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Test your skills and enjoy fun family activities at the 2020 Michigan Regional Braille Challenge
LEARN MOREMichigan Department of Education – Low Incidence Outreach (MDE-LIO)
MDE-LIO provides consultation, guidance, training, and resources to families and educational teams serving students who are Blind or Visually Impaired and/or Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
Our services include:
- Workshops and events for families and educators
- Braille, large print, and digital books for students
- American Printing House for the Blind (APH) Federal Quota products and textbooks
- Professional development materials and guides for educators
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Job Access With Speech (JAWS) is the world’s most popular screen reader, developed for computer users whose vision loss prevents them from seeing content on a screen or navigating with a mouse. In this six-session class, participants will learn...
Greenville, MI
Visit Camp Tuhsmeheta for a day of snowy family fun! This one-day event will offer opportunities to practice winter orientation and mobility skills with visual impairment professionals. Enjoy recreational activities such as cross-country skiing,...
Join MDE-LIO staff for an open question-and-answer session on topics specific to supporting students who are Blind/Visually Impaired or who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing. Access the Webinar This webinar will be held via Zoom. Participants do not need to...
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Learn How to Support Student Skills Outside the Classroom
Parents know that students’ learning often goes beyond the classroom. To support the development of specific skills that are not taught in the classroom or require direct teaching, the Iowa Department of Education created a document called the...
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MDE-LIO Announces New Managers
Over the summer, MDE-LIO welcomed Michelle Woolf as Department Manager for Finance and Human Resources and Brenda Mahoney as Events Manager.
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Mount Pleasant Program Helps Students Practice Life Skills
Story by Kaitlin Shawgo, photos by Rory Goodine
When visiting a middle school on a summer morning, you might not expect to be greeted by two fourth-graders and an eighth-grader running a coffee stand.
But for five weeks this... read more
Submit Braille Textbook Orders Early
Although the new school year has just begun, MDE-LIO would like to encourage districts to start thinking about submitting textbook requests for next school year.
When a district submits an early request, MDE-LIO staff has adequate time to p... read more