director of NCLVIPhoto of  Kathleen M. Huebner, Ph.D. Co-Director of NCLVI and Associate Dean of the Department of Graduate Studies at PCO giving NCLVI presentation in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia at the ICEVI 12 International Conference which was attended by 1200 people from 96 Countries. She was also elected Chairperson of the North American Caribbean Region for ICEVI.

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