“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Unknown The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart” – Helen Keller

CVES’s Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI) provides the following services. The services listed are some of the more frequent services provided but is not a complete listing. Services are individualized to the student as no two students are the same.

• Performs Functional Visual Assessments, Learning Media Assessments and assists in Alternate Learning Assessments
• Interprets medical reports, as they pertain to educational needs, for all school personnel and family members
• Consults with all school personnel, parents, and students
• Consults on a regular basis with the New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired and other agencies to meet students’ needs
• Provides brailed materials and modified materials for tests and to classroom staff to meet all academic needs
• Participates in team meetings
• Provides information, to the team, for assistive technology devices
• Provides strategies for visually impaired students to be successful in the classroom and home settings
• Provides instruction in Braille/Compensatory skills, academics, assistive technology devices, social skills, Independent and adaptive living skills, recreational skills, communication skills, and self-advocacy skills
• Provides training to school personnel and family members to better understand and meet the needs of the visually impaired students
• Register students with all agencies which will support visually impaired needs (Commission f/t blind, Recordings f/t blind, Library of Congress)
• Contributes to the development of the IEP
• Provides support to Orientation and Mobility instructors and Rehabilitation Instructors