BVI Bridge
Resources for Region 17 TSVI & COMS
Updated Last on March 26, 2024 12:25 PM
HEADLINES
Community Resource Fair 🙂 - REGISTER
April 11th
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
South Conference Hall - Region 17 ESC
See the Region 17 BVI Resources Webpage for statewide, TEA-approved resources!
Texas Sensory Support Network (TxSSN) - Blindness, Visual Impairment (BVI)
- Statewide Network website for serving students with BVI
TAER Conference 2024 - Apr 4-6, Embassy Suites San Marcos
BVI Bridge CONTENTS
- linked BVI resources list
- Coffee Hour with TSBVI
- forms
Connect with Deanne
2 steps to a virtual meeting with Deanne:
- email your request with 3 time options & length of meeting (15 min, 30 min, 45 min, 1 hour)
- watch for and accept a Zoom meeting invitation by email
Email: deannegoen@esc17.net
Website: https://www.esc17.net/page/sped.bvi
Phone: (806) 730-0574
1. BVI RESOURCES
- ABCya - Learning Games & Apps for Kids
- Active Learning at Home - Ideas for activities with students with multiple disabilities.
- Best Hands-On Activities for Families (Teacher-Approved)
- Braille Translator on Math is Fun
- Buddy App information from HumanWare
- CAN Connection Smore - supporting those who serve students with complex needs
- CVI - Understanding of CVI - https://cviscotland.org/
- Family Recharge Zone - a virtual space just for families to network & collaborate
- Home-Based Activities for Children with CVI
- How to Create Digital, Interactive Schedules for Students A How-To Video
- Independence - Guidance on Building Student Independence
- Keyboarding - Talking Typer (APH), Typing Club, Dance Mat Typing, Doorway Online, TypeAbility with Jaws
- Jaws - free home app download
- Kids Activities
- Lakeshore Learning FREE At-Home Educational Resources
- LID Online Curriculum Resources for students with complex access needs including BVI
- LID Online Learning for students with complex access needs including BVI
- Magnifier Apps: Android Accessibility Magnification Tool Feature, BigMagnify, Snapchat Magnifier, SuperVision Plus, WriterBigger
- Monthly Instructional Guides -what to do, when to do it, for students with complex needs
- O&M/VI Resource Wall (Mrs. R's)
- Online Lessons for Students with VI
- REGIONAL ESC RESOURCES AT-A-GLANCE
Region 10 At-Home Instructional Support, Lessons!
Region 13 VI & O&M Resources
Region 17 BVI Resources Page
Region 20 VI Resources & Forms - Special Needs ID - Click link to apply for ID with identifier of communication impediment
- SPEDTex - Special Education Information Center
- Stay At Home Activities for Children with Visual Impairments
- Tar Heel Reader
- Teaching Books - extensive list of books read aloud, activities
- Texas Gateway - online resources
- TSBVI Short-Term Programs
- TxBVI LiveBinder - VI Shelf, O&M Shelf, Deafblind Shelf
- TX SenseAbilities - A Publication about VI & Deafblindness for Families & Professionals
Available in English & Spanish! - VI ARD Committee Responsibilities & IEP information
- VI ARD Process (Texas only)
- Virtual Learning Resources for VI
- VI LiveBinder: Virtual Activities for Teachers & Families
- Virtual Expanded Core Education Learning (ExCEL) Academy for Students with VI | Paths to Literacy
- Virtual Instruction: Accessibyte Apps
- Vooks - a world of animated storybooks brought to life!
2. Coffee Hour with TSBVI
- Check out last school year's TSBVI Coffee Hour RESOURCES by topic.
- TSBVI Coffee Hour - a variety of VI topics discussed in a casual virtual setting
3. FORMS
- TSBVI Outreach
- Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) forms:
- What is the Expanded Core Curriculum?, TSBVI
- What Parents Should Know, Family Connect
- ECC Screening Tool Template, adapted, Sapp & Blankenship, Iowa
Deanne Goen
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