VIDBE-Q Volume 65 Issue 1
Scott Wall , Columbia Regional BVI Program Administrator,
swall1@pps.net
In Oregon, students with visual impairments from birth through age
21, are served in their neighborhood schools with services related to this
low incidence disability provided by itinerant teachers of the visually
impaired and para-educators through a regional system comprised of 8
separate regional programs. Oregon Regional Programs also serve other
low incidence populations including autism, Deaf and hard of hearing,
Deafblind, orthopedic impairments and traumatic brain injury. Columbia
Regional Program serves students in Multnomah, Clackamas, Hood and
Wasco counties. It is the largest regional program in the state by student
numbers. Through the regional model of service delivery, itinerant
teachers work to provide educational services that meet the needs of
students in their neighborhood schools.
Oregon has a state Vision professional learning team (PLT), which
meets twice a year, and is comprised of one TVI or program administrator
from each region. During a Vision PLT meeting in late 2018, attendees
Improving Services for Students with CVI in Oregon:
Learning and Working Together
