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POP Conference is back for Provincial Pro-D Day on October 24, 2025. You can sign up by clicking on this link. There are lots of great sessions planned. POPDB is excited to be able to offer two presentations:

Communication Through Art: Using a Student’s Passion to Increase Communication

Presenters: Mary Hennig, Annie Lehbauer, Emily McGreevy, & Allana Pierce
Description: Communication is not a one-way street. Intervenors, individuals who are specially trained in the field of deafblindness, need to build in opportunities for their student to be expressive. Intervenors must be attuned to the student, and able to recognize and respond when the learner is attempting to communicate, however subtle.  In this presentation, we will discuss the importance of personalized communication before passing the mic to Mary to share her experiences using art as a way of developing communication with her student. The intended audience for this presentation is school teams who are supporting students with deafblindness in BC schools.

What to do with a Balloon: Using Student Interests to Enhance Learning Across the Curriculum

Presenters: Meaghan Bresser & Allana Pierce
Description: Students with deafblindness often have unique interests that can occupy much of their focus each day. Educators and Intervenors often ask us how they can help their students develop other interests. Expanding a student’s world is critical and sometimes you need to do that by leaning into their unique interests. In this presentation, we will discuss using student interests across the curriculum. Then participants will join the POPDB team in breakouts to practice applying student interests to the curriculum. We will come together at the end to share the discussions and answer questions you might have. The intended audience for this presentation is school teams who are supporting students with deafblindness in BC schools.

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