Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE-Q 2025 Volume 70 Issue 1 Kathleen M. Farrand Associate Professor, Arizona State University Kathleen.Farrand@asu.edu Happy 2025! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. The Winter issue of the Visual Impairment and Deafblind Education Quarterly (VIDBE-Q) is geared towards preparing for the CEC 2025 Special Education Convention in Baltimore, Maryland, March 12-15 th . The first article is a position paper of the Division on Visual Impairments and Deafblindness (DVIDB) from 2024. The position paper is by Katie Ericson (doctoral candidate), Dr. Mackenzie Savaiano, Dr. Rona Pogrund, and Dr. Bryan Message from the Editor

• Cover Page
• GITWL
• The Need for Workload Analysis for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments and Orientation and Mobility Specialists
• Submit an Article in 2025
• Preventing Burnout by Clarifying and Quantifying the Workload of Itinerant Vision Professionals
• Vision Impaired, Orientation & Mobility Specialists, and AT Specialists Recruiting
• The Maryland School for the Blind: A Legacy of Empowerment and Innovation
• APH ConnectCenter
• The Virginia Consortium for Teacher Preparation in Blindness and Vision Impairment: Program Overview and Structure
• Virginia Consortium for Teacher Preparation in Blindness and Vision Impairment
• Deborah D. Hatton Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award
• VIDBE-Q Summer Issue 2025
• Exemplary Advocate Award
• VIDBE-Q Convention Issue 2025
• Distinguished Service Award
• Table of Contents
• Accessibility in Transition, LLC.
• Message from the Editor
• President's Message
• Getting in Touch with Literacy 2025: Call for Proposals
• Teacher of the Year Award
• DVIDB on Facebook