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Your Child’s Educational Team

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Understanding and Working with Your Child’s Teachers, Specialists, and Aides No one person has all the necessary specialized knowledge and skills to meet your child’s unique needs. For this reason, the ” team ” concept is fundamental when promoting your child’s growth, development, and learning. Throughout your child’s school years, you will be working with […]

Working with Your Child’s Orientation and Mobility Specialist: 8 Questions to Ask

Two students with canes walking in the hallway with a teacher.

Who Is the Orientation and Mobility Specialist? The orientation and mobility (O&M) specialist is a professional who has extensive training in teaching children to travel at home, at school, and in the community. O&M specialists often provide instruction to children with multiple disabilities. Sometimes this instruction is direct when they work with children regularly to […]

What Is the Most Appropriate Placement for Children Who Are Blind or Low Vision?

A classroom with students at desks and the teacher in the front of the room.

There is a wealth of information and opinion available on the subject of the “best” school placement for children who are blind or low vision. I offer a word of caution and advice as you are wading through the vast information sources that give what may be contradictory advice. Each child (and family) is unique […]

The Central Role of the Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments

A teacher working with a student at his desk on his computer.

The teacher of students with visual impairments (TVI) is a central figure in your child’s team. The TVI is key on your child’s educational team for blindness or low vision. They understand how vision impacts learning and offer strategies and tools for learning and daily activities. Your child will work with the TVI regularly. The […]

Children with Multiple Disabilities Need the Expanded Core Curriculum, Too!

A teen sitting on the gym floor engaging with a large colorful ball.

Who Are These Learners? Among other sources, the Centers for Disease Control has estimated that over 70 percent of children with complex needs have blindness or low vision as one of their co-existing exceptionalities. These children might have one or more of the co-existing disabilities listed in the IDEA legislation including intellectual, emotional/behavioral, and specific […]

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