1.
CONNECTIONS
BEYOND SIGHT AND SOUND
Advisory Committee Meeting
May 12, 2017

2.
Agenda
I. Welcome, Introductions & Update Roster
II. Connections –
Updates from CBSS
Around the State
III. Presentations: 2016-17 Mini-grant Recipients
BREAK
IV. Guest Speaker: Update on HR 1120
Barbara Raimondo, Esq.
V. Guest Speakers: “Tales from the Oonaverse”
Sara Swetzoff & Zbigniew Grabowski

3.
Welcome!
- Introductions (Staff and AC Members)
- Roster Updates
“Spring Connections”
In about 15-20 seconds…
• Share your name and affiliation.
• Share what “flower or flora” symbolizes you
and your work in the deaf-blind community

4.
Connections
• From CBSS
What’s happening with us –
updates from CBSS…
• Across the State & District
What’s happening with you –
in your school, community,
county, district, area….

5.
Mini-Grant Projects
What are the Mini-Grants?
• Field-initiated mini-grant projects
• Two or three grants for up to $500 each
Why do they matter?
• Priority on students with deaf-blindness and/or CVI
• Promote innovative practice that improve child outcomes
When is the next application deadline?
• Fall 2017 (information & forms to be posted on website)
Presentations…

6.
Increasing Communication with
Tactile Symbols and Familiar Objects
Kim Durkan (TVI)
Frederick County Public Schools
Mini-Grant Presentation

7.
Utilizing Today’s Technology
for Better Curriculum Access
Lisa Gastelle (SLP)
MSD – Frederick Campus
Mini-Grant Presentation

8.
Getting in Touch With our World
Through Active Learning and Participation
Jennifer Willis (DHOH / Early Childhood)
MSD – Columbia Campus, Family Education
Mini-Grant Presentation

9.
Break
See you in 10-15 minutes 

10.
Update on HR 1120
from the co-author of the bill
Barbara Raimondo, Esq.
Executive Director,
Conference of Educational Administrators of
Schools and Programs for the Deaf (CEASD)
Guest Presentation

11.
Tales from the Oonaverse:
Overcoming Alienation in Deafblind Education
Sara Swetzoff &
Zbigniew Grabowski
Family Members served by CBSS
Guest Presentation

12.
Next AC Meeting…
November 3, 2017
In the meantime, let’s keep Connected!
www.CBSS.UMD.edu