BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ab2a99113769958e1da4e1a755fee9a5195 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:Coach2Coach: Supporting Vision Within Everyday Routines DESCRIPTION:
wi
th Tara Tompai, Early Childhood Vision Consultant and Stacey Landberg, M.S.
, CCC-SLP
Friday, October 15 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm<
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For October's event, participants will learn how to help fam
ilies support their child's vision within the context of everyday moments a
s we eagerly welcome Tara Tompai, Early Childhood Vision Consultant. Resear
chers and experts in the field of early intervention repeatedly find that m
ost early interventionists do not have specific training and knowledge rela
ted to best practice patterns for the provision of family-centered services
as mandated by Part C of IDEA. These monthly workshops describe and presen
t evidence and demonstrations for using best practices in early interventio
n, more specifically: using everyday activities and routines as a context f
or family-centered early intervention.
Learning Outcomes
:
Register through IDA
IDA member $30
| Non IDA member $40
CE Hours: IDA - Nursing/PT/S peech and Language | 1.5 hours $15
Tara Tompai
Early Childhood Vision Consultant
Tara began he
r journey into the field of visual impairments in 2002 when she graduated f
rom the Intervenor for Deafblind Persons Program in Toronto, Canada. She co
ntinued her education and became an orientation and mobility specialist in
2003. Her passion for early intervention grew and she decided to pursue ear
ly childhood education. Currently, Tara Tompai is an Early Childhood Vision
Consultant at Surrey Place in Toronto, Canada. She provides support and se
rvice to parents and caregivers who have children ages birth to school-age
who are diagnosed with a visual impairment. Tara also works collaboratively
with early childhood educators in the classroom and with other professiona
ls who are supporting children with visual impairments. In addition to Tara
’s role as a vision consultant, she supports other vision consultants acros
s the province of Ontario to provide mentorship. You can follow Tara's impr
essive and informative content on instagram at @vision_earlyintervention.
Stacey Landberg, M.S., CCC-SLP
Spee
ch Language Pathologist
Stacey has devoted her career to sup porting communication and connection between young children and their careg ivers. She has worked in the homes of hundreds of families across southern California and she has guest lectured across the United State to early chil dhood specialists. Stacey is in her 16th year of professional practice as a speech-language pathologist.
She is a 2019 graduate of the Leadershi p Excellence in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Fellowship at USC/CHLA. Cur rently Stacey's work is primarily focused on interdisciplinary early interv ention and dissemination of best practice patterns related to coaching and routines-based intervention.
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