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National Agenda for the Education of Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, Including Those with Multiple Disabilities

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Download the National Agenda for the Education of Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, Including Those with Multiple Disabilities  agenda.brf (54K ASCII braille format) or agenda.meg (63K Megadots Format) - Distributed with permission of the American Foundation for the Blind. © AFB Press. This material is available for purchase in print and ASCII disk formats and can be obtained by calling (800)-232-3044.

• A Call to Action- Practical Suggestions for the Achievement of the National Agenda Goals
• Are All Your Students with Visual Impairments Receiving Appropriate Services?
  • National Agenda: A Parent Perspective (pamphlet)
  • Agenda Nacional para la Educación: Perspectiva de los Padres
  • National Agenda: A Teacher Perspective (pamphlet)
  • National Agenda: Goals Flyer (.doc - 58k)
  • Objectives de la Agenda Nacional (.doc - 58k)

• Report to the Nation - Distributed with permission of the American Foundation for the Blind. © AFB Press.
  • Download braille interpoint version (3 files) -
    • Report to Nation Interpoint Part 1 (120k)
    • Report to Nation Interpoint Part 2 (98k)
    • Report to Nation Interpoint Part 3 (129k)
  • Download braille single side version (6 files) -
    • Report to Nation Single Part 1 (120k)
    • Report to Nation Single Part 2 (58k)
    • Report to Nation Single Part 3 (51k)
    • Report to Nation Single Part 4 (48k)
    • Report to Nation Single Part 5 (65k)
    • Report to Nation Single Part 6 (65k)
• National Agenda State Plans (Where is your state's plan? - send plans (preferably a Word file) or links to plans, to Jim Allan at jimallan@tsbvi.edu)
  • Florida Agenda Final 2006
  • Iowa Agenda
  • New Hampshire Agenda
  • Pennsylvania National Agenda
    • Download Penn. Agenda napa.rtf
  • Rhode Island - Report Introduction
    • Rhode Island - The Final Report of the Special Commission to Promote and Develop a Comprehensive System of Education for Visually Impaired Children
  • Wisconsin State Plan for The National Agenda
    • Wisconsin State Plan for The National Agenda (word file) (not a TSBVI website)
    • Wisconsin National Agenda Update 4/2002
    • What is the Wisconsin National Agenda?
    • Applied Aspects Of Pediatric Low Vision In The School Setting
    • Looking for CONNECTIONS
    • 1999 ASSEMBLY BILL 629
    • Expanded Core Curriculum for Students with Visual Impairments Wisconsin National Agenda
    • Ocular Report For Children With A Known Or Suspected Visual Impairment PI-2015 (Rev. 05-01)
    • Letter to Parents: Free Membership
    • Low Vision Kit
    • Educational Placement Options for Students with Visual Impairment
    • Goal No. 4 Survey
    • WISC Update 10-99.rtf (11k)
    • WISC Update 10-98.rtf (11k)
  • PowerPoint Presentations
    • Report to the Nation
    • The National Agenda for Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, Including those with Multiple Disabilities
    • Challenges and Opportunities for 2000
    • The Expanded Core Curriculum- Finding the Time
  • Goal Activities
    • Goal Statements and Education Goal Leader Organizations
    • National Goals & Leader Organizations
    • Goal 1 - Referral
    • Goal 2 - Parents
    • Goal 3 - University (personnel prep)
      • National Center for Leadership in Visual Impairment
    • Goal 4 - Caseload and Staff Development
      • Caseload Analysis: A Critical Component Of Quality Services For Students With Visual Impairments
        Position Paper Of AER Division 16: Itinerant Personnel
      • Connecticut Plan for Determining Caseload Size for Teachers of the Visually impaired
    • Goal 5 - Placement
    • Goal 6 - Assessment
      • Assessment Compendium - for Assessing the Skills and Interests of Individuals with Visual Impairments or Multiple Disabilities - Lighthouse International free download
      • APH - Accessible Tests Department
      • Iowa: Progress Monitoring for Teachers of Students Who Have Visual Disabilities
    • Goal 7 - Instructional Materials
      • AFB Solutions Forum
      • AFB Solutions Forum (TSBVI)
      • National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards
    • Goal 8 - Core Curriculum
      • Core Curriculum for Blind and Visually Impaired Students
      • The Delivery of the Core Curriculum
      • The Expanded Core Curriculum- Finding the Time - PowerPoint Presentation
      • Impact of Literacy on the Expanded Core Curriculum
      • Annotated Bibliography
      • Arizona State Standard's Alignment to the Expanded Core Curriculum
      • Resources for the Expanded Core Curriculum (RECC).
      • Connecticut Questionnaire Report
      • Iowa Expanded Core Curriculum Procedures Manual
    • Goal 9 - Transition
    • Goal 10 - Professional Development
  • National Agenda Steering Committee Members
  • National Agenda State Coordinators  
  • Endorsing Organizations, Agencies and Schools
  • Policy Guidance on Educating Blind and Visually Impaired Students
    • Application of the Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) Requirements of Part B to Blind and Visually Impaired Students
    • Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) and Placement Requirements
    • Procedural Safeguards
    • OSERS - Policy Guidance on Educating Blind and Visually Impaired Students (complete)
  • A Chronology