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The OSSB Spring 2008 edition of the Panther Paws newsletter is now out and ready for you to read. Both editions are in .pdf format, one with pictures and one without. Visit the following links to download your preference.

Spring 2008 Newsletter (with pictures)
Spring 2008 Newsletter (text-only)

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OSSB Summer Camp and Program Information

Information for all OSSB Summer Camps and Programs is now up on the web. Please visit our Summer Camps page to find out complete details.

The BSVI/OSSB Summer Work and Learn Program has six openings yet to fill. If you are:

between the ages of 18 and 24
are blind or visually impaired
are a resident of Ohio
want to be competitively employed this summer
would like to refine technology skills
would like to refine daily living skills...

...then you could be a candidate for the BSVI/OSSB Summer Work and Learn Program. This program will run from June 23 until August 15, 2008. If you are interested, please read the program invitation and fill out the application by accessing the links below

Invitation
Work and Learn Application
Work and Learn Registration
Questionnaire

For questions/comments about OSSB Summer Camps and Programs please contact:

Ann Pilewskie
(614) 752-1152 or e-mail apilewskie@ossb.oh.gov

AFB Invites Students Who are Blind or Visually Impaired to View Video Clips

Dear Educators and Parents:

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is currently investigating two research issues pertaining to best practices when describing educational media. We invite you and your students or child, ages 6 to 21, who are blind or visually impaired, to view some video clips and answer several short questions. This will help AFB's panel of educators and media description experts define best practices to use in the final guidelines for educational media description. For more complete information please visit the following link: AFB Educational Media Description Project