Teaming with Your TVI

Ting Siu, TVI/O&M, Ph.D

Program Coordinator & Assistant Professor

Program in Visual Impairments, SF State

Twitter: @TVI_ting

ysiu@sfsu.edu

http://bit.ly/cvi-teamingwithyourtvi

Role & Responsibilities of the TVI

• Position paper from CEC-DVIDB: Role & Function of the TVI (2017)
• https://community.cec.sped.org/dvi/resourcesportal/positionpapers
• Resolutions from AERBVI: https://aerbvi.org/about/aer-resolutions/
• CVI (2018)
• ECC (2016)

Takeaways:

• TVI = Educator (not therapist, not rehabilitation)
• Focus = Access to core and expanded core curricula
• Scope = Assess needs, differentiate instruction, support accessible learning environments, create community

TVI Qualifications

CA Commission on Teacher Credentialing: https://www.ctc.ca.gov/

• Search for an Educator
• Public Search
• Enter First and Last Name
• Look for education credential specific to VI
• Not rehab
• Not mild-moderate
• Not an authorization in an associated area such as deafblind or autism
• Interns must be supervised by a qualified TVI
• At SFSU, qualified = At least 5 years of credentialed experience in VI

What is the CVI Endorsement?

• Training specific to using The Range for assessment
• Does not address all areas of need related to the education of VI students
• Does not replace a TVI’s full scope of expertise
• Every TVI should be knowledgeable about how and when to use the Range as part of a comprehensive evaluation, in addition to other assessment tools
• The TVI credential covers expertise in evaluation and instruction of students with ocular- and neurologically-based VI
• A TVI credential is inclusive of training in using assessment tools such as The Range
• A credentialed TVI does not need a CVI Endorsement to serve students with CVI

Assessment → Instruction → Progress Monitoring

Assessment

• Comprehensive of all areas of need: functional vision, learning media, ECC, technology
• Use of multiple tools and strategies: formal and informal
• Collaboration with IEP team
• Results must justify and support the instructional plan, resources, accommodations, modifications
• Identify abilities, not deficits

What is the focus of assessment?

Determinations

• Eligibility for special education services
• Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
• Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
• 504 Plans vs. IEP
• http://bit.ly/ctebvi-iep504

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Instruction

• Improve access to education
• Core curriculum
• Expanded core curriculum
• Celebrate individual strengths – match tools to strengths
• Functional vision
• Learning media
• Access technology
• Education, not rehabilitation
• Focus on abilities, not deficits

Progress Monitoring

• Diagnostic teaching
• Regular collaboration with the IEP team
• Shared GDoc
• In-person meetings
• Prepare for the future
• Short-term planning
• Long-term planning

Discussion

Keep in touch!

Ting Siu, TVI/O&M, Ph.D

http://tplus.education

Twitter: @TVI_ting

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San Francisco State University

Program in Visual Impairments

http://viprogram.sfsu.edu

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