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The NextSense Institute Podcast (formerly the Renwick Centre Podcast) is a regular series that discusses hearing and vision education and health- everything from new resources, emerging ideas and hot-button issues!
Episodes
Monday Jul 15, 2019
Monday Jul 15, 2019
In this week's episode, we speak with returning guest, Andrew Kendrick, who talks with us about experience books, and their relevance in language and listening skills.
Monday Jul 08, 2019
Monday Jul 08, 2019
Today, we speak to Dr. Amy Szarkowski , a psychologist who specializes in working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families. Amy serves as the Clinical Director for the Children’s Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf, and speaks with us today about the importance of pragmatics.
Course information! Transcript: click here!
Monday Jul 01, 2019
Monday Jul 01, 2019
In this episode, we speak with returning guest Andrew Spencer, Manager of Library and Information Services at the NextSense Institute Library, about evidence based practice and its importance within various fields.
Click here to view our resource list. Click here to download the transcript!
Monday Jun 24, 2019
Monday Jun 24, 2019
In this episode of the podcast, we speak with Harzita Hashim, Best Practice Lead for Vision, about the importance of choosing and reading books for children who are blind or have low vision.
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Monday Jun 17, 2019
Monday Jun 17, 2019
Dr Rosenblum shares suggestions for parents & teachers to support students with vision impairment with travel, including strategies for personal locomotion (walking & bike riding), public transport & ride sharing.
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
In this episode, we speak with Dr Frances Gentle, about UEBOnline, the importance of learning braille, and the upcoming release of UEB Maths!
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Friday Jun 07, 2019
Friday Jun 07, 2019
In this episode of the NextSense Institute Podcast, we speak to Dr Christie Yoshinago-Itano about at-risk populations of students who are deaf or hard of hearing, and about her upcoming two day course in July.
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Monday Jun 03, 2019
Monday Jun 03, 2019
Returning to the NextSense Institute Podcast, Dr Sue Silveira shares the common and more unusual red flags parents can look for if they have concerns about their children’s vision.
Saturday May 25, 2019
Saturday May 25, 2019
Dr Penny Rosenblum talks about the importance of visual graphics for students who are blind or vision impaired and provides strategies for teachers to try.
Transcript: Click here to download!
The overview page:
https://www.aph.org/product/animalwatch-vi-building-graphics-literacy-for-ipad/
The link directly to the curriculum (free) is:
The link to the app (free) is:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/animalwatch-vi-graphics/id1500956962
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Today on the podcast, we talk to Andrew Spencer, Manager, Library & Information Services, to talk about the NextSense Institute Podcast Library as part of Library and Information Week: www.ridbc.org.au/renwick/library-services
Tuesday May 14, 2019
Tuesday May 14, 2019
Dr Sue Silveira is an orthoptist with significant experience working with children and their families. Sue talks about all the reasons children might be refusing to wear their glasses, and provides strategies and ideas to help families and care givers encourage children to keep them on.
Tuesday May 14, 2019
Tuesday May 14, 2019
This podcast focuses on working with language interpreters when providing early intervention to children with hearing loss. Andrew Kendrick supports many families who use English as a second or third language at home and provides advice and suggestions for teachers and therapists working in these environments.
Monday May 13, 2019
Monday May 13, 2019
Welcome to the first episode of the NextSense Institute Podcast!
In this episode we talk to Rosa Wright, an orthoptist at RIDBC, who provides a comparison between the eye health system in Australia and Sri Lanka, and some of the things she learned during her trip.