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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46 VIDBE - Q Volume 6 4 Issue 1 The state of Ohio is experiencing the same trends. Currently 1,935 Ohio students are registered with the American Printing House for the Blind (2016) through the federal quota system, this number only includes students with the definition of "legal blindness." According to the Ohio Department of Education database system, 98 teachers are licensed as an Intervention Specialist in Visual Impairment (ODE, 2013) in the state of Ohio. Data from the Ohio Sta te School for the Blind Outreach team indicate that from 2005 - 2010 approximately 70% of students with visual impairments in the state were not receiving services due to funding or lack of qualified personnel (Fast, 2011). In addition, the service team fou nd that the largest concentration of teachers were located around major cities in Ohio, with large portions of the state, specifically the entire Southeastern portion, identified as having low numbers of teachers of students with visual impairments. ECEV I Program Development Creation of the integrated ECEVI dual licensure program at OSU involved extensive collaboration among university faculty and staff in the departments of Teaching and Learning and Educational Studies, as well as staff from the Office o f Educator Preparation. An integrated model was utilized in initial discussions among the team, when faculty and staff came

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