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Wednesday, November 1 (All sessions in Ballroom A, Dinner in Atrium)
- 11:00 am – Registration Opens (Conference Center Lobby)
- 1:00 pm – Welcome & Introductions by PAB Staff
- 1:30 pm – Mastering Calm in the Face of Burn-Out, Rust-Out and Overwhelm: Best Practices – Dr. Christine Kiesinger, CEK Communication
- 2:30 pm – Icebreaker/Team Building Exercise – Arletta Shenfeld, PAB – “Just One” is a fun party game where one person attempts to guess a secret word based upon the written clues of the other players. Can this game be adapted for the visually impaired? Let’s play and find out!
- 3:30 pm – Break
- 3:45 pm – Diabetes Prevention Program Update – Linda Moore, The Sight Center of Northwest PA
- 4:15 pm – (Start time tentative) Agency Success Stories – PAB agencies share stories of success experienced by staff and clients.
- 6:00 pm – Tailgate Party and Cornhole Tournament – Who needs a stuffy dinner? Join us in the Atrium for a tailgate with picnic foods, tabletop games, and a cornhole tournament.
Thursday, November 2 (General/Executive Director track (G) in Director’s Room, TSS track (T) in Ballroom A, PSE track (P) in Executive Forum)
- 9:00 am – (G) Leadership is Everyone’s Business: Principals & Practices that Make Leaders Worth following Everywhere – Lee Nasehi, President & CEO, VisionServe Alliance
- 9:00 am – (T) What are O&M, AT, & RT? How can OT help? Sighted guide refresher – Jenn Lilly, Keystone Blind Association; Dianne Michels & Rita Lang, Sights for Hope; Anna Pantalone, VROCP; Erin Kramer, Bucks County Association for the Blind; Steven Floyd, North Central Sight Services/li>
- 9:00 am – (P) Spot Screener Refresher – Cathy Sweeney, Primary Care – Territory Manager Central PA, Baxter
- 10:00 am – Break
- 10:15 am – (T)(Tentative) Client Mental Health & Dealing with Difficult Clients
- 10:15 am – (P) Using Spot Screeners with Printers – Brandon DeArment & Noah Mantione, North Central Sight Services
- 11:15 am – Break
- 11:30 am – (G) PA ABLE – Diana Fishlock, PA Treasury
- 11:30 am – (T)Accessible Pharmacy – Andy Burstein, Chief Executive Officer, Accessible Pharmacy
- 11:30 am – (P) Screening Success with Shy or Scared Kids – Group discussion facilitated by Kate Long, NuVisions Center
- 12:30 pm – Lunch in Ballroom B. Basket Raffle and 50/50 will be drawn.
- 1:30 pm – (T) Low Vision Tools: Hardware and Apps Which Will Help Your Clients – various presenters
- 1:30 pm – (P) Education Programs – Member agencies share education programs which they’ve developed
- 2:45 pm – Break
- 3:00 pm – (G) System and Soul: A comprehensive system for ongoing strategic planning, organizational operations and engineering culture – Lee Nasehi, President & CEO, VisionServe Alliance
- 3:00 pm – (P) Successful screening follow-ups and dealing with difficult parents – Janice Beaver, Beaver County Association for the Blind; Kelly Mariani, Lackawanna Association for the Blind; and Mara Foster-Gray, Venango County Association for the Blind
- 4:00 pm – Break
- 4:15 pm – (P) PSE Staff Networking – meet your colleagues and share ideas
- Dinner is on your own.
- 7:00 pm – Join Arletta for board gaming (location tbd).
Friday, November 3
- 9:00 am – (G) Fat Free Meetings: How to create meetings people want to attend and will leave with clear resolve – Lee Nasehi, President & CEO, VisionServe Alliance
- 10:00 am – Break
- 10:15 am – (T) Why Low Vision Specialists Choose the Items They Do – Erin Kenny, OD, Associate Professor – Salus University
- 10:30 am – (G) Cultural Humility … Making the Unconscious Conscious – Juliana Mosley-Williams PhD, Salus University
- Boxed lunches for the road!
