Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE Quarterly Volume 60(2)

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 Texas Tech University where she serves as the Coordinator of the Program for Teachers of Students in Visual Impairments. Dr. Pogrund is a noted author, researcher, educator, professional leader, and advocate for students with visual impairments and deafblindness. The Distinguished Service Award is presented to a DVIDB member who provides exemplary leadership and commitment to the field through service, education, and research. Dr. Pogrund received this prestigious award for her diligent work as an advocate to persons with blindness, deafblindness, deafness, and multiple disabilities. Her contributions to her profession have been broad-based and immeasurable, especially her books which are considered seminal texts in the field. Dr. Pogrund has been a progressive leader in the field of visual impairments and deafblindness for over thirty years. During her tenure in California, she co-founded the Joint Action Committee of Organizations Of and Serving the Visually Impaired in 1980. She directed the O&M program at California State University, Los Angeles from 1987 to 1991. She was the developer of the California Guidelines for Programs Serving Visually Impaired 20

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