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 5 The workshop model: The TX Deafblind Project noticed, through needs assessment, onsite visits, and participant feedback, that our large group workshop model was not always effective in bringing about changes for students who were deafblind. Our model was typical in bringing a group of professionals together around a specific topic for training. Our trainings are well attended and are universally enjoyed. However, there was a breakdown between what our participants learned in our workshops and the application of strategies, techniques, and concepts in the classroom or community – put another way, the gap between learning and practice, with regards to deafblind strategies and programming, was quite large. Another challenge we noticed was that we didn't have an identified "community" of teachers who had a sense of their role and its place as a distinct profession. To address these challenges, our 19

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