Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE-Q Volume 66, Issue 2 6 Kathleen M. Farrand, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Arizona State University Kathleen.Farrand@asu.edu I am thrilled to share the Spring 2021 Convention Issue with you! I hope everyone had a chance to attend CEC Live in March and view a presentation, stop by the DVIDB booth, or connect with colleagues and friends. This Spring issue of the VIDBE-Q journal features DVIDB award winners and DVIDB presentations from CEC Live 2021. The issue begins with articles highlighting each of the award winners from 2021. Please take a minute to read about the amazing work being done by students, Message from the Editor

• Cover Page
• Table of Contents
• Message from the Editor
• President's Message
• Virginia Murray Sowell Student of the Year
• Deborah D. Hatton Dissertation of the Year
• Teacher of the Year
• Advocate of the Year
• Distinguished Service Award
• Functional Vision Assessment: Delphi Study Results and Where We Need to Go
• The Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)/Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) Matrix: Unique Considerations for Integrated Assessment and Intervention
• Using a Cohort Model to Address Cortical Visual Impairment in New York City
• Strategies for Teaching Tactile Tangible Symbol Systems: Case Study on a Learner with Deafblindness
• Lessons for Reading and Contributing to Research: Findings and Implications from a Descriptive Review of Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
• Going Virtual for Students with Visual Impairments: Providing Education and Programs for Children Birth to 22
• Peer Support Arrangements for Students with Visual Impairments
• Service Determination for Students who are Blind/Visually Impaired