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by student teachers from The Ohio State University program for Certification
of Teachers of the Visually Impaired under the supervision of Dr. Tiffany Wild.
This gives the student teachers a lot of hands-on experience with direct
instruction of Braille. Outside staff has also been brought in such as
musicians and science teachers to lend their expertise. The pre-and post-
test data have shown improvement in both reading and writing skills of the
students' Braille skills.
Summer Work and Learn Program
The OSSB Summer Work and Learn Program began eight years ago as
a collaborative effort between the Ohio State School for the Blind (OSSB),
the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission (ORSC, now Opportunities for
Ohioans with Disabilities, OOD) Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired
(BSVI) and a local accredited vendor of vocational services for individuals
with visual impairments, Vision and Vocational Services (no longer in
existence) in Columbus, Ohio. The program was originally developed to give
young adults, ages 18-24, who were blind or visually impaired, who had
never worked before or who were going off to college, a residential summer
work experience that also included instruction in technology and assistive
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