FEDERAL QUOTA FUNDS
What are Federal Quota Funds?
The Federal Act to Promote the Education of the Blind enacted by Congress in 1879 provides adapted educational materials to eligible students who meet the definition of blindness. Each state holds an annual registration of eligible students determines a per capita amount of money designated for the purchase of educational materials produced by the American Printing House for the Blind (APH). These funds are credited to Federal Quota accounts which are maintained and administered by APH and its Ex Officio Trustrees throughout the country. Who is Eligible for the Funds?In order for students to be eligible for registration in the Federal Quota Program, they MUST meet the requirements as outlined in the Act to Promote the Education of the Blind. Students must meet the requirements of one of the following two categories (This is different from the eligibility criteria for school based vision related services):
1. Meets the Definition of Blindness (MDB) is the primary category for eligible students and indicates a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with best correction (with prescribed glasses, if any) and/or a peripheral field so contracted that the widest diameter of such field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees. 2. Functions at the Definition of Blindness (FDB) is a category indicating blindness due to a brain injury or dysfunction. A student whose visual performance is reduced by a brain injury or dysfunction may be considered for educational purposes when visual function meets the definition of blindness as determined by an eye care specialist or neurologist. Students in this category manifest unique visual characteristics often found in conditions referred to as neurological, cortical, or cerebral visual impairment. AND 1. Be enrolled in a formally organized public or private, nonprofit education program of less than college level; and 2. Be enrolled with the registering school or agency on the first Monday in January of each year. Adult students must be registered for at least three months of instruction during the preceding calendar year (an accumulation of 12 weeks). The educational programs providing services to these students can include public, private, and parochial schools. Infants, preschool children, home-bound students, home schooled students, and adults can be registered when they meet the requirements. A written educational plan and a current eye report (within three years) by an ophthalmologist or an optometrist must be on file in the district/agency for each registered student. If the eye care specialist states the child meets the definition of blindness, is legally blind, or meets the Snellen equivalence of blindness, the school can report the vision as MDB. Documentation should be available in the event that an audit requires evidence of the student's educational program or visual acuity. There is no chronological age limit for eligibility. However, for adults to be eligible for registration in the Federal Quota Program, they MUST meet the above listed definition of blindness and: 1. Be enrolled in instructional programs, at less than college level, for 20 hours per week. Social and leisure programs do not qualify as instruction. However, student practice to develop skills can be included in instructional hours. 2. Be registered for at least three months of instruction during the preceding calendar year (an accumulation of 12 weeks). Spending GuidelinesFederal Quota money can only be used to order textbooks and items listed in the APH products catalog. Items marked with "Not available on Quota," cannot be ordered. Visit aph.org for more information.
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TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC: An Activities Based Curriculum for Teaching Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired
$50.00
Written specifically for fellow itinerant Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI’s), this book consists of over 400 activities and topic areas of discussion for instructing students in the Expanded Core Curriculum. The activities are age-neutral and multi-sensory and therefore can meet the needs of the broad range of students served on an itinerant caseload serving. The activities can be individualized to the students various learning modalities and scaffold in order to challenge students but ensure success. Select those activities that align with the student’s learning objects based on the student’s unique visual needs and academic and developmental level. The core activities listed in the Activity section can be adapted to each thematic unit. These include:
In addition to the core activity areas, each of the 32 Thematic Units incorporates additional unique ECC concepts and skills providing you with a years’ worth of activities. These units are cyclical and can be used repeatedly to help students build on prior knowledge and develop a deeper understanding of concepts. Each unit includes suggestions for activity adaptation associated with the unit. These include lists of objects, possible community based experiences, environmental print, poems, children & young reader books, children's songs, pop culture songs, movies, and websites. Unique Concepts within the Units include:
Although the intended audience of this resource is fellow Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, special education teachers may find these activities beneficial to the students in their classrooms as the activities are multisensory and include life skills and concepts needed by all students. This resource, however, is not intended to take the place of a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI). Readers are advised to consult their own TVI’s regarding instruction in the ECC and the unique visual needs of the student’s served in their programs. Note: This curriculum is a digital pdf download. Once you make your purchase you will be directed to an order confirmation page where you will find the download link. This download will also be included on the receipt sent to the email address you provide. The pdf download can be found directly under the order number. Each download is intended for single instructor use per copyright. Thank you for helping me preserve the content and not distributing copies to third parties. Product details Digital pdf download: 364 pages (11 pt font) Publisher: Teaching Students with Visual Impairments Author: Carmen Willings Language: English 
Visual Efficiency & Magnifier Fluency Grab & Go ECC Supplements
$20.00
This workbook is a pdf download that can be printed on demand for use with students. It contains five different types of worksheets for developing visual motor skills and near magnifier fluency skills particularly with the use of a video magnifier. As a supplement to the TVI’s Guide to the ECC, the worksheets correspond to each of the 32 ECC Thematic units. The worksheets, along with a list of environmental print for each thematic unit, are designed to help students refine their visual motor skills while reinforcing ECC concepts presented in the thematic units. Visual Efficiency & Near Magnifier Fluency Worksheet Details: Digital pdf download: 210 pages Publisher: Teaching Students with Visual Impairments Author: Carmen Willings Language: English |
