This is the disability category when a student whose vision interferes with functioning in a school program, or in learning tasks for preschool children.
What is Visual Impairment?
100
An Eye examination must be completed within this time period to be considered current.
What is 1 year?
100
This is when you reserve front row seats for students who are visually impaired.
What is student positioning?
100
These individuals are eligible for transportation, PT & OT
What are visually impaired or blind students?
200
These are the two main functional categories of visual impairments.
What is Low Vision and Blind?
200
For children who are not totally blind, this evaluation needs to be completed.
What is a low vision evaluation?
200
This is when students may require a separate work-station, larger desk or L-shaped desk.
What is an adapted workspace?
200
These are the most important related services offered to visually impaired students.
What is orientation and mobility?
300
This refers to a child whose visual acuity is 20/200 or less in the better eye.
What is Blind?
300
Eligibility information must be documented here
What is an IEP?
300
This is when you call on the students for answers, don't just point, say their names aloud
What is verbalizing everything?
300
Teaching students to use this will supplement their visual travel skills or as a tool for safely negotiating the environment for students with no available travel vision.
What is a long cane?
400
This refers to a child whose visual acuity falls within the range of 20/70 to 20/200.
What is Low Vision?
400
This will determine present levels of functioning.
What is a comprehensive education evaluation?
400
This is the educational consideration of the size of print the student requires to access information as well as the size of pictures or objects.
What are visuals?
400
Discourage these such as head rolling, eye poking, hand flapping, and rocking which can be common with children with visual impairments
What are non-verbal behaviors?
500
Visual impairments may result from these.
What are congenital defects, eye diseases, and injuries to the eye?
500
This is considered critical for a child who is blind.
What is braille instruction?
500
These are the areas that need to be made more visible such as outlining a light switch or defining doorways.
What are safety issues?
500
Not being able to see these can impact the students understanding of the effects of their behavior as they may not have enough vision to see people's body language.
What are the effects of their actions and how others respond?