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Visual Impairment: Statewide Activities / Education Careers
Statewide Activities
Regional Low Vision Evaluation Clinics
Five regional clinics are sponsored, through IDEA funds, in the western, southern, metro, and northern areas of the state. These clinics are available to Colorado public school students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) who qualify under the eligibility category of “visual impairment, including blindness.”
Paperwork for the LVE Clinic includes:
- LVEC Welcome Letter
- Purchase Policy for Low Vision Devices
- Eye Doctor Form (PDF)
- Parent and TVI Form
- Site Coordinator Checklist (PDF)
To help students and their parents prepare for a Colorado Low Vision Clinic, the CSDB Outreach Program has created a video entitled An Introduction to a Colorado Low Vision Evaluation Clinic.
Keeping in Touch (KIT) Newsletter
2022-2023 Issues
2021-2022 Issues
- August - September 2021 (PDF)
- October 2021 (PDF)
- November - December 2021 (PDF)
- January - February 2022 (PDF)
- April - May 2022 (PDF)
- October - December 2020 (PDF)
- January - February 2021 (PDF)
- March - April 2021 (PDF)
- May 2021 (PDF)
Professional Learning (Blindness/Visual Impairment)
2022 STATE CONFERENCE ON BLINDNESS/VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
Tools and Techniques for Teaching Mathematics to Students with Blindness/Visual Impairment
Dates: October 13-14, 2022
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM on both days
LOCATION: Lowry Conference Center - 1061 Akron Way, Denver, CO 80230
The training will focus on concrete instructional strategies for TVIs to support students in the general education mathematics classroom. Sessions will include exploration and review of:
- tools to support mathematics instruction
- tactile graphics and the implications of teaching tactile graphicacy (tactile graphic literacy) to support their STEM education.
- accessible math instructional strategies
- unique math instruction needs of students with blindness/visual impairments
The workshop will cover the breadth of grades (PK to 12th) and math content with a highly visual component.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:
- Describe how to use tools from various vendors to teach essential mathematical concepts;
- Explain the importance of access to high-quality graphics (tactile or print);
- Synthesize the most common general education mathematical practices and convert them to accessible practices for students with VI; and,
- Explore the roles and responsibilities of a TVI to support and/or teach mathematics
Registration
When registering please indicate if you require any accommodation(s). All accommodations must be requested no later than two weeks prior to the event. Requests made after this time cannot be guaranteed.
Education Careers Working with Students
Braillist
- Paraeducator of Students with Visual Impairments (PDF)
- CDE-Certified Braillist (PDF)
- Nationally Certified Braillist (PDF)
Braille Textbook Transcriber
Licensed and Endorsed Special Education Specialist: Visually Impaired/Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI)
Licensed and Endorsed School Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS)
Licensure information in Colorado
- For information about the endorsement requirements for the Special Education Specialist: Visually Impaired Ages Birth-21 (9.02), go to the Endorsement Requirements page
- For information about the endorsement requirements for the School Orientation and Mobility Specialist Ages 0-21 (11.03), go to the Endorsement Requirements page
University
- University of Northern Colorado Teacher Training Program in Orientation and Mobility
- UNC Masters Program: Special Education - Visual Impairment
For more information on state-wide activities, Education Careers or Professional Development for Visual Impairment including Blindness, please contact:
Tanni Anthony, Blindness/Low Vision Specialist
Phone: 303-503-4647
Email Tanni Anthony
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