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Tips to Prepare for Medical Appointments

Categories: BVI
MAY142024
A doctor overlayed with medical icons like heart rate, pills, and a stethoscope.

Visiting the doctor can be a stressful experience for families. Parents often struggle with medical jargon and are left wondering what can be done to support their child’s vision loss.

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Sunny Days, Bright Minds: DHH Summer Learning Ideas

Categories: DHH
MAY132024
A child smiles while riding a bike on a course on a sunny day.

Summer provides an amazing opportunity to continue language and literacy development.

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Updated Severity Rating Scale Document Available

Categories: BVI
MAY162024

The new Vision Services Severity Rating Scale 2.0 (VSSRS 2.0) is now available!

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May 2024 MDE-LIO and Camp Tuhsmeheta Newsletter

Categories: BVI, DHH
MAY222024
A large computer monitor on a desk, showing the MDE-LIO website. The desk features a plant, headphones, keyboard, and mug.

Please enjoy reading the May 2024 issue of the combined MDE-LIO and Camp Tuhsmeheta newsletter.

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Highlights from an Action-Packed Year at Camp Tuhsmeheta

Categories: Camp T
JUL292024
Eight-image collage with highlights from camp, including a group photo of smiling campers and staff at the recreation center, campers jumping off the dock and fishing in the lake, campers talking to firefighters, and a camper reaching for a rope.

This year marks 50 years of Camp Tuhsmeheta (Camp T)!

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August 2024 Camp T Newsletter

Categories: Camp T
AUG142024
The lake at camp, surrounded by pine trees, on a sunny day.

Please enjoy reading the August 2024 issue of the Camp Tuhsmeheta (Camp T) newsletter, including camp and volunteer highlights from the year, as well as facility updates.

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Camp T Alumni Share Memories at Special Event

Categories: BVI, Camp T
AUG212024
Several Camp T alumni talk around the campfire while Camp Contractor Tyler Merren plays guitar.

In August, Camp Tuhsmeheta (Camp T) marked its 50th anniversary with a special alumni reunion.

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Independent Living Skills: Tips for Repetition and Practice

Categories: BVI
AUG212024
Collage showing daily living skills, including washing hands, tying shoes, washing dishes, folding laundry, and buttoning a shirt.

You have likely heard the phrase, “It’s not one and done.” When teaching independent living skills (ILS), this phrase holds true.

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Early Career Prep: Set Expectations at Preschool

Categories: BVI, DHH
AUG212024
Two children help with laundry at home while a parent holds a laundry basket full of clothes.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

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MDE-LIO Student Advisory Board Expands

Categories: BVI, DHH
AUG212024
Overhead view of several students sitting together at a round table.

Last school year, MDE-LIO created a Student Advisory Board.

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