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LITERACY
Literacy...means being able to read, write, create and communicate in braille, print and/or electronic media. Technology Center
Media Center
Itinerant Teachers of Children With Visual Impairment (TVI)
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PROGRAMS/SERVICES
Services for Children of school age (K through 12th grade) or younger:
Services for Transition Age Youth and Adults:
Services for All Ages:
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To be employable and competitive, children and adults must become technologically literate and learn employment-seeking skills. The Technology Center provides assessment and training to children and adults who are blind or visually impaired in the use of the blind or visually impaired in the use of the latest assistive technologies. Additionally, via the Technology Center's Employment Services Program (ESP), individuals who are blind or visually impaired learn how to write resumes, find job openings, interview and obtain employment. Such training enables people who are blind or visually impaired to become successful and independent at school, at home, on the job, and in life.
At any age, in order to learn about and see the world, children with visual impairments need access to adapted materials, which will make learning meaningful and facilitate literacy and independence. Whether it is braille, large print or electronic media, the student will receive any needed materials by the Foundation's Arizona Instructional Resource Center.
Itinerant teachers travel to the child's educational setting, work with the child and classroom teacher to develop literacy and compensatory skills necessary to access information and be successful in their education. Braille instruction begins at an early age with exposure to tactile materials and instruction in tactile discrimination. In addition to providing specialized instruction in braille, abacus, use of low vision devices, and computer skills, the itinerant TVI adapts classroom materials in a variety of ways so the child has equal access to the curriculum.