Visual Impairment: Resources

Office Hours

Tanni Anthony will be providing Sound Bites for the 2023-2024 school year. Sound Bites provides opportunities for personnel trained to work with learners with visual impairments, including blindness to gather once a month for professional learning and conversations on improving educational assessment and programmatic practices.

Some sessions will be restricted to teachers of students with visual impairments (TVIs).

September 13, 2023 - Update for Eligibility Criteria for Visual Impairment, Including Blindness
October 4 - Strategies/Resources-Nemeth/UEB for Math/Science
November 8 - Middle School Students with BVI Accessing Technology
December 13 - Topic to be Determined

January 24, 2024 - Executive Functioning Needs for Students with BVI
February 21 -College Prep Considerations for Students with BVI
March 13 - Topic to be Determined
April 10 - Topic to be Determined

All participants must register no later than two weeks in advance for each training/conversation event.

View other available ESSU office hours

Information for Families of Children and Youth with a Visual Impairment

Info and Resources for Families

Scholarship Information

SEE THE FUTURE FUND Scholarship Application
This application is for Colorado students who are blind/visually impaired and who are college-bound or currently in a college program.
American Foundation for the Blind
Blinded Veterans Association
Lighthouse International
National Federation of the Blind
National Federation of the Blind of Colorado

Resources

Colorado Resources and Support Services Specific to Blindness/Visual Impairment

A Shared Vision: Partners in Pediatric Visual Impairment
Anchor Center for Blind Children
Audio Information Network of Colorado
Colorado Association of the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (CAER) Chapter
Colorado Center for the Blind Youth Programs
Colorado Instructional Materials Center
Colorado Talking Book Library
Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind: Student Employability
Learning Ally
University of Northern Colorado's teacher training program in Visual Impairment, which includes coursework in "Orientation and Mobility"

Correspondence Courses, Publication / Video Clip / Website Resources

American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Press
Blind Children's Center (publications)
Family Connect (articles, videos, personal stories)
Foundation for the Blind (products)
Hadley School for the Blind (correspondence courses)
National Federation of the Blind (publications)
Paths to Literacy for Students who are Blind/Visually Impaired (literacy resources)
Perkins School for the Blind (publications)
Perkins School for the Blind (webcasts specific to blindness/deafblindness)
Texas School for the Blind (handouts and publications)
Washington State School for the Blind (video clips on blindness tips)

National Resources

AERBVI - Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
ACB - American Council of the Blind
ACVREP - Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals
AFB - American Foundation for the Blind
APH- The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.
BANA- Braille Authority of North America
CEC - Division on Visual Impairment of the Council for Exceptional Children
COSB - Council for Schools for the Blind
LI - Lighthouse International
NBA - National Braille Association
NFB - National Federation of the Blind
RRTC - Rehabilitation Research & Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision
USABA - United States Association for Blind Athletes

International Resources

ICEVI - International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment
WBU - World Blind Union

For more information on Resources for Visual Impairment including Blindness, please contact:

Tanni Anthony, Blindness/Low Vision Specialist
Phone: 303-503-4647
Email Tanni Anthony

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