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they are being hired to teach.
For those states where the TVI standard defines a broad role for
providing direct O&M services, there may be a need for the Association for
the Education and Rehabilitation and the Academy for Certifying Vision
Rehabilitation and Education Professionals to write letters in support of better
defining the roles of the two vision education professionals.
TVIs should have the capacity to provide informed guidance, use of
mapping and encouraging mobility tool usage, but based on these data, TVIs
should not be asked to teach any part of O&M services to any age group.
References
AAIB (1962). Summer courses for 1962-1963: Courses on education of the
blind. The International Journal for the Education of the Blind, 11(4),
132-135.
AAIB (1968). 1968-1969 Courses for teachers of the visually handicapped.
The International Journal for the Education of the Blind, 18(2) 59-64.
Council for Exceptional Children. (2003). What every special educator must
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