Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBEQ.61.2.Spring.2016

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 10 research-based model called Parent Interacting with Infant (PIWI). This model, developed by Tweety Yates and Jeanette McCollum (Center on the Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning, n.d.), emphasizes development of the parent-infant relationship. Interventionists support parents as parents work with their child to implement parent-identified priorities. In this way, parents gain the confidence, knowledge and skills to be the primary teacher of their infant. Given the school-based experience of EIVI trainees, this approach requires a significant shift in practice. Much discussion, observation, and practice is required to gain competence in implementing this family-centered model of intervention. Working with Children with Multiple Impairments including Deafblindness. The primary goal of this course is to teach specialized knowledge and skills needed to work effectively with children who have multiple disabilities and their families. Several common diagnoses are highlighted throughout the course including 44

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