Career education for students with visual impairments
Tags: PEOPLE with visual disabilities -- Education; SPECIAL education; CAREER education
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- Blindness community responds to media attacks. Spungin, Susan Jay // Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness;Nov/Dec96 Part 2 of 2, Vol. 90 Issue 6, p1
Argues on the need of special education services for visually impaired students as subjected to media scrutiny. Media coverage for blind persons; Resolution drafted by organizations in support of specialized schools for blind students; Issues affecting all age groups.
- GED: An option for students with visual impairments. Cassels, Lori; Cummings, Ollie Verne // Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness;May/Jun97 Part 1 of 2, Vol. 91 Issue 3, p258
Describes the development and implementation of a general equivalency diploma (GED)-preparation program at the New York Institute for Special Education (NYISE), which serves students who are visually impaired. How the GED-preparation program began; Modifications which the NYISE students are...
- Build the House in Which You Would Want to Live. Lewis, Sandra // Re:View;Summer99, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p51
Focuses on the quality of service offered by schools and educators to students with visual impairment. Related factors which defined expediency; Services needed by visually impaired students.
- Personnel Preparation and the National Agenda. Kelley, Pat; Ward, Marjorie E.; Griffin-Shirley, Nora // Re:View;Fall2000, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p102
Presents information on a study which investigated the adoption of the National Agenda for the Education of Children and Youth with Visual Impairments, Including Those With Multiple Disabilities in Iowa, Alabama and Texas. Aim of the program; Experiences with the different modes of distance...
- Beyond the Classroom: A Summer Transition Program for Blind and Visually Impaired Adolescents. Mitchell, Patrick J. // Re:View;Winter2001, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p151
Describes the Individual Development Through Employment, Assessment and Learning summer transition program aimed to evaluate and develop the life and work skills of the blind and visually impaired adolescents. Objectives of the program; Details on its individualized training components;...
- Specialized Schools Still In Jeopardy. Spungin, Susan J. // Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness;Nov/Dec97 Part 2 of 2, Vol. 91 Issue 6, p1
Focuses on specialized schools for visually impaired students in the United States. Call for a balance of positive and negative information about the field; Cost of education for visually impaired students; Details on the National Task Force on General and Specialized Services established by...
- On the Future of the Field of Education of Students with Visual Impairments. Corn, Anne L. // Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness;Dec2007, Vol. 101 Issue 12, p741
The author offers her perspectives on the changes she has witnessed in the field of visual impairment and blindness over the course of her career. She compares the field of education for students with visual disabilities to the stock market, and points out that the overall trend in the field is...
- From the Field. // Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness;Feb2006, Vol. 100 Issue 2, p123
The article features Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) which is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2006. TSBVI enrolls 500 students a year at its campus in Austin, provides outreach services to children who are blind or visually impaired throughout Texas and serves...
- Calendar. // Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness;Feb2006, Vol. 100 Issue 2, p126
The article presents a calendar of conferences concerning the education of visually impaired and blind students. The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Illinois Chapter Annual Conference is scheduled on February 23 to 24, 2006. Guiding Eyes for the...
