I just checked the number of listings for pediatric low vision providers on the
TSBVI website (Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired).
Unfortunately, we have only 74 locations (some have the same clinician in more
than one place) in the US and 1 in Canada. I know we are not reaching the
numbers of pediatric low vision providers who are seeing children.
If you have ideas of how to spread the word, please use what I have below as a
starting point and feel free to edit. If you would like to sign my name along with
yours, it is fine but my name is not needed.
The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) website includes
the Directory of Pediatric Low Vision Service Providers. Listing contact
information in this Directory at tsbvi.edu/lowvisionservices is a public service for
parents and teachers as a resource to locate clinical low vision evaluations for
their students.
Kindly check the listing to see if the clinical low vision specialists who provide
evaluations for your students are included. If not, please let the clinicians know
of the Directory. On the page, there is a link to a form to submit contact
information to the site.
students with visual impairments
j. Collaborate with the educational team to promote literacy development
k. Collaborate with assistive technology specialists, assistive technology vendors,
instructional technology specialists, and other professionals to support the
inclusion of the simplest, and most appropriate, customized tools into the
educational programming and accessibility needs of individuals with visual
impairment
Messages From the Field: Anne Corn
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