Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE Quarterly Volume 60(3)

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 15 In addition to providing the best possible lessons and high-interest activities for her students, Dana takes her special education paperwork very seriously. As with all special education teachers, paperwork is an ongoing process that requires organization, and she is focused on meeting each student's educational, social, and behavioral needs. Dana uses the same computer program as the other special education teachers in her district to develop her Individual Educational Programs (IEP). Because the program is not accessible for her to use independently, Dana and her interpreter use the program together. Dana has a unique organizational system to meet her time lines. She prints Braille labels to clip on the top of her forms immediately after they are printed to help her differentiate them. Depending on the form, she may type Braille on the top of the page in addition to the Braille labels. Prior to a meeting, Dana contacts and schedules a convenient time and date with her student's parents for all of her meetings. Then, she invites the necessary teachers, personal, administrators, and vocational rehabilitation counselor. During the school year, Dana frequently administers appropriate assessments to measure her students' present level of performance and then analyzes the results. She also provides updated progress on her students' 24

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