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ESC Region 12 provides technical assistance, training, and other related supportive
services to regional programs serving identified students with visual impairments
aged birth to 21. Technical assistance is provided to schools, districts, parents, teachers, interns, teachers’ aides, Braille transcribers, orientation and mobility specialists, diagnosticians, administrators and other personnel working with students with visual impairments. Technical assistance and staff development services such as selection and utilization of adaptive materials and technology, age and individual appropriate instructional strategies, regional planning for services for the visually impaired, teacher recruitment, ECI/MOU technical services and more are available.
VI services include:
Research-based practices, strategies and technical assistance in the areas
of:
- eligibility
- braille
- low vision
- assistive technology
- modifications and accommodations
- daily living skills
- self-advocacy skills
- programming for students with multiple disabilities
Professional development and technical assistance in:
- learning the literary braille code
- formatting braille materials
- making tactile books
- learning the Nemeth code
- setting up and using braille transcription programs
Assistive technology and district support:
- equipment and adapted software for VI students
- Low Vision Clinic
- low vision aids
- Technology Olympics
- portable notetakers
- magnification and speech programs for computers
Braille Transcribing Services:
Provide access to the general curriculum
for students with visual impairment.
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