Illinois Association for Parents
of Children with Visual Impairments

IVPI Outlook

April 2003

Table of Contents

President's Message: ACTION NEEDED NOW

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Hold These Dates

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National Committee of Parents Organized to Protect IDEA

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Conferences

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Workshops

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APPLES Magazine

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A Study Group Focusing on Including Children with Special Needs in Child Care Settings and Private Preschools

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>National IDEA Summit Planned for June 19-21

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ILLINOIS PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATIONCENTERS

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New Law Impacts Paraprofessionals Working In the Nation's Schools

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Parents Discuss Working with Paraprofessionals

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PATENTS, OTHER ALERT AS CONGRESS READIES FOR IDEA

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Guild News

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Teaching a Blind Student How To Graph on A Coordinate Plane: No Tech, Low Tech, and High Tech Tools

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Encapsulated RPE Cells Reduce Photoreceptor degeneration in Animal Models of Retinitis Pigmentosa

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FFB's New Web Site

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You are Special!

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IPVI's Mathew Benedict Juskie Scholarship Fund

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