Wednesday, April 25, 2012

IPad 3 Contest by WonderBaby & Perkins School for the Blind

WonderBaby.org, a website dedicated to supporting parents and caregivers of children who are blind or visually impaired.

Perkins purchased WonderBaby.org last year, and it is now part of our family of online resources. To celebrate this partnership, WonderBaby and Perkins are giving away a NEW iPad (plus some amazing accessories) to one special winner!

This contest is being sponsored by Perkins, AbleNet, RJ Cooper and Inclusive Technology and they have all donated wonderful items to our giveaway.

Here's what one lucky person will win:

*The NEW iPad (iPad 3) donated by Perkins School for the Blind
*A virtually indestructible GumDrop iPad Case
*The RadSounds switch-ready music app donated by RJ Cooper plus an RJ Cooper switch interface
*A Blue2 Bluetooth Switch for use with switch-activated apps donated by AbleNet
*Two fun switch-ready apps, Smarty Pants & Five Sharks Swimming, donated by Inclusive Technology

This is the perfect package for a child with special needs who wants to get started with the iPad!

This contest is open to anyone, including all Perkins staff and any children or families you may work with. Feel free to enter (by clicking the link below) or tell others about this giveaway.

For more information about the giveaway, please visit:

This giveaway will end on May 11th at midnight.

Monday, April 16, 2012

GSAP AT IDEAS 2012!!

GSAP is sponsoring 2 training opportunities at the IDEAS Conference June 4-7 at Epworth by the Sea on St. Simons Island. 
Both sessions will be led by Linda Alsop, Director of of Deafblind Programs at Utah State University and Project Sparkle.  
A preconference session titled: “Effective Intervention for Students who are Deafblind” will be offered on Monday, June 4th from 8:00 am – 11:45 am.  This session will cover the impact a combined vision and hearing loss on development, communication, and socialization and effective strategies for instructing these children, including the use of interveners.   An intervener is a staff person, trained in deafblindness, who provides individual support to a student who has a combination of a vision impairment with a hearing impairment that affects the way he or she is able to access information and function in the educational environment.
GSAP is sponsoring this preconference session at no cost to participants.  To have registration waived, enter the GSAP promotion code on your registration form.  The promotion code is GSAP01.
Our second training opportunity will be an intensive training looking more closely at the unique needs of students who are deafblind and strategies teams can use to build communication, provide information and establish a bond of trust with a student who is deafblind. This training will begin on Monday, June 4th 3:00-4:30 pm and continue on Tuesday from 8:00-4:30 and Wednesday from 8:00-2:30.  The training is designed for teams focused on a student who is deafblind and will involve team planning for that student around the strategies presented.
Registration for the conference is $75.00. Some school districts have funding available. Some assistance with the registration fee may be available from GSAP on a first come, first served basis.  Please contact Deborah Fields-Harris fields-harrisd@comcast.net to inquire about registration assistance.