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VISSPA Design

Purple VISSPA logo in the shape of the state of Texas with VISSPA written on it. To its lower left are two bluebonnets. To the right of the Texas image are the words Visual Impairment Scale of Staffing Pattern Analysis.

The VISSPA builds upon two existing tools: the VISSIT: Visual Impairment Scale of Service Intensity of Texas for TSVIs/TVIs/TSDBs, and/or the O&M VISSIT: Orientation & Mobility Visual Impairment Scale of Service Intensity of Texas for O&M specialists. Both are designed to guide VI professionals in determining the type and amount of itinerant services to recommend for students (direct and/or collaborative consultation) on their caseload. The IEP/IFSP committee will typically rely upon this recommendation, and the VISSITs  support the VI professional in quantifying information for the IEP/IFSP committee. 

The VISSPA allows VI professionals to then take the information calculated in the VISSIT regarding appropriate type and amount of services and build upon it to document the total time needed by personnel to support the resulting caseload service time in combination with other responsibilities. The VISSPA can be used as an accountability tool for documenting time spent on professional roles and responsibilities. 

The following graphic depicts all duties which comprise a workload for a 40-hour work week:

Image shows 5 columns with numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. 1 is Direct Student Instruction (incorporates times from VISSITs. 2 is Collaborative Consultation (incorporates times from VISSITs. 3 is Travel. 4 is Duty Free Lunch. 5 is Additional Duties (Student-Specific and Non-Student-Specific). The time spent in these 5 categories adds up to make a 40-hour work week.