Argentina Association for the Study of Recovery of the Blind and amblyopic
E-mail: asaerca@ciudad.com.ar asaerca@asaerca.org.ar
2604 1090 Adoldo Alsina Buenos Aires
Revolution Bicentennial May
NEWSLETTER
January-February 2010 Ladies and gentlemen: We have left behind the busy summer and the expectations of the holiday, classes begin and 2010 that seemed far away, now, having to write clear and makes us real ... and we have all taken the laziness of summer and slowly look for the schedules to try to recall what was left pending from the feverish days December.
The Board of Directors of ASAERCA fortunately, has many stories to share at the beginning of the year period: III Meeting of Directors of Schools and Rehabilitation ASAERCA and Special School N º 505 de Moreno (Buenos Aires) calls the Driving teams (principals, assistant principals, coordinators, etc.). reconvene on Friday 7 and Saturday, May 8 at School No. 503, located at Rivadavia 1009 and Sarmiento, Moreno District of the province ..
The goal is to provide a space for reflection on the problems experienced by institutions dealing with multiple disabilities, information technology and communication addressing students and adults with visual disabilities, promoting the rights and basic benefits offered to people with disabilities.
The agenda includes presentations by experts on approach for students with multiple disabilities, information technologies and communication, and legislation related to education and rehabilitation of persons with visual disabilities. For further information
can apply to: asaerca@asaerca.org.ar and / or important foreshadowing ee073505@abc.gov.ar: XX Tiflología Argentine Conference will be held in San Carlos de Bariloche (Province of Rio Black) on 8, 9 and October 10 next.
The topic set is "Tools for Inclusion of People with Visual Impairments or Multiple Challenges" and will guide us the theme "Growing to include, be included to grow." In this special opportunity, our tribute will be the bicentennial of the Revolution of May. The work will be arranged in the following topics: - legal tools - teaching tools - Technology Tools - Scientific Tools - Tools and sociocultural - Tools labor.
The form that the meeting be adopted in this twentieth edition will be a first day devoted to lectures in plenary sessions, a second day of workshops and final week will include a plenary scientific activity and the usual presentation of findings, greeting the new Board of Directors and election of the next Conference host - 2012.
As always, the program will include a meeting of parents of children with visual impairment or multiple challenges and beyond, our Ordinary Meeting will be held.
soon be put into circulation the first call at Argentine Conference Tiflología XX.
"Visual Impairment Today," special issue in tribute to Louis Braille on the bicentennial of his birth and is in circulation this publication which ASAERCA has wanted to join the activities in the world to honor the genius creator of literacy for the blind and to highlight the effect they have and will continue his six points in relief.
It is free and available from: asaerca@asaerca.org.ar; also be available soon on our website: http://asaerca.org.ar Red ASAERCA It is a reality! Was created as a space that allows us to exchange information of interest, to share the difficulties we face in day to day, and fundamentally, to think between all solutions and / or actions aimed at finding the best ways possible not only us as professionals but also, and more for visually impaired people we work with the intention of improving their quality of life.
To register you only need to send an email to: red-asaerca + subscribe@googlegroups.com Welcome everyone to this permanent virtual meeting! Teachers meeting integrators As we announced in due course, be carried out this important activity, in Lanús, 20 and November 21, 2009 We are pleased to now make the outcome of the discussions held and recommendations contained in the following area Resources and equipment 1. Provision of specific material for blind children by part of the DGCyE in alignment with the common-school students.
2. Tiflotechnological official budget material for the education of blind and visually impaired students to enrich the educational proposal.
3. Convenience of having access to broadband Internet.
4. Transport-related measures of teachers integrating: a) School transport and school property by providing the chauffeur. Vehicle maintenance by provincial governments.
b) Enforcement of existing legislation in relation to reimbursement, through the budget, transportation expenses (per diem, travel times, accidents at work).
Management Area 1. Exclusive joint integration projects with government special schools from mainstream schools (public and private), only in the case of the absence of these, they resort to private.
2. Existence of integrative teaching positions at the medium and the relevant supporting documents.
3. Special Education Circulars best suited to receive disability and also from the common schools, such as those relating to curricular changes in primary.
4. Provision in plan of music teachers, physical, plastic, given the importance of these matters to our students and the lack of specific approach in the common school.
5. Organization of workshops on different themes, such as sexuality.
7. Specific training for the tasks to meet the principals and teachers of the programs of integration.
8. Unification of criteria of integration work across the country through the efforts of the Ministry of Education.
9. Exchange between integrators and headquarters staff, scheduled through, for example, a "transdisciplinary schedule" in special schools.
10. Preparation of documents for analysis of integration at all levels and modalities, scheduled from the Ministry of Education.
11. Extension by the authorities, musicography education and intensification of the production of such materials in public libraries.
12. Location of adult rehabilitation centers in non-school environments.
13. Promote contact with similar services in other countries.
Training Area 1. Spaces and provision of government budgets for specific training in visual impairment, as part of the SED, especially in inland areas of the country, where the title of teachers is of special education. Such training should include: a) Orientation and mobility; b) Activities of daily living; c) New technologies, d) Mathematics, reinforced by specific conferences, e) low vision.
2. Inclusion of a non-elective subject on integrating students with special needs in teacher training universities and institutes as well as internships and practices in special schools across the country.
3. Provision of references to special schools across the country referring mainly to middle and low vision 4. Creating training opportunities for intra-5. Training of trainers to meet the needs of the entire country.
6. Completion more frequent seminars and meetings on this and other issues specific to visual impairment.
7. Making efforts to secure adequate funding for education authorities to allow the attendance of teachers within the country for training activities.
8. Encouragement and support to networking. Workspace
1. Preparation of a document that would unite the various national issues of visual impairment among which include the mission of the teachers and home integrators and their functions, the areas characteristic of schools for the blind, their specific guidelines and the existence functional plants nationwide, as common denominator of the tasks.
2. Developing common standards and targets throughout the country, in areas specific to schools for the blind. (What areas? What is expected in each age and for what?) 3. Educational provision in accordance with the guidelines and objectives set.
4. Analysis of a potential integration of areas.
5. Establishment of the bases of the adaptation of curricula specific visual impairment, as well as access to them and their approach: use of integrated braille, shorthand, ink, criteria for development of material, etc.
6. Order advance preparation of material teachers by grade.
7. Unification of mapping techniques with the application of existing conventions.
8. Management together with the digital versions of books, preparation of such materials and sharing of work.
9. Coordination between the team and the pedagogical integration site for a better implementation of the tasks.
10. Interagency coordination with the commitment to share the work and hold meetings with teachers of common schools.
11. Establishment of an active communication network, coordinated by a moderator for the exchange of information on the subject in order to avoid fragmentation between Buenos Aires and the right to see a poster was designed Reading Eye can also be sent by mail to print on any type of sheet in order to promote the realization of familiar visual examination and detect problems early.
The task was developed from an initiative of the National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI) through its Centre for Health Technology and Disability, together with the Ministry of Health of the Nation, the International Agency for Prevention Blindness, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Argentine Council of Ophthalmology and the Society Argentina Ophthalmology.
Intends to prevent avoidable blindness by a true chain of solidarity and that this new task of promoting and using the precautionary approach extends to the whole society, from an economical, practical and efficient to be used to easily find the need consult an ophthalmologist.
The original design of the poster is provided in a format developed by the INTI to guarantee shape, color and size, allows sending and forwarding as attachment by e-mail, and / or download from web sites. Can be printed by any type of computer and printer at the foot includes the instructions for proper use.
Thing, students, teachers, parents, schools, hospitals, universities, NGOs, workers, agencies, authorities, professionals, entrepreneurs, businesses and those who wish to join.
Contact: Mr. Rafael Kohanoff: discapacidad@inti.gob.ar. XSON
There is already a news portal with free access and for use by blind people does not require a screen reader. This is XSON which is accessible version of XSupuesto. It also has options for text size and contrast for easy access to information for people with low vision.
http://xsonar.xsupuesto.com.ar/ First European Congress on Disability Visual 22, 23 and October 24, 2010, in Valladolid (Spain), is hosting the First European Conference on Visual Impairment, under the title III Conference ASPREH - Association of Professional Rehabilitation of People with Visual Impairment in Spain address the importance of prevention of visual impairment and the potential for rehabilitation. Some of the topics are: the physical accessibility and communication, ophthalmic filters, adjustment to the workplace for people with visual disabilities, Education and rehabilitation of visually impaired school-age and visual impairment Gerontology, Pathologies that cause disability visual: prevalence and incidence, causes, new treatments, protocols and advice, demographic impact of visual impairment, etc. The program will feature presentations from several nationally recognized speakers and international, including: Dr. Frank Eperjesi, Duane R. Geruschat, Aries Arditi, Krister Inde, Bruce Rosenthal, Dr. Michael Crossland, Ian Bailey, etc.
http://www.eurovisionrehab.com/ On websites and http://www.eventoplenos.com/eurovision/index.php?sec=914&prev=1 can find more information about this important activity.
We entered the month of March and we know that 8 is International Women's Day. Before saying goodbye, from this space we wish to all professionals who continue to work and defend the sacred duty of ensuring peace, tolerance and love.
And in this year's bicentennial of the Revolution, MAY - 1810-2010, we can meet the proposed goals and we remain with a growing creativity.
The Board of Directors of ASAERCA
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