Special Education
- Special Education
- Assistive Technology
- Autism
- Behavior and Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports
- Child Find
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Disproportionate Representation in Special Education
- Early Childhood Special Education
- Evaluation/Assessment
- Legal Framework
- Low Incidence Disabilities
- Non-Educational Community Based Services
- Parent Coordination
- Results Driven Accountability (RDA) and State Performance Plan (SPP)
- Inclusion in Texas Support Team
- Residential Care Services
- Section 504
- Transition
- Visual Impairment
- Liaisons
- Multiple Exceptionalities Multiple Needs
- Texas Complex Access Network - TX CAN
- Region III Education Service Center
- Visual Impairment
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Visual Impairment
The Special Education Component for Visually Impaired (VI) is designed to provide technical assistance, training, and other related support services to regional programs serving identified students with visual impairment ages birth to 22 years. Assistance can be provided in program planning, assessment and implementation related to students with visual impairments. This includes facilitation of regional planning, TEA VI and deafblind registration, textbook and APH materials acquisition, instructional strategies, materials modifications, and staff development.
Staff Development
Opportunities related to visual impairments are provided to school districts, parents, university students, paraprofessionals, Braille transcribers, orientation and mobility specialists, diagnosticians, supervisors, administrators, and other personnel working with students with visual impairments are listed in the ESC 3 catalog which can be found here.
Statewide Resources:
- Texas Education Agency - Visual Impairments
- Texas School for the Blind: Resources for Teachers and Families
- TSBVI Outreach Program
- Texas DeafBlind Resources
- TSBVI- APH Materials Access
- Texas Sensory Support Network
- Interagency Eye Report Form
Federal Resources:
- American Foundation for the Blind
- Blind Childrens Center
- National Federation for the Blind
- National Library Service
Braille Resources:
National Professional Associations:
- Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of Visually Impaired
- Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation Education Professionals
You can be an orientation and mobility specialist or teacher of the visually impaired in Texas:
University Training Programs for Teachers of the Visually Impaired:
Dog Guide Schools:
For information, contact:
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Mary Kathryn Evans-Garcia M.Ed.
Education Specialist - Special Edcuation
361-573-0731 Ext.235