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National Agenda for the Education of Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, Including Those with Multiple Disabilities

National Agenda for the Education of Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, Including Those with Multiple Disabilities

Download the National Agenda for the Education of Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, Including Those with Multiple Disabilities  agenda.brf (54K ASCII braille format) or agenda.meg (63K Megadots Format) - Distributed with permission of the American Foundation for the Blind. © AFB Press. This material is available for purchase in print and ASCII disk formats and can be obtained by calling (800)-232-3044.

• A Call to Action- Practical Suggestions for the Achievement of the National Agenda Goals
• Are All Your Students with Visual Impairments Receiving Appropriate Services?
  • National Agenda: A Parent Perspective (pamphlet)
  • Agenda Nacional para la Educación: Perspectiva de los Padres
  • National Agenda: A Teacher Perspective (pamphlet)
  • National Agenda: Goals Flyer (.doc - 58k)
  • Objectives de la Agenda Nacional (.doc - 58k)
• Report to the Nation - Distributed with permission of the American Foundation for the Blind. © AFB Press.
  • Download braille interpoint version (3 files) -
    • Report to Nation Interpoint Part 1 (120k)
    • Report to Nation Interpoint Part 2 (98k)
    • Report to Nation Interpoint Part 3 (129k)
  • Download braille single side version (6 files) -
    • Report to Nation Single Part 1 (120k)
    • Report to Nation Single Part 2 (58k)
    • Report to Nation Single Part 3 (51k)
    • Report to Nation Single Part 4 (48k)
    • Report to Nation Single Part 5 (65k)
    • Report to Nation Single Part 6 (65k)
• National Agenda State Plans (Where is your state's plan? - send plans (preferably a Word file) or links to plans, to Jim Allan at jimallan@tsbvi.edu)
  • Florida Agenda Final 2006 ( 75k)
  • Iowa Agenda
  • New Hampshire Agenda
  • Pennsylvania National Agenda
  • Rhode Island - Report Introduction (21k)
    • Rhode Island - The Final Report of the Special Commission to Promote and Develop a Comprehensive System of Education for Visually Impaired Children (616k)
  • Educating Students with Visual Impairments in Texas: Guidelines and Standards (424k)
    • La Educación de Estudiantes con Impedimentos Visuales en Texas: Guías y Normas (210k)
    • Educating Students with Visual Impairments in Texas: Guidelines and Standards (BRF 66 k)
    • Educating Students with Visual Impairments in Texas: Guidelines and Standards (Duxbury DXB 73 k)
    • Educating Students with Visual Impairments in Texas: Guidelines and Standards (Braille2000 ABT 104 k)
  • Wisconsin State Plan for The National Agenda
    • Wisconsin State Plan for The National Agenda (word file) (not a TSBVI website)
    • Wisconsin National Agenda Update 4/2002
    • What is the Wisconsin National Agenda?
    • Applied Aspects Of Pediatric Low Vision In The School Setting
    • Looking for CONNECTIONS
    • 1999 ASSEMBLY BILL 629
    • Expanded Core Curriculum for Students with Visual Impairments Wisconsin National Agenda
    • Ocular Report For Children With A Known Or Suspected Visual Impairment PI-2015 (Rev. 05-01)
    • Letter to Parents: Free Membership
    • Low Vision Kit
    • Educational Placement Options for Students with Visual Impairment
    • Goal No. 4 Survey
    • WISC Update 10-99.rtf (11k)
    • WISC Update 10-98.rtf (11k)
  • PowerPoint Presentations
    • Report to the Nation
    • The National Agenda for Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, Including those with Multiple Disabilities
    • Challenges and Opportunities for 2000
    • The Expanded Core Curriculum- Finding the Time
  • Goal Activities
    • Goal Statements and Education Goal Leader Organizations
    • National Goals & Leader Organizations
    • Goal 1 - Referral
    • Goal 2 - Parents
    • Goal 3 - University (personnel prep)
      • National Center for Leadership in Visual Impairment
    • Goal 4 - Caseload and Staff Development
      • Caseload Analysis: A Critical Component Of Quality Services For Students With Visual Impairments
        Position Paper Of AER Division 16: Itinerant Personnel
      • Connecticut Plan for Determining Caseload Size for Teachers of the Visually impaired
    • Goal 5 - Placement
    • Goal 6 - Assessment
      • Assessment Compendium - for Assessing the Skills and Interests of Individuals with Visual Impairments or Multiple Disabilities - Lighthouse International free download
      • APH - Accessible Tests Department
      • Iowa: Progress Monitoring for Teachers of Students Who Have Visual Disabilities
    • Goal 7 - Instructional Materials
      • AFB Solutions Forum
      • AFB Solutions Forum (TSBVI)
      • National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards
    • Goal 8 - Core Curriculum
      • Core Curriculum for Blind and Visually Impaired Students
      • The Delivery of the Core Curriculum
      • The Expanded Core Curriculum- Finding the Time - PowerPoint Presentation
      • Impact of Literacy on the Expanded Core Curriculum
      • Annotated Bibliography
      • Arizona State Standard's Alignment to the Expanded Core Curriculum 204k)
      • Educating Students with Visual Impairments in Texas: Guidelines and Standards (424k)
      • Resources for the Expanded Core Curriculum (RECC).
      • Connecticut Questionnaire Report
      •  Iowa Expanded Core Curriculum Procedures Manual
    • Goal 9 - Transition
    • Goal 10 - Professional Development
  • National Agenda Steering Committee Members
  • National Agenda State Coordinators  
  • Endorsing Organizations, Agencies and Schools
  • Policy Guidance on Educating Blind and Visually Impaired Students
    • Application of the Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) Requirements of Part B to Blind and Visually Impaired Students
    • Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) and Placement Requirements
    • Procedural Safeguards
    • OSERS - Policy Guidance on Educating Blind and Visually Impaired Students (complete) (66k)
  • A Chronology  
  • A Tribute to Donna Stryker - Retiring Parent Co-Chair (October 2005)

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