Poster presentations

Accessibility - Tuesday 13 August 2019 | Communication - Wednesday 14 August 2019 | Technology - Thursday 15 August 2019

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Accessibility - Tuesday 13 August 2019

1. Feneis of Minas Gerais: support for persons with deafblindness in Brazil
Lara Gontijo de Castro Souza, Social Educator, FENEIS
Eleniudes dos Santos Silva

2. Open your eyes and ears to age-related dual sensory loss (Adsl)
Renu Minhas, Coordinator, Client Services & Research, DeafBlind Ontario Services

3. Developing educational services for children with deafblindness in Thailand
Siriporn Tantaopas, Teacher, Northern Region School for the Blind
Dr Pramuan Ploykamonchun, Director, Northern Region School for the Blind

4. Project +Plus
Kent Hedesstrom, Communicative Teacher, Deafblind Team Gothenburg 
Gabriella Gloria, Occupational Therapist, DeafBlindTeam VGregion Sweden

5. Orientation and mobility: walking in the shoes of other's
Maede Martha Mueller, Rehabilitation Teacher, SNAB Deafblind Switzerland

6. Sexuality and deafblindness: breaking down barriers by initiating dialogue
Melanie Gauthier, Provincial Programs Manager, Canadian Helen Keller Center

7. Collabaration of agencies to bridge services between home and school for children with deafblindness
Sheila McIntosh, Teacher of Students with Deafblindness, Provincial Outreach Program for Students with Deafblindness
Theresa Tancock, Family Services Coordinator, Canadian Deafblind Association - BC Chapter (CDBA-BC)

8. Mission accomplished?! Tailor made training in Burkina Faso.
Trees van Nunen-Schrauwen, Psychologist, Royal Dutch Kentalis
Heleen Reedijk, Project Manager, Kentalis International
Therese Kafando

9. Health and family climate in families where one parent has deafblindness
A/Prof Agneta Anderzén-Carlsson, Research Supervisor, University Health Care Research Center, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Orebro University

Communication - Wednesday 14 August 2019

10. Pattern of conectedness: interactional analysis in the context of charge syndrome
Andrea Wanka, Stiftung st. franziskus heiligenbronn

11. Tactile language development
Maria Creutz, Senior Adviser, Nordic Welfare Center
Jenny Näslund, Adviser, The National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools

12. Tactile book on improving the understanding and expression of emotional words of deafblind
A/Prof Yi-Tun Tseng, National University of Tainan (Department of Special Education)

13. Aspects of learning: opportunities and limitations for persons with Alström Syndrome
Berit Rönnåsen, Special Counsellor, The National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools

14. Health and people with Usher Syndrome
Dr Moa Wahlqvist, Swedish National Resource Center for Deafblindness, Audiological Research Center, Örebro University hospital, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Örebro University

15. "Communicate with me": challenging behavior seen in a dialogical perspective
Marijke Bolwerk, Royal Dutch Kentalis
Chiara Somers, Teacher, Educational Specialist, Royal Dutch Kentalis

16. Deafblind awareness month international
Lee Simpson, Community Services Coordinator, Canadian Helen Keller Centre

17. Emergency intervenor services: an accessibility right
Janine Tucker, Provincial Project Coordinator, CNIB Deafblind Community Services
Sherry Grabowski, Executive Director, CNIB Deafblind Community Services

18. Augmented input and the classroom communication environment for learners with deafblindness
Dr Beth Brady, Assistant Professor, Hunter College

19. Monitoring communication development using The Layered Communication Model
Kirsten Wolthuis, University of Groningen

20. Amanda’s journey to communication
Annette Piggott, DeafBlind Ontario Services
Katherine Logan, Intervenor, DeafBlind Ontario Services

21. Perspectives on ways to enhance participation of persons with deafblindness in India
Prof Walter Wittich, Assistant Professor, School of Optometry, University of Montreal, Adjunct Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University

22. Db-connect: bridging the gap between experience experts and professionals
Ingrid Korenstra, Care Specialist Deafblindness, Bartiméus Expertise Center Deafblindness
Dr Saskia Damen, Assistant Professor, University of Groningen

23. Behavioural competencies for intervenors
Renée Toninger, Intervenor Services Manager, Canadian Helen Keller Centre
Lee Simpson, Community Services Coordinator, Canadian Helen Keller Centre

24. The Doctor can see you better now
Dr Annmaree Watharow, University of Technology, Sydney

Technology - Thursday 15 August 2019

25. Overview of interventions using video feedback with people who are congenitally deafblind
Dr Saskia Damen, Assistant Professor, University of Groningen
Dr Marga Martens, Researcher, Kentalis
Meredith Prain, Deafblind Consultant, Able Australia

26. Performance of older adults with deafblindness when utilizing low vision aids with speech output
Prof Walter Wittich, Assistant Professor, School of Optometry, University of Montreal, Adjunct Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University

27. Linking up speaking out project
Nadia Mattiazzo, Women with Disabilities Victoria
Lauren Brain, Linking Up Speaking Out Project Officer, Women with Disabilities Victoria

28. Deafblind Australia
Rikki Chaplin, President, Deafblind Australia
Vanessa Vlajkovic, Vice President, Deafblind Australia