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.”

2024-2025 LVEC Schedule

Paperwork for the LVE Clinic includes:

Please reach out to Tanni Anthony for questions.

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

**Please email Berta Schlachet if an alternate version of this document is needed.

2024-2025 Issues​

• August - September 2024 (PDF)
• October 2024 (PDF)
• November - December 2024 (PDF)
• January - March 2025 (PDF)
• April - May 2025 (PDF)

Professional Learning (Blindness/Visual Impairment)

2024 Colorado Department of Education State Conference on Blindness/Low Vision

A HUGE shout out to Matthew Tietjen for his two-day presentation at the CDE Blindness/Low Vision Conference, which was held on September 20-21.  Matt’s topic was Designing an Accessible Academic Experience for Students with CVI. Over 60 Colorado TVIs/ O&M Specialists attended, representing A Shared Vision and Colorado administrative units. Matt was amazingly generous with his materials and expertise. A great start for our new school year and so much solid information for supporting our learners with cortical/cerebral visual impairment.

We look forward to seeing everyone next year for the 2025 CDE Blindness/Low Vision Conference!

Education Careers Working with Students

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/Low Vision Specialist
Phone:  303-503-4647
Email Tanni Anthony