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This page provides information and resources to assist in the provision and evaluation of quality programming for students with visual impairments. 

Administrator's Toolbox

• Download Toolbox manual in PDF
• Introduction
• Certification
• Caseload Analysis Guidelines
  • Quality Programs for the Visually Impaired (QPVI)
  • APSEA Guidelines for Determining Caseload Size for Teachers of students with visual impairments
  • Iowa Guidelines: Staffing Pattern For Itinerant Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments
  • Michigan's Severity Rating Scale
• Training Options for VI Professionals
• Mentoring VI Professionals
• Hiring Options for VI Professionals
• Job Descriptions for VI Professionals and Paraprofessionals
  • VI Teacher
  • Orientation and Mobility Specialist
  • Braillist
  • Paraprofessional/Braillist
  • Paraprofessional
• Interview Resources for VI Teachers and Orientation and Mobility Specialists
• Job Bank Information for VI Professionals
• Toolbox Resources
  • Overview of the National Agenda
  • Quality Programs for Students With Visual Impairments (QPVI)
  • TSBVI Publications
  • Texas Personnel Serving Students with Visual Impairments
  • Position Papers

Programs

• Core Curriculum for Blind and Visually Impaired Students
• Educating Students with Visual Impairments in Texas: Guidelines and Standards (424k)
• Guidelines for documenting LD-VI
• Teacher Aides Working with Students with Disabilities: Vision Impairment (PDF)
• O & M Issues for Administrators
  • O & M Issues for Administrators - Supporting Document (80 k)
  • O & M Issues for Administrators PowerPoint Slides (1.15 mb)
  • O & M Issues for Administrators Outline (55 k)
  • O & M Issues for Administrators (Powerpoint Notes View) (1.22 mb)
  • O & M Issues for Administrators (667 k)

Funding for Specialized School Services information about how schools for the blind are funded. 

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