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        Request books, materials, and assistive technology through our library management system (LMS).

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        Early Childhood

        • Budding Seedlings
        • Hooray for Braille Kits
        • Emergent Literacy
        • Skill Development
        • Assessments and Checklists
        • Parent Resources

        Expanded Core Curriculum

        • Assistive Technology
        • Career Education
        • Compensatory Skills
        • Independent Living Skills
        • Orientation and Mobility
        • Recreation and Leisure
        • Sensory Efficiency

        Educator Support

        • Severity Rating Scales
        • Outreach Support
        • Assistive Technology Guidelines
        • Mini-Grants
        • Job Postings
        • Support for New BVI School Personnel

        Video Library

         

        Other Resources

        • Administrator Tools
        • Assistive Apps
        • Resource Library
        • Neurological Visual Impairment
        • Other Organizations
        • Scholarships
    • Deaf/Hard of Hearing
      • Expanded Core Curriculum

        • Audiology
        • Career Education
        • Communication
        • Family Education
        • Functional Skills for Educational Success
        • Self-Determination and Advocacy
        • Social-Emotional Skills
        • Technology

        Educational Interpreters

        • EIPA Overview
        • EIPA Requirements
        • Interpreter Resources

        Educator Support

        • Outreach Support
        • Teachers and Teacher Consultants
        • Job Postings
        • Support for New DHH School Personnel

        American Sign Language (ASL)

        • ASL Assessments
        • ASL Learning and Standards
        • ASLPI

        Video Library

         

        Other Resources

        • Administrator Tools
        • Early Childhood
        • DHH Reading Kits
        • Resource Library
        • Other Organizations
        • Service Delivery Tools
        • Literacy Resources
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      • VI Consortium

        • Overview
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        • Course Matrix
        • Course Schedule
        • Program Sequence
        • Process
        • Tuition
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        DHH Consortium

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Other Organizations

Many programs and organizations exist to assist educators and families of students who are Blind or Visually Impaired (BVI). The following list is not comprehensive, but it does highlight many organizations with services and information.

Michigan Organizations

  • DeafBlind Central
  • Leader Dogs for the Blind
  • Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP)
  • Michigan Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (MAER)
  • Michigan Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired (MCBVI)
  • Michigan Transition Services Association (MTSA)
  • National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
  • Penrickton Center for Blind Children
  • Seedlings Braille Books for Children
  • Visual Impairment Consortium for Teacher Preparation

National Organizations

  • American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS)
  • American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
  • Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
  • National Association of Parents of Children With Visual Impairments
  • National Federation of the Blind

MDE-LIO

The Michigan Department of Education Low Incidence Outreach (MDE-LIO) is funded under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) through the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education.

MDE-LIO
702 W. Kalamazoo St
P.O. Box 30742
Lansing, MI 48909

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  • MDE-LIO Brochure

Useful Links

BVI
  • Request a Book
  • Request APH Products
  • Assistive Technology Library
  • Severity Rating Scales
  • BVI Outreach Support
DHH
  • Service Delivery Tools
  • DHH Reading Kits
  • ASL Learning and Standards
  • DHH Administrator Tools
  • DHH Outreach Support

 

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