Lieberman receives award from organization dedicated to advancing the blind and visually impaired
A book co-authored by a College at Brockport Distinguished Service Professor is being honored by a national organization. The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired has presented Lauren Lieberman and her two co-authors Paul Ponchillia and Susan Ponchillia with its 2016 C. Warren Bledsoe Award. This is one of the most prestigious awards in the field of visual impairment.
The award is presented bi-annually to someone who authors a piece of literature that presents new facts and/or concepts about blindness; offers a new perspective on a fundamental problem in blindness; identifies a particular need in the field and results in a positive change; popularizes the life and times of people with visual impairments.
Lieberman’s book “Physical Education and Sports for People with Visual Impairments and Deafblindness: Foundations of Instruction,” published through The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) focuses on teaching the skills that will enable both children and adults with visual impairments and deafblindness to participate in physical education, recreation, sports and lifelong health and fitness activities.
“Teachers of the visually impaired and orientation and mobility specialists, during their professional preparation programs, do not get much if any information on how to include children with visual impairments into physical education, physical activity, sport or recreation,” Lieberman says. “This textbook fills this gap to ensure our professors and the students get this information.”
Provided information
