CPD Opportunities
Please read below for various upcoming CPD opportunities.
Conferences
Please head to our Conferences page for a list of upcoming national and international conferences.
CPD earning ACVREP recertification credits
- HumanWare Live Webinar Series: interesting back-to-school topics that focus on the use of braille devices or smart magnification tools. Their sessions are free of charge and allow you to earn one-hour of continuing education credit for each session. A range of upcoming webinar dates throughout September and October 2020 are available, as well as access to recordings of previous webinars.
- AER eLearning: a range of topics available, with discounts offered to AER members (Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired) with upcoming dates throughout February 2021.
- Perkins School for the Blind eLearning: a large range of courses available, with some spanning several weeks and others a self-paced style of one hour.
- Perkins eLearning professional development opportunities
Non-ACVREP CPD
Here are some other O&M/vision specific online professional development opportunities:
- Perkins eLearning free webinars
- The Renwick Centre Podcast: 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!
- A Step Forward Podcast: a podcast for Orientation & Mobility specialists.
- RO&Ming with Lil:Â provides a forum for people to learn more about functional vision, and orientation and mobility practice, from an Australian perspective. It offers professional development for O&M specialists and guide dog mobility instructors worldwide.
There is also a range of Australian focused disability related learning opportunities. These are not vision specific, but may have relevance to your professional practice.
- NDS Training and Development; range of topics, prices, durations and delivery methods. Many free online options available. Provided by NDS (National Disability Services).
- Team DSC Training; range of topics, prices, durations and delivery methods. Provided by Disability Services Consulting.