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 develop these skills. It also necessitates the need for the classroom teacher and the teacher of students with visual impairments (TSVI), each with their own specialized training, to work together to ensure as much access and progress as possible. Preparing for a Successful School Year As you may already be aware, even when the above variables have been considered and implemented, each school year brings new personnel and presents new challenges. The back to school meeting I mentioned previously is a way to combat this issue. In preparation for this meeting, you should consider compiling folders for each staff member. These folders help ensure that each person has the information they need and that you get the chance to help paint the picture of your child. Take this opportunity to brag on your child! Make their strengths explicitly clear and document them with pictures. Also, providing helpful resources, such as information specific to your child's particular eye condition and strategies for general education teachers, can prove instructive (TSBVI, 2010, 2016). Figure 2 provides ideas for the relevant information to include in the folders.

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