SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
The Vision teacher provides itinerant vision services to students with visual impairments (ages3-21) in school settings. Assess students functional vision, conducts Learning Media Assessments, and is responsible for providing direct instruction in compensatory skills, i.e. Braille, Assistive Technology, Utilization of Low vision, Abacus, etc. Develops and implements an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) to address the child's visual needs.
CERTIFICATE LICENSE:
Maryland State Certification in special education specifying visual impairment.
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
The Vision teacher provides itinerant vision services to students with visual impairments (ages3-21) in school settings. Assess students functional vision, conducts Learning Media Assessments, and is responsible for providing direct instruction in compensatory skills, i.e. Braille, Assistive Technology, Utilization of Low vision, Abacus, etc. Develops and implements an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) to address the child's visual needs.
CERTIFICATE LICENSE:
Maryland State Certification in special education specifying visual impairment.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES:
Thorough knowledge of visual problems, impairments, and blindness, and their implications for early developmental growth and learning; thorough knowledge of birth defects and the interactive effects of vision loss on infants and toddlers with multiple impairments and thorough knowledge of specific implications on learning and development for children with visual impairments; Competencies must include the ability to diagnostically assess need across all developmental areas, e.g., sensory, motor, language, self-help, cognitive, affective and to implement a prescriptive instructional program for child and parent based on findings. Ability to develop parent education strategies and behavior management techniques. Strong report writing skills. Excellent communications and human relations skills.
EDUCATION, TRAINING, and EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in special education specifying visual impairment; specific training in conducting functional vision and learning media assessments; experience and training in the use of assistive technology for the visually impaired; experience working with students who are visually impaired as well as multiply disabled.