Guide: Start Here

Overview pages that introduce the field of visual impairment and help visitors understand how to navigate the resources available on this site.
Guide

Tools (VI Basics)

Foundational resources that support understanding visual impairment, professional roles, program development, and essential concepts used in the field.
​​Vision Professionals​
​Professional Prep Programs
Leaders & Legends​
History of VI
​​​Professional PublicationsProgram Tools & Templates ​Policy & Advocacy
Professional SupportProfessional OrganizationsAT Resources​Vendors and Equipment Providers​

Plan: Referrals & Eligibility

Guidance and resources that support the referral process, evaluation procedures, and determining eligibility for vision services.
Referral & Eligibility​ ​Medical Vision Information 
FVLMA
Low Vision Evaluations Additional Evaluations

​Plan: IEP Planning

Resources that support effective IEP development, including service planning, writing measurable goals, and identifying appropriate accommodations. 

Plan: Collaboration & Accessibility

Strategies and resources that support collaboration with educational teams and ensure accessible instruction, materials, and environments.
​Collaboration Family Resources
Early Interventions Services ​Support Networks ​Technology Access
Accessible Materials​Classroom Access
​​Instructional Access ​Additional Supports Service Delivery Models  ​​

Teach: Compensatory Skills

Instructional strategies that help students access information through alternative methods such as braille, organization, study skills, and concept development.
Compensatory Skills
Concept Development ​Alternative Communication
Emergent Literacy​Braille Code
​Beginning Braille ​Braille Fluency & Comprehension Writing Braille​​​Nemeth Code Instruction 
​​​Tactile Graphics
​Print Concepts​​Abacus ​​Organization Skills​​​Study Skills​​Time Management

Teach: Sensory Efficiency Skills

Resources focused on strengthening the use of vision, hearing, and touch to gather information and interact effectively with the environment. 
​Auditory & Listening Skills
Visual Efficiency Skills
​​​Optical Device UseTactile Readiness

Teach: Assistive Technology Skills

Instruction and guidance for using assistive technology tools that support access to information, communication, and independence. 
AT Overview​AT Use & Maintenance​Braille AT
​iOS Instruction Audio Access​ ​Video Magnifiers
​​​Basic Computer UseComputer Access​Productivity

Teach: Social Skills

Strategies and activities that support the development of social interaction skills and understanding social expectations. 
Social Skill Basics​
Non-Verbal Skills​​​​Cooperative Skills
Verbal Communication SkillsIdentity & Self-Awareness
​Interactions & RelationshipsManaging Challenges & Safety

Teach: Self-Determination Skills

Resources that help students develop self-advocacy, goal setting, decision-making, and independence. 

Teach: Independent Living Skills

Instructional resources that support daily living skills such as personal care, household tasks, money use, and organization. 
Personal Care ​Hygiene & Grooming ​Personal Health Mealtime Skills
​​​ Food Preparation ​​Household SkillsClothing Management
​Money & Budget Shopping & Consumerism Phone Use ​Safety & Emergency Preparedness ​​Services & Community Resources

Teach: Orientation & Mobility Support

Concepts and strategies TVI's can use to support safe movement, environmental awareness, and understanding spatial relationships.

Teach: Recreation & Leisure Skills

Ideas and strategies that encourage participation in hobbies, sports, and recreational activities.

Teach: Career & Vocational Skills

Resources that support career awareness, job readiness, workplace skills, and planning for future employment.

Learn: Teaching Strategies & Planning

Instructional methods, lesson planning ideas, and teaching approaches that support effective instruction for students with visual impairments.

Learn: ECC Units

Structured instructional units that support teaching the Expanded Core Curriculum through meaningful, real-world learning experiences.
Beginning of the Year Units ​​Fall Units
Winter Units
​​Spring UnitsAnytime Units

Learn: Interactive Activities

Hands-on learning experiences designed to reinforce key concepts and skills through engaging activities. 

Learn: Printables

Downloadable instructional materials, checklists, worksheets, and teaching tools to support lessons and skill development.
Free Resources Premium Resource Library
Teaching Strategy Printables
Premium Program Printables
Premium FVLMA Printables
​ECC Printables
Compensatory Skills Printables
Sensory Efficiency Printables ​Assistive Technology Printables Social Skills Printables
Self Determination Printables Independent Living Printables Recreation & Leisure Printables
Career & Vocational Printables ​Evelyn Jane Stories ​

Learn: Professional Development

​Professional development resources that support ongoing learning and instructional improvement for vision professionals.

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