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Your Service Team for Your Child with Blindness or Low Vision

When children have blindness or low vision or other disability, providing them with special education services—such as instruction from a TVI—often is not sufficient. They may need additional support or services before they can truly benefit from the education they are receiving. Such additional services might include orientation and mobility (O&M) training so that the […]

Checklist: What to Do After an Individualized Education Program (IEP) Meeting

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Checklist: What to Do Before an Individualized Education Program (IEP) Meeting for Parents

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A number of steps can help you prepare for an Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting:

Checklist: Keeping Educational Records for Your Child with Blindness or Low Vision

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Keeping complete records of your blind child’s educational documentation is important so you can review your child’s progress over time and share documentation with other educational and medical team members. Among the documents you may want to keep are: The records can be useful in a number of ways:

Being a Champion for Your Child

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When most people hear the word “advocacy,” they think of the efforts, even struggles, of individuals who take action to influence government programs and policies. Although many parents engage in this level of championing, it can also take place on a more personal level. It means making the case that something is important and needs […]