Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago
The 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 4 call for nations “to ensure health and well-being for all, at every stage of life” and for “inclusive and quality education for all.” An accurate count and assessment of children with visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities, is the first step to reaching these goals.Children with multiple disabilities and vision impairment (MDVI) are at the greatest risk of being left behind in education and in life which means these children are among the most vulnerable in the world.Please join, Kristen Layton, Director of Perkins India in a discussion to address the following questions:
1) Who are the population of children with MDVI?
2) How can we improve screening, assessment and identification procedures?
3) What integrated approaches to intervention work toward achieving educational access?
Kristen Layton is the Director of Perkins India, a program of Perkins School for the Blind. Prior to leading the team in India, she served as the Director of Strategy, Innovation and Learning and helped launch Perkins International’s programs in the Middle East and North Africa.
Before coming to Perkins in 2009, Kristen led the launch of the Inclusive Schools Network at the Education Development Center, Inc. She has held positions at Boston College, the University of Maryland, the National Deaf-Blind Project, Helen Keller National Center and as a special education teacher in New York. She holds degrees in Elementary and Special Education.
The 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 4 call for nations “to ensure health and well-being for all, at every stage of life” and for “inclusive and quality education for all.” An accurate count and assessment of children with visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities, is the first step to reaching these goals.Children with multiple disabilities and vision impairment (MDVI) are at the greatest risk of being left behind in education and in life which means these children are among the most vulnerable in the world.Please join, Kristen Layton, Director of Perkins India in a discussion to address the following questions:
1) Who are the population of children with MDVI?
2) How can we improve screening, assessment and identification procedures?
3) What integrated approaches to intervention work toward achieving educational access?
Kristen Layton is the Director of Perkins India, a program of Perkins School for the Blind. Prior to leading the team in India, she served as the Director of Strategy, Innovation and Learning and helped launch Perkins International’s programs in the Middle East and North Africa.
Before coming to Perkins in 2009, Kristen led the launch of the Inclusive Schools Network at the Education Development Center, Inc. She has held positions at Boston College, the University of Maryland, the National Deaf-Blind Project, Helen Keller National Center and as a special education teacher in New York. She holds degrees in Elementary and Special Education.
