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teaching students with deafblindness. However, working with students with
deafblindness is inferred in standard 1.
Specific standards related to students with multiple disabilities are found in
standard 4 and 5.
Specific types of blindness/visual impairment, including cerebral/cortical
visual impairment, are referenced in standards found in standards 1 and 5.
*Please note that throughout the document, the term, students with visual
impairments includes all students TVIs serve, as long as they qualify for
services. The larger CEC organization would not allow us to name each
visual condition and additional disability in the standards; the list would be too
long. Therefore, TVIs should be trained to teach all students likely to be
represented on an assigned case-load, including students with multiple
disabilities and those students who have specific types of visual impairment.
Specific standards for teaching students with deafblindness will be updated in
the upcoming years.
5. How often are standards updated? When will be the next update?
Each specialty set should be updated, ideally, every seven years. Sometimes
this frequency of revision is not always the possible. It is anticipated that our
next set of standards should be updated in 2026.
6. Since the Knowledge and Skill items are combined with CEC's Initial Common
Specialty Items (ICSI) to produce a complete set of standards, what is the
process for reviewing and updating the ICSI?
CEC has a set of rules and guidelines for updating all standards. They can be
found at:
https://www.cec.sped.org/~/media/Files/Standards/CEC%20Initial%20and%20Ad
vanced%20Specialty%20Sets/2017%20Specialty%20Set%20Validation%20Man
ual.pdf
7. What is the difference between the CEC's Division on Visual Impairment and
Deafblindness (DVIDB) Initial Specialty Set: Blind and Visual Impairments and
the AER Core Standards and TVI Standards?
CEC standards reflect the views of the field in accordance to the guidelines set
forth by the CEC organization. AER Core Standards and TVI Standards reflect
the views of the field in accordance to the guidelines set forth by AER. AER and
CEC are two different organizations with different guidelines on standards and
standards development.