Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE-Q 65.1 Winter 2020

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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VIDBE-Q Volume 65 Issue 1 including trainings on assessment, strategies, interventions and resources for all teachers of the visually impaired in Oregon. The team at Columbia Regional made a plan and worked diligently to create a two day in-service, The Oregon CVI Extravaganza, in April of 2019. The Oregon CVI Extravaganza was held in Bend, Oregon on April 4th and 5th. Over 90% of the TVI's in Oregon in attendance, marking the first state-wide training specifically for TVI's with this level of attendance. Not only were we able to spend two days learning about CVI and creating adapted materials and books, we also created the Oregon CVI PLT, comprised of interested teachers throughout the state who agreed to meet on a regular basis to share information and resources with each other and plan future trainings for the state. This is a testament to the importance of CVI and the desire of our Oregon professionals to increase their knowledge about CVI and to do more for this population of students. The first day of the training focused on assessment and a "make and take" at the end of the day provided teacher's with 5 more items for their assessment tool kit. We discussed an action plan for the state to include a CVI PLT and creating a plan for future trainings. One session was on CVI and O&M presented by Saaron Putnam-Almaguer and Darlene Daniels. An

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