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in those states where O&M services are included in TVI standards, TVIs have
either been tasked with a role of providing support for O&M services or were
tasked with the role of evaluating, teaching and/or overseeing their students'
O&M needs.
Since the 1960s, O&M has become a separate discipline taught in
schools to children from EI to high school. With this paradigm shift in access
to O&M specialists, how do personnel preparation programs prepare TVIs
with respect to O&M services provision? The purpose of this study was to
survey university instructors of the course "O&M for TVIs" to learn what
aspects of the O&M curriculum the courses covered and for what purposes.
Method
A list of TVI personnel preparation programs in the United States was
generated through online websites that listed TVI programs. An email that
included a brief description of the study and informed consent was sent to
program coordinators. The coordinators were asked to forward the link to the
survey to any faculty or staff who taught the O&M for TVIs course.
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