The INSITE (IN-home Sensory Impaired Training and Education) Training is an introductory course that provides
professionals the opportunity to learn how to strengthen and form partnerships with families of infants, toddlers, and
preschool children who have multiple disabilities and /or dual sensory impairments in the home setting. Participants
will learn the INSITE approach to gathering information, child assessment, and program planning needed for the
IFSP/IEP. Participants will be provided a resource manual that will help them gather information and activities to
improve communication, vision, hearing, motor, daily care, and psycho-emotional support. This is a 4-day training.
Certified INSITE Trainers:
Barb Williams, M.Ed., is an Early Intervention Specialist with Cleveland Sight Center. She has worked with children
and adults with hearing impairments, vision impairments, autism, and multiple disabilities since 1998. She holds a
teaching license and Early Intervention credentials from the state of Ohio, taught courses at Kent State University, and
served as a trainer of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires. Barb has been a trainer of the INSITE model since 2006.
Janet Stone, M.Ed., is a licensed Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Teacher of the Multiply Handicapped and Early
Intervention Specialist. She has worked with children with visual impairments, deafblindness, and multiple disabilities
for over 30 years. Janet is currently a Teacher of the Visually Impaired for Akron City Schools. She has also taught at
Cuyahoga Community College and is a co-author of “Taking A Look” vision screening tool for Ohio’s Help Me Grow.
Janet is a consultant for the Ohio Center for Deafblind Education and a trainer for both the INSITE and VIISA courses.
Training Dates:
Location:
March 13 & 14, 2015
Cuyahoga Falls Public Library
2015 Third St.
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221
April 10 & 11, 2015
Make up day (if needed): March 21
Registration:
Register by March 6, 2015
Go to www.ohiodeafblind.org,
look under ‘Services’, and click on
‘Training’ to complete an online
registration form.
Times:
Cost:
CEU’s
9:15 a.m – 5:00 p.m.
each day
This training is being offered at no
cost through OCDBE and the Ohio
Department of Education.
34 Intervention Program Planning
and Development CEU’s are
available through the Ohio Dept. of
Developmental Disabilities
ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED
FOR ALL 4 DAYS
University credit can be obtained through Utah State University. Contact Leanne Parnell at 800-229-0844 x106 or
[email protected] for more information.
The Ohio Center for Deafblind Education 5747 Perimeter Dr., Suite 100A Dublin, OH 43017 800-229-0844 www.ohiodeafblind.org
The Ohio Center for Deafblind Education is a grant-funded project awarded to the School of Education and Health Sciences Grant Center,
University of Dayton, by the U.S. Department of Education with support from the Ohio Department of Education.