CTEVH/CTEBVI:  California Transcribers and Educators of the Visually Handicapped/California Transcribers and Educators of the Blind and Visually Impaired.  Annual Conference.  In Northern California in odd years (e.g., 2009 in Burlingame).  In Southern California in even years (e.g., 2010 in Los Angeles).  CTEVH is an organization of transcribers (Braillists), educators, orientation and mobility specialists, rehabilitation counselors, administrators of schools and agencies, parents of visually impaired individuals, librarians,paraprofessionals, students and other advocates for the visually impaired.  CAPVI holds its annual general meeting and annual board meeting at this event.  CAPVI presents workshops for parents of children with visual impairments as part of this conference.  Conference includes workshops for transcribers, educators and parents.  Check our Upcoming Events page here on the CAPVI  website, or www.ctevh.org for further details.

Lowenfeld-Akeson Symposium.  Annual symposium for educators, counselors, orientation and mobility specialists, and parents of children with visual impairments, held at the California School for the Blind in Fremont, CA, usually in late January or early February.  This symposium generally addresses visual impairment in early childhood.  Sponsored by Blind Babies Foundation, CAPVI, the California School for the Blind, and NCAER (Northern California Association of Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired).  Information from Blind Babies Foundation (www.blindbabies.org).