VIDBE-Q Volume 68 Issue 1
Program in 1990, providing low vision evaluations statewide for Kentucky
students with visual impairments. The Short-Term Program for students who are
blind and visually impaired was established in 1993, allowing students to attend
KSB 1-12 weeks a year for specialized instruction while staying enrolled in their
home school district. In 1994, the schools began offering Gateways to
Independence Professional Development Training to Kentucky teachers of the
visually impaired. In 1996, the Kentucky Legislature designated KSB as the
statewide educational resource center on blindness. In 1996, KSB revamped
Outreach Services and placed consultants in regional sites to support proficient
student performance by assisting local school districts in reducing barriers to
learning associated with a vision loss.
KSB established the Insight Post-Secondary Preparation Program in 2006.
Held during the summer at Morehead State University, this program provides high
school students who are blind and visually impaired with an opportunity to
experience what it is like to enter and navigate in a post-secondary setting.
Today, KSB enrolls 70 plus on-campus students, and provides outreach to
more than 1,600 blind and visually impaired students in the Commonwealth. While
on campus, students are taught the same core curriculum as their sighted peers and
receive instruction in the expanded curriculum on such topics as travel,
independent living, visual efficiency skills and more. The school also provides
