Special Education

Program for Visual Impairments 

Purpose

The Special Education component for Visually Impaired (VI) Services is designed to provide training and coordinated services to educators of students, age 0 to 21, who are Visually Impaired, Blind, or Deaf/Blind.

Services

Technical Assistance:

• Assist districts with VI/Deafblind programming
• Assist districts with TEA VI Registration
• Assist districts with the Deaf/Blind Census
• Acquistion of APH materials
• Assistive Technology Loan Program
• Interagency Coordination

Training:

• Staff Development
• Parent Training
• Early Childhood Interventionist Training

Direct Itinerant Instruction:

• Orientation and Mobility Instruction
• Visually Impaired Instruction

Assessments:

• Provide technical support for assistive device considerations
• Check out test kits specific to students with visual impairments