Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE-Q.64.1.Winter.2019

A quarterly newsletter from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Visual Impairments containing practitioner tips for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and other professionals.

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48 VIDBE - Q Volume 6 4 Issue 1 prepare highly - qualified teachers who can (1) teach and use assistive technology, (2) write IEPs, (3) determine accommodations based on formative and summative assessments, (4) teach and use Braille and Nemeth code at a proficient level, (5) teac h and use VI specific equipment – including slate and stylus, abacus, and braillewriter, (6) address the expanded core curriculum, and (7) assess students using formal assessments, such as Functional Vision and Learning Media Assessments. Diverse fieldwork and student teaching experiences that focus on placements involving both ECE settings and settings that provide a PK - 12 band of student experiences with students who are visually impaired, will be provided for students enrolled in the ECEVI Program. Throu ghout these experiences, general and special education faculty and staff will work as a collective unit, sharing expertise to ensure this merged aspect of the program includes content critical for all preservice teachers, those in general and special educa tion placements alike (Wysocki, 2017). The First ECEVI Cohort Once all coursework was finalized and plans to move forward were confirmed, Dr. Tiffany Wild met with curriculum committees at both the departmental level and college level to gain initial pr ogramming approval. Once this was received, the final program draft was sent for approval by

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