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    Visual impairment is defined by the Alberta Education Code as a mild to moderate visual disability that limits a student's vision enough to interfere with learning. A student with visual impairment may have visual acuity of less than 20/70 in their better eye after correction or a reduced field of vision. Students with visual impairments may feel isolated or stressed due to difficulties picking up social cues or focusing. Teachers should provide students resources like Braille, text-to-speech software, laptops, and scribes to accommodate their needs.

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    Visual impairment is defined by the Alberta Education Code as a mild to moderate visual disability that limits a student's vision enough to interfere with learning. A student with visual impairment may have visual acuity of less than 20/70 in their better eye after correction or a reduced field of vision. Students with visual impairments may feel isolated or stressed due to difficulties picking up social cues or focusing. Teachers should provide students resources like Braille, text-to-speech software, laptops, and scribes to accommodate their needs.

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    Visual impairment is defined by the Alberta Education Code as a mild to moderate visual disability that limits a student's vision enough to interfere with learning. A student with visual impairment may have visual acuity of less than 20/70 in their better eye after correction or a reduced field of vision. Students with visual impairments may feel isolated or stressed due to difficulties picking up social cues or focusing. Teachers should provide students resources like Braille, text-to-speech software, laptops, and scribes to accommodate their needs.

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    Definition and
    Alberta Ed Code

    Code 56: VISUAL


    DISABILITY (ECS:
    Code 30; Grades 1
    12: Code 56):
    - A student/ECS child
    identified with a mild to
    moderate visual
    disability is one whose
    vision is so limited that
    it interferes with the
    ability to learn and
    requires modification of
    the learning
    environment.
    - A student/child who is
    designated as having
    limited vision should
    have a visual acuity of
    less than 20/70 (6/21
    metric) in the better
    eye after correction
    and/or a reduced field
    of vision.
    Code 46:

    Characteristics &
    Observable
    Behavior

    Strategies

    Resources

    Students who are visually


    impaired may experience the
    following:
    Uncomfortable/uneasy in
    unfamiliar settings
    Feeling of isolation due
    to their disability
    Increased feelings of
    stress
    Struggle to pick up on
    social cues
    May use a cane or have a
    seeing eye dog
    May appear to be unable
    to focus
    Shorter attention span

    Voice Print
    http://www.ami.ca/Pages/defa
    ult.aspx
    Speaking Graphing
    Calculator
    http://shop.aph.org/webapp/w
    cs/stores/servlet/Product_Ori
    on%20TI-84%20Plus
    %20Talking%20Graphing
    %20Calculator_1-0734000P_10001_11051
    Sample Activities
    http://vision.alberta.ca/media/
    83125/3%20section
    %206%20resource%20kit
    %20goals%20nov
    %202010.pdf
    Adapted program of studies
    from the California
    Department of Education
    http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/s
    r/documents/braillemathstand
    .pdf
    NSCC Disability Services
    http://www.disabilityservices.
    nscc.ca/en/home/disabilitiesin
    formation/sensorydisabilities/
    default.aspx

    Braille
    Textbook
    Laptop
    Program ie.
    Zoomtext
    Voice
    Recorder
    Scribe
    Voice Print
    Visual
    Efficiency
    Skills

    BLINDNESS:
    - A student or child
    with severe vision
    impairment is one who:
    Student has corrected
    vision so limited that it
    is inadequate for most
    or all instructional
    situations, and
    information must be
    presented through
    other means; and
    - A student has a visual
    acuity ranging from
    6/60 (20/200) in the
    better eye after
    correction, to having no
    usable vision or a field
    of vision reduced to an
    angle of 20 degrees.

    Standard for Special


    Education
    https://education.alberta.ca/m
    edia/511690/ecep_blind_or_v
    isually_impaired.pdf
    Special Education Coding
    Criteria
    http://education.alberta.ca/me
    dia/8708251/spedcodingcriter
    ia_2012-2013.pdf

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