Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE Quarterly Volume 60(1)

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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; Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2016 2 Teacher of the Deafblind Pilot Description: The Teacher of Deafblind Pilot project's goal has been to provide participating teachers and districts with increased knowledge, skills, and strategies in order to develop improved models for serving students with deafblindness. The project includes the expectation of raising the awareness of and the efficacy for a dedicated professional to work with students with deafblindness at a state and local level. The Pilot provides a structured approach to technical assistance for districts that identified a role for highly qualified TDB's in the IEP process. Most importantly, the project strives to provide quality support for students and their families. Over the course of our project's efforts to cultivate the role of Teacher of the deafblind through this pilot, several people have asked why we are focused on this role specifically. Here are some 16

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