Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE-Q Volume 65 Issue 1 • Advanced Placement course offered in Computer Science • Internships embedded into the curriculum for all juniors and seniors • Student-led meal planning and cooking in residential • Community accessed program offerings at Clark College, Cascadia Tech, or local High School • Student leadership roles and peer tutoring • Outdoor education program • Alternate attendance options (when students cannot commute to campus) • Short Courses – week-long programs for students enrolled in their local school programs • International student program through the Youth Exchange Program • Shared Deafblind students with Washington School for the Deaf • Distance Learning Courses in math and computer science • Residential learning coordinated with students' Individualized Education Program (IEP) • Robust recreation program involving community partnership (NW Association of Blind Athletes, US Forest Service, City of Vancouver, etc.)

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Convention Schedule
• President's Message
• Message from the Editor
• Growing and Learning with Irwin in Mind
• The Visually Impaired Learner (VIL) and Orientation and Mobility (O&M) programs at Portland State University
• Mobility Matters: Interdisciplinary Partnerships to Create More Accessible Cities
• Camp Spark: Using Sports and Physical Activity as a Catalyst for Independence
• Improving Services for Students with CVI in Oregon: Learning and Working Together
• The Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act
• CEC’s DVIDB Preconvention Workshop: Implementing Effective Instruction for Students with Cortical Visual Impairments - Moving from Assessment to Intervention
• Introduction to CEC’s Process for Re-Validating Knowledge and Skills Competency Sets
• Conceptual Paper for Re-Validating the Teacher of the Deafblind and Intervener Competencies