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AFB Press Newsletter - October 2010 JVIB Releases Special Issue on Vision and the Brain The Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness has just released a special issue on vision and the brain, a topic that has been rapidly moving to the forefront of medical, educational, and rehabilitation services for children and adults with vision impairment. Edited by Gregory L. Goodrich, Ph.D. and Amanda Hall Lueck, Ph.D., this special issue strives to offer current and relevant information for readers on this critical topic. The issue includes opening commentaries on terminology, children with cortical visual impairment (CVI), vision rehabilitation services, and vision rehabilitation practitioners; articles on involving the participation and input of parents when working with children with CVI, functional vision assessment, and functional outcomes; and a Roundtable section on the ways personnel preparation programs have changed to include instruction in CVI. The issue also features opportunities for certificants of the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP) to earn approved continuing education units (CEUs) by reading JVIB articles. This month's CEU opportunities include a personnel preparation article on neurological vision rehabilitation and how to conduct a functional vision assessment with children who have CVI. To subscribe to JVIB and receive immediate online access to the special issue on vision and the brain, go to www.jvib.org. To order print copies of the special issue, go to www.afb.org/store. To see all of the CEU opportunities available through JVIB go to http://www.jvib.org/allCEUs. Click here to subscribe to JVIB! ____________________________________________________________ New Editions of Foundations of Low Vision, Foundations of Orientation and Mobility, Now Available Through International Distributors International customers of AFB Press wishing to purchase the new editions of Foundations of Low Vision and Foundations of Orientation and Mobility can expect faster delivery time and less expensive shipping by ordering these and other AFB titles through international distributors. AFB Press has an agreement with Lightning Source, Inc. - an international, print-on-demand provider – to make its books more readily available to customers abroad. Books are printed at Lightning Source's UK facility and can be shipped within the UK, Europe, Africa and Australasia. Nearly 40 AFB Press titles are available through this arrangement, including the newly released second edition of Foundations of Low Vision: Clinical and Functional Perspectives and the third edition of Foundations of Orientation and Mobility. They can be ordered through the following international distribution partners: For individuals: Amazon (www.amazon.co.uk) For wholesalers and retailers: Gardners (www.gardners.com) Bertrams (www.bertrams.com) Blackwell (www.blackwell.com) Coutts (www.couttsinfo.com) The new Foundations books can also be ordered domestically from the AFB Press online bookstore at www.afb.org/store or by calling 1-800-232-3044. Click here to place an international AFB Press order at Amazon.com in the UK. ____________________________________________________________ Special Offer: CareerConnect Collection - Five Career Titles for $25 In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, CareerConnect®, AFB's premiere online employment resource, is proud to offer a collection of classic books on careers and employment from AFB Press at a very special price. The CareerConnect® Collection includes five books that describe exciting career possibilities for people who are blind or visually impaired. They include Jobs to Be Proud Of: Profiles of Workers Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired; Career Perspectives: Interviews with Blind and Visually Impaired Professionals; Health Care Professionals Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired; Business Owners Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired and Teachers Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired. These books are designed to inspire young people by expanding their knowledge of available career choices and profiling successful workers. For a limited time this collection of five books is available for only $25. This special offer provides professionals and educators an opportunity to expand their libraries at a fraction of the list price. CareerConnect® is a free employment resource created by the American Foundation for the Blind to expand employment possibilities for people with vision loss. For more information, go to www.afb.org/careerconnect. Clcik here to order the CareerConnect Collection! ____________________________________________________________ Title Profile:Art Beyond Sight: A Resource Guide to Art, Creativity and Visual Impairment 504 pp. $79.95 Available in paperback and ASCII on CD-ROM Edited by Elisabeth Salzhauer Axel and Nina Sobol Levent, Ph.D. Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month is being celebrated in October. It is an international initiative to promote art by and for people with vision loss and other disabilities, and to encourage multimodal approaches to education and creativity. Organized by Art Education for the Blind (AEB) and its more than 200 partners around the world, it recognizes that exposure to the arts and cultural institutions is crucial for the advancement of many key issues in the education and rehabilitation of people with disabilities. Art Beyond Sight: A Resource Guide to Art, Creativity and Visual Impairment, co- published by AFB Press and Art Education for the Blind, is a one-of-a-kind resource that provides vital information on all aspects of exploring art and creativity by people who are blind or visually impaired. This beautiful, fully illustrated manual is the result of a decade-long international collaboration among researchers, art educators, teachers of visually impaired students, psychologists, museum professionals, and blind and sighted art enthusiasts. It includes a section of reproducible pages for classroom or workshop activities. The book, Art Beyond Sight: A Resource Guide to Art, Creativity and Visual Impairment, can be purchased from the AFB Press online bookstore at www.afb.org/store or by calling 1-800-232-3044. Click here to order Art Beyond Sight! ____________________________________________________________ News From AFB Press AFB Press American Foundation for the Blind #2 Penn Plaza, Suite 1102 New York, NY 10121 212-502-7640 afbpress@afb.net AFB Press is the leading publisher in the field of blindness and visual impairment in the United States. It produces books, journals, videos, and electronic materials, offering a wide range of information for students, professionals, researchers, and blind and visually impaired people and their families. Visit the AFB Press online bookstore! ____________________________________________________________ Click here to go to the AFB Press online bookstore!

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