1. How do I work with this student who can’t see?
Literacy-Low Vision
How do I work with this student who can’t see?
Prep: Low Vision Simulators

2. Start with Functional Vision Assessment (FVA) & Learning Media Assessment (LMA)
Acquire these from TVI or 3 year eval or Sped teacher
How do we begin??

3. Functional Vision Assessment
1. Diagnosis & Description
2. Accommodations
3. Lighting & Color Considerations
4. Visual Behaviors
5. Distance & Near Viewing
6. Expectations
Remember glare issues
Functional Vision Assessment

4. Learning Media Assessment
1. Print size
2. Reading Speed and Accuracy
3. Print functioning
4. Tools
5. Expectations
Learning Media Assessment

5. ISD Reduced acuity Large print Electronic Devices Textbooks
Tunnel vision
Regular print
Localizing parts of the page
Point out important information
Electronic Devices
Think of tablet to take photographs
ISD

6. Scatomas
Scatoma
Remember Simulators

7. Multiple scatomas or just one
Where are they?
What kinds of behaviors will you see?
--Use Simulators
What did you do? Behaviors