Vocational, Psychological & Educational Planning for Individuals with Visual Impairment/Blindness Using the Comprehensive Vocational Evaluation System (CVES)
By Arrangement
AGENDA
Day One:
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Registration and Introduction of Participants
9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
The Need for Relevant Information for
Vocational and Educational Planning: The CVES Model and Approach10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Data Gathering Process: History, Behavioral Observations and Standardized Assessments
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Assessing Intelligence, Achievement and Other
Verbal-Spatial Cognitive Abilities2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Assessing Perceptual-Motor Functions
Day Two:
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Perceptual-Motor Functions - continued
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Assessing Emotional-Coping Functions
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Vocational Interests and Reality of Employment Potential
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Integrating Information for Planning
Day Three:
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Hands-on Administration and Scoring of CVES
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Hands-on Administration and Scoring of CVES, continued
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Hands-on Administration and Scoring of CVES, continued
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
VEPARS - computerized interpretation of CVES: generating, customizing, editing and printing evaluation reports
Day Four:
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Interpretation Process
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Case Studies - Use of Computer Programs
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Case Studies
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Case Studies