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Essential Assessments for Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

In this webcast, Dr. Blankenship discusses the importance of using assessments: FVA, LMA, and the ECC when assessing students with visual impairments.

In this webcast, Dr. Blankenship discusses the importance of using a combination of assessments: Functional Vision Assessment (FVA), Learning Media Assessment (LMA) and the Expanded Core Curriculum when assessing students with visual impairments. She discusses the use of the essential assessments rubric (found at: http://earubric.com) to identify instructional strategies, supports, goals and instructional priorities.

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Presented by Dr. Karen Blankenship
Instructor: Karen E. Blankenship, Ph.D.
Length of time to complete: approximately 30 minutes

 

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