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The Center for the Partially Sighted and National Federation of the Blind of California San Fernando Valley Chapter Present:
The Best in Tech 2009
Come and learn from actual users of the most popular adaptive technology devices for people with low vision. Vendors will be present to allow hands-on experience with the devices:
- The Pebble, Ruby, and Far View Portable video magnifiers
- The i-Phone versus the Nokia N 82 Cell phones
- GPS systems and software for cell phones
- Zoom Twix, Eye Pal and KNFB mobile Scanners
- Book Sense and the Victor Reader
- Desktop video magnifiers
- Braille Note, Braille Sense, and Pac Mate
- Optical magnifiers with LED illumination
Information
When: Saturday November 21, 2009 - 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Where: Radisson Hotel - 6161 W. Centinela Ave. Culver City, CA 90230
RSVP by November 12, 2009 at NFBEvents@gmail.com or call Robert Stigile at (818) 419-5331 (818) 419-5331 to win a Pebble Video Magnifier ($595 value)
This event is underwritten by: www.abisee.com www.enhancevision.com and www.humanware.com
RFB&D Individual Membership is now FREE.
Thanks to major funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Grant #H327D090001 and support of private donors, RFB&D Individual Membership is now free to individuals with proper certification*.
Member benefits include:
- FREE access to the nation's largest audiobook library of textbooks and literature titles
- Human-narrated audiobooks with descriptions of images, tables and graphs
- Easy-to-use online catalog
- 24/7 online member services and phone support
- Various audiobook downloadable formats, including DAISY and WMA (Windows Media Audio)
NAMI BASICS 
The Fundamentals of caring for you, your family,
and your child with behavioral and emotional issues
FREE 6 week education course offered for parents/caregivers of children and
adolescents with behavioral and emotional issues. (ADD/ADHD, Bipolar disorder,
Anxiety and undiagnosed)
Classes include:
Introduction - It's not your fault, these are brain disorders
The biology of brain disorders: getting an accurate diagnosis
Treatment work - an overview of treatment options
Tools for the toolbox - communication skills, problem solving, crisis
preparation and response, handling challenging behavior, relapse
planning, impact on family members
Record keeping and the systems your child may be involved in (school,
juvenile justice, mental health)
Survivor stories, review, wrap-up
Please contact the NAMI San Gabriel Valley office and ask to be put on the NAMI
Basics contact list. One of the teachers will call you back. The first class will begin on
Monday Oct. 5th, 2009 at 6:30 pm-8:30 pm in Pasadena.
NAMI San Gabriel Valley phone: (626) 577-6697