VIDBE-Q Volume 66, Issue 2
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Brenda Allair, brenda.allair@perkins.org
Kristen Clark, kristen.clark@perkins.org
Teri Turgeon, teri.turgeon@perkins.org
Courtney Wescott, courtney.wescott@perkins.org
Perkins School for the Blind
Target Audience for Article: TVIs, O&Ms, Program Administrators
Perkins School for the Blind has been a leader and innovator in the
education of students with visual impairments since opening in 1829 as the first
school for the blind in the United States. In addition to providing education to day
and residential students at the campus in Watertown, Massachusetts, Perkins also
provides support and services to more than 1,200 children who are blind or
visually impaired, including those who are deafblind or have multiple disabilities
ages birth-22, through Community Programs. Community Programs comprises the
Infant Toddler Program, Educational Partnerships, and Outreach Short Courses. In
Going Virtual for Students with Visual
Impairments: Providing Education and Programs
for Children Birth to 22
