[NFBF-L] FW: Survey: Access and Engagement to Education for Students with Visual Impairments

Thu Apr 23 17:25:18 UTC 2020

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Subject: Survey: Access and Engagement to Education for Students with Visual Impairments

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We hope you will  <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=f91345f84c&e=c0a860b2b9> participate in a survey to help us better understand the challenges and successes students with visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities and deafblindness, are experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We want to hear from all families, teachers of students with visual impairments, and Orientation & Mobility (O&M) instructors in the United States and Canada. We want to hear from families and professionals whose children are receiving educational services as well as those who are not receiving services. We really mean all families whose children have visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities and deafblindness.

Teachers of students with visual impairments and O&M instructors who were delivering in-person services have had to swiftly shift gears when schools around the country started closing their doors to slow the spread of the COVID-19.

But that doesn’t mean that education has to come to a halt for students who are blind or have low vision and receive services based on their Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), Individualized Education Program (IEP), or 504 Plan. And if education has come to a halt, we need to understand why.

The data from this study will be used to allow educators, administrators, policy makers, and families to better understand the challenges and successes students with visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities and deafblindness, are experiencing when educational services are being delivered in unique ways. 

The survey is available in  <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=202e8d23ec&e=c0a860b2b9> English and  <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=492404e108&e=c0a860b2b9> Spanish and will be open April 22 - May 13 (3 weeks).

Thank you for helping us better understand and document the current challenges surrounding access and engagement to education for students.

Study Collaborators

The following 19 organizations, companies, and universities are collaborating on this project.

*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=e4bde4963e&e=c0a860b2b9> Academy for Certification and Education of Vision Rehabilitation Professionals
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=094d2fc272&e=c0a860b2b9> American Council of the Blind
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=a7cfcac8c4&e=c0a860b2b9> American Foundation for the Blind
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=64ce886732&e=c0a860b2b9> American Printing House for the Blind
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=e62c470810&e=c0a860b2b9> Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=356ce652c4&e=c0a860b2b9> CNIB Foundation
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=2597638608&e=c0a860b2b9> Council for Exceptional Children’s Division on Visual Impairment and Deafblindness
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=40d0b1c86f&e=c0a860b2b9> Council of Schools and Services for the Blind
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=2c41ae390b&e=c0a860b2b9> Humanware
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=cfddd97977&e=c0a860b2b9> National Braille Press
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=6c26346c9f&e=c0a860b2b9> National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=3507cb3dee&e=c0a860b2b9> Objective Ed
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=a492b22025&e=c0a860b2b9> Perkins School for the Blind
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=86077b824b&e=c0a860b2b9> Seedlings Braille Books for Children
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=105f65e181&e=c0a860b2b9> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=0b85f6017d&e=c0a860b2b9> University of South Carolina Upstate, Visual Impairment Program
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=48141dc7d1&e=c0a860b2b9> Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=9a2d680b76&e=c0a860b2b9> VisionServe Alliance
*	 <https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=1542662f94&e=c0a860b2b9> Vispero

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