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
  • English - LVEC Welcome (PDF)
  • Spanish - LVEC Welcome (PDF)
• Purchase Policy for Low Vision Devices
  • English - Purchase Policy for Low Vision Devices (PDF)
  • Spanish - Purchase Policy for Low Vision Devices (PDF)
• Eye Doctor Form (PDF)
• Parent and TVI Form
  • English - Parent and TVI Form (PDF)
  • Spanish - Parent and TVI Form (PDF)
• 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

• May 2023 (PDF)
• March-April 2023 (PDF)
• January -February 2023 (PDF)
• November- December 2022 (PDF)
• October 2022 (PDF)
• August - September 2022 (PDF)

2021-2022 Issues

• April - May 2022 (PDF)
• January - February 2022 (PDF)
• November - December 2021 (PDF)
• October 2021 (PDF)
• August - September 2021 (PDF)

Professional Learning (Blindness/Visual Impairment)

2023 ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY SEMINAR

Dates: May 11-12, 2023
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM on both days

LOCATION: Lowry Conference Center - 1061 Akron Way, Denver, CO 80230

Registration

When registering please indicate if you require any accommodation(s). Please note that all registrations must close two (2) weeks prior to the event to address all the conference logistic needs.

Register for O&M Seminar

O&M Seminar flyer

Education Careers Working with Students

Braillist

• Paraeducator of Students with Visual Impairments (PDF)
• CDE-Certified Braillist (PDF)
• Nationally Certified Braillist (PDF)

Braille Textbook Transcriber

• National Federation of the Blind (NFB): Braille Transcriber Description

Licensed and Endorsed Special Education Specialist: Visually Impaired/Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI)

• Definition and Role of a TVI (PDF)

Licensed and Endorsed School Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS)

• Related Service: Orientation and Mobility

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/Visual Impairment Specialist
Phone:  303-503-4647
Email Tanni Anthony