Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE-Q 66.4 FALL 2021

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 66 Issue 4 make decisions about the location of appropriate seating, and ensure technology is set up. It is even possible to include this in your child's IEP to help ensure that it takes place. Service Provision I have been asked, "How do I know my child is getting the appropriate amount of service minutes?". I would recommend that you simply ensure that this recommendation be based on data. If you do not feel that your child's needs are being met, you can call an IEP meeting to evaluate the appropriateness of their allotted schedule of services. Along the same vein, it is important to remember that the IEP team is a powerful resource at your disposal. We recently had an issue with our son's technology (as he entered middle school and is changing classes each period) becoming too cumbersome to allow for easy portability. It took his entire team being creative to get his number of devices reduced and utilizing some stationary equipment to relieve his frustration. The last thing I will note here is that it has taken both of our children longer to master learning to read and write fluently. Given that they are having to do so in a non-traditional manner using technology, and often different technology depending on the task, this is only reasonable. However, it was easy for me as apparent to become a little panicked about their rate of progress in this area. As a parent, as uncomfortable as it was at times, I felt it was important to give our children the additional time they need to

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