Accommodations

An accommodation is anything that a

person uses from preferential seating
to a certain technology that makes
their life easier.
My name is Christian Whitehead and I
am a Teacher of the Visually Impaired What is a visual In education, accommodations are
used to better a students learning
(TVI). I am a graduate of Kutztown
University of Pennsylvania and there I impairment? potential. I used the example of
preferential seating because this is a
received my Pre-k to 4 teaching common accommodation for students
certification and my vision A visual impairment can be anything with visual impairments. A student
certification. This is my first year from just a slight visual issue that may also use things like tablets.
teaching but I have lots of experience effects a persons vision in a minor Tablets bring up documents to enlarge
working with children who have visual way, to someone being totally blind them so they dont have to view
impairments. I have many hours without even having any light something across the room on the
observing TVIs. I also was a Resident perception. board or dont have to press their face
Assistant for a transitional program at against a paper to see it.
Penn. St. main campus for high school In order to qualify to be legally blind, These accommodations will be funded
students with visual impairments. one must have a visual acuity of by the school and decided by the IEP
Lastly, I have student taught students 20/200 or less in their better eye after team.
who have visual impairments through correction or a visual field of 20
my degree at Kutztown. I am very degrees or less.
excited to start my first year and
cannot wait to start teaching my
students!



Information on
What is a TVI? My Information TVIs and Visual
A TVI is acronym for a Teacher of the
Visually Impaired, or a Teacher of

Impairments
students with Visual Impairments.
The job of a TVI is to help students How to contact me:

with visual impairments learn to their Email-
maximum potential. Since this is such cwhit1295@gmail.com
a low incidence disability, not many
teachers are educated on how to teach Phone-
these particular students. Also, since (570) 529-7475
more and more of the population
seems to be swaying towards being
A text is best but I understand
visual learners, how much does this
affect someone that has a visual calls for major situations.
impairment?
A TVI may teach Braille to a student Office Hours-
that has the potential to fall behind in
reading. They also may teach the
Friday 1:00-3:00

student technology that helps them in Office Phone-
their education. (555) 555-5555
A TVI is also a major part of a IEP team
to educate other members on visual
impairments and how to best solve
certain circumstances that may come

up.