VIDBE-Q Volume 69 Issue 3
Soon other national and international collaborations began in Virginia with
George Mason University and their partner universities. Connections in Puerto
Rico through the University of Puerto Rico started a partnership to provide a
masters in Orientation and Mobility for their undergraduate Teachers of Students
with Visual Impairments.
Connections with professors in the National Taiwan Normal University, the
University of Tainan, Taiwan Low Vision Center and the Parents Association in
Taiwan evolved into numerous opportunities to share knowledge and support
students in Orientation and Mobility and Low Vision. The collaboration in the
Pacific Islands was made possible through professional links to the University of
Guam CEDDERS. New talks are currently in process with Egypt and Bahrain.
Position in the Infrastructure
The Vision Studies program is now in the School for Global Inclusion and
Social Development within the College of Education and Human Development.
The School contains a group of programs of which Vision Studies is the largest.
Degrees Offered
The Vision Studies program now has four tracks offering a M.Ed. in Teacher
of Students with Visual Impairment (TVI), Orientation and Mobility (O&M),
Vision Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT), and Assistive Technology for People with
Visual Impairment (ATVI). There are also Graduate Certificates in O&M, VRT,
