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Itinerant Services
Itinerant Vision Services may range from consultation with school staffs to direct instruction to the student.
The Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI):
- completes Learning Media Assessments and Functional Vision Assessments annually on all students.
- consults with and provides information to school staffs regarding impact of students’ visual impairment on their learning.
- collaborates with student’s other service providers.
- provides on-going assessment and monitoring of visual functioning and visual needs.
- teaches compensatory skills to students
- assesses need for and provides special equipment and adapted materials
- trains appropriate students to use specialized assistive technology, including screen magnification and screen reading software, video and hand held magnifiers, Braille note takers, talking and large display calculators, e-texts, audible books, to address individual needs.
Page mantained by Ruth Fajner|
August 15, 2009
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