SOMA Schedule 2022

FEWER CONFLICTS because sessions are REPEATED!

Following our popular SOMA tradition, presentations will be repeated so you can choose two out of each set of concurrent sessions.
How does this work? The schedule has 6 Concurrent Session Groups, each of which has two time slots. The sessions in the first time slot are repeated in the second time slot, except each time slot has one session that is not repeated, so if you want to attend that session, you'll have to do it at that time.

SATURDAY, December 10, 2022

8:30-11:45 Half-day workshops (each is repeated in the afternoon):
• O&M Distance consultation in action: What are we learning? - Amy T. Parker, et al
• Support for you as an activist - Dona Sauerburger
• Adaptive painting with a visual twist - Maureen Army
  
  
11:45-1:15 LUNCH (on your own)

1:15-4:30 Half-day workshops:
Morning workshops are repeated


6:15-9:30 BLINDFOLD PAINTING

8:30-10:15 - General session
• Creative O&M lessons - Tommy Strasz, Kristy Plesscher & Garret Waldie
• Exhibitor Highlights
  
  
10:15-10:45 BREAK - snacks in exhibit area!

10:45-12:00 Concurrent Session A (part 1)
• {Presented once!) O&M for students with Cortical Visual Impairment - Dr. Dawn Anderson and Dr. Rob Wall Emerson
• Uncontrolled crossings -- let's keep it simple! - Jolene Troisi and Dona Sauerburger
• O&M Tech Smackdown - Andrea Wallace
• Orienting dog guide users to new environments - Lukas Franck
  
  
12:00-1:30 LUNCH (on your own)

1:30-2:45 Concurrent Session A (part 2)
• {Presented once!)Psychosocial effects and safety in O&M during and after Covid-19 - Justin Kaiser, Danene Fast, Stephanie Welch-Grenier
• Uncontrolled crossings -- let's keep it simple! - Jolene Troisi and Dona Sauerburger
• O&M Tech Smackdown - Andrea Wallace
• Orienting dog guide users to new environments - Lukas Franck
  
  
3:15-4:15 Concurrent Session B (part 1)
• {Presented once!) Audible beaconing APS aid wayfinding at complex street crossings - Beezy Bentzen, COMS, PhD
• 3D Printing for O&Ms with Braille - Bill Adams
• Considerations for keeping ALL itinerant staff safe in today's world - Tiffany Conrad
• Arizona O&M: Adventure and discovery in the heart of the Grand Canyon - Alex Fabrega
  
  
4:30-5:30 Concurrent Session B (part 2)
• {Presented once!) The upcoming Foundations of O&M Book: What's new and different - William Wiener and Rob Wall
• 3D Printing for O&Ms with Braille - Bill Adams
• Considerations for keeping ALL itinerant staff safe in today's world - Tiffany Conrad
• Arizona O&M: Adventure and discovery in the heart of the Grand Canyon - Alex Fabrega

MONDAY, December 12, 2022

8:30-9:45 Concurrent Session C (part 1)
• {Presented once!) O&M Referral process: Policy and practice - Justin Kaiser and Tina Herzberg
• Beyond hand’s reach: O&M tools to achieve static balance for toddlers with visual impairment- Grace Ambrose-Zaken
• Move with purpose - Sue Glaser
  
  
10:15-11:30 Concurrent Session C (part 2)

• {Presented once!) A decade of long cane research: What have we learned? - Rob Wall Emerson
• Beyond hand’s reach: O&M tools to achieve static balance for toddlers with visual impairment- Grace Ambrose-Zaken
• Move with purpose - Sue Glaser
  
  
1:00-2:00 Concurrent Session D (part 1)

• {Presented once!) Bicycles and vision disabled pedestrians—a dangerous mix - Beezy Bentzen, Linda Myers, Alan Scott
• Roadmap to an O&M Professional Learning Community - Anne Zanger and Rikilynn Layher
• Map Creator applications - Howard Kaplan
  
  
2:15-3:15 Concurrent Session D (part 2)

• {Presented once!) What Juno about Juno? - Garret Waldie, Tommy Strasz, Kristy Plesscher
• Roadmap to an O&M Professional Learning Community - Anne Zanger and Rikilynn Layher
• Map Creator applications - Howard Kaplan
  
  
3:45-4:30 Concurrent Session E (part 1)

• {Presented once!) Tactile Walking Surface Indicators: What, Where, Why and How - Beezy Bentzen, Alan Scott, Jennifer Graham
  
  
4:45-5:30 Concurrent Session E (part 2)

TUESDAY, December 13, 2022

8:00 am - 4:00 pm Janet Barlow Collaborative Initiative
This all-day event is limited to the first 50 who sign up for it - click here to register and get more information.


8:00-9:45 Traffic engineering and O&M: Cultivating collaboration - John Hibbard
This opening session for the Janet Barlow Collaborative Initiative is not limited, all participants are welcome (note early starting time!)


8:30-9:45 Concurrent Session F (part 1)
• Teaching basic O&M skills in schools as a cane user - Erika Fundelius and Elaine Mara
  
  
10:00-11:15 Concurrent Session F (part 2)
• {Presented once!) Teaching cane skills systematically while enhancing motivation - Dona Sauerburger
• Teaching basic O&M skills in schools as a cane user - Erika Fundelius and Elaine Mara
  
  
11:30-12:35 Roundtable discussions (Topics TBA)