New
"Low Vision"
Software: VisiPrint
Efficient production of large print documents
for schools, agencies and programs for the blind.
Efficient production of large print documents
for schools, agencies and programs for the blind.
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New
"Low Vision"
Software: VisiPrint Efficient production of large print documents for schools, agencies and programs for the blind. |
P.O. Box 75762 Employment
History
- Deaf-Blindness Specialist/ O & M Specialist Freelance deaf-blindness consultant in the Twin Cities region. Presently providing freelance consulting services for a variety of state agencies and school districts serving individuals with deafblindness. Responsibilities include providing professional workshops in deaf-blindness, conducting functional low vision and Orientation & Mobility assessments with deaf-blind children and adults, and providing direct services in O & M and tactile communication.
- President and founder of InTouch Graphics, Inc (formerly Click&Go Interactive), a small company which focuses on the design and production of tactile/low vision maps for the blind and visually impaired. These maps follow a “universal design” concept, allowing access to orientation information for people with any degree of vision loss. Clients have included the Helen Keller National Center, New York University, the New York State Commission for the Blind, Queens College, The California School for the Blind, et al. InTouch Graphics also designs and produces software for the visually impaired, including interactive mapping software and software for individuals requiring large print modifications (VisiPrint software). See website <www.intouchgraphics.com> for more information.
- Deaf-Blindness Specialist/ O & M Specialist Freelance deaf-blindness consultant in the New York/New Jersey region for 18 years. Included consulting for the Helen Keller National Center, and both national and international contracts. Responsibilities included providing professional workshops in deaf-blindness, conducting functional low vision and Orientation & Mobility assessments with individual deaf-blind children and adults, and providing direct services in O & M and tactile communication.
- Orientation and Mobility Instructor- Instructed assigned deaf-blind clients in all phases of O & M.
Education - M. Ed. in Special
Education and Rehabilitation, Certificate of Peripatology - BA Degree in Philosophy, June 1977, Boston College
- American Association
for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind (AER) Professional Consulting Positions NY State Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, New York, NY (June 1985- June 2000) - Orientation and Mobility/Communications Consultant Developed and initiated a unique program in NYC for deaf immigrants with minimal language skills. Focus of individualized instruction on developing survival communication and orientation skills. Government of Thailand, Mahidol University, Thailand (June 1996-December 1996) - Expert-Consultant in Blindness Education Invited to initiate, organize, and direct the training of Thai special education teachers in blindness and deaf-blindness skills. Responsibilities included working with community training programs across the country, writing curriculum for and establishing the country’s first university level Orientation and Mobility teacher training program.
- Deaf-Blindness
Consult-
- Supervisor, Orientation
and Mobility and Low Vision Departments Cioffi, J., (1994)
Chapter entitled: Orientation and Mobility Issues and Support Strategies. In
Supporting Adults Who are Deaf-Blind in Their Communities, (1994).
Edited by Jane Everson, Paul H. Brooks Publishing Company. Cioffi, J.,
& Miner, I.D., 1997, Usher Syndrome in the High School Setting Pollard, R.Q., Miner, I.D., Cioffi, J., 2000, Vision and Hearing Loss. In T.R. Elliot & R. J. Frank (Eds.), Handbook of rehabilitation psychology. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. Cioffi, J., Chapter entitled: Orientation and Mobility for the Deaf-Blind, Adolescence through Adulthood, in Understanding Deafblindness: Issues, Perspectives, Strategies. Editor: Linda Alsop. 1998, Ski-Hi Institute, Utah State University Video Cioffi, J. 1995,
Orientation and Mobility and the Usher Syndrome Student
Guest Lecturer/Presenter:
Usher Syndrome Workshop January 1997 Guest lecturer/Presenter:
Orientation and Mobility and Deaf-Blindness February 1997 Guest Lecturer/Presenter:
Usher Syndrome and Orientation & Mobility
Guest Presenter:
Orientation and Mobility Workshop for Usher Youth July 1997 Guest Lecturer-Presenter January 1998 Guest lecturer/Presenter:
Orientation and Mobility and Deaf-Blindness June 1998 Guest Presenter/Consultant December 1998 Guest Lecturer/Presenter:
Orientation and Mobility and Deaf-Blindness
Guest lecturer/Presenter:
Orientation and Mobility and Deaf-Blindness
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Joseph
F. Cioffi