Vision 101: Understanding the Eye & Vision Related Terms 1 hour 30 minutes
Presentation slides 10 MB
Christopher Russell, M.S., Ed.
NYDBC Project Coordinator, Teacher for the Blind/Visually Impaired
Chris Russell is the Project Coordinator for the New York Deaf-Blind Collaborative. He has extensive experience as a classroom teacher and a Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI) working with children who have visual impairments and additional disabilities, including deafblindness. Chris was the first person to be CVI Range endorsed in the state of New York and has presented widely on various topics, such as educational best practices, curriculum adaptations, and early/emergent communication development for students with visual impairments, multiple disabilities and deafblindness.
He is past-President of the New York Association for Education and Rehabilitation of Blind/Visually Impaired (NYSAER) and teaches graduate courses at Hunter College in two teacher training programs; Blindness/Visual Impairment and Severe/Multiple Disabilities.
Chris is currently pursuing a post-master’s degree in Educational Leadership, receiving certification in School Building Leader (SBL) and School District Leader (SDL).