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 11 another way, how will we know if this pilot that we are pouring resources into is effective or even needed. To this end, we established three central measures of change. Student change, teacher (TDB) change, and systems change. Technical assistance was directly tied to these measures and was provided over the three-year cycle. Student Change: Ten students were used as case studies during the pilot. Base line information showed that most of the case study students were not receiving consistent programming specific to deafblindness at the start of the pilot. By the third year, nearly all of the students had IEP's created specific to their needs - deafblind communication strategies, assessments specific to deafblindness, modifications, and accommodations specific to their individual sensory needs, and appropriate classroom programming. 25

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