TSBVI Parent Weekend, November 7-8, 2014

Welcome, parents of TSBVI students, to the 2014 Parent Weekend! We hope you enjoy your visit.

• Directions to TSBVI (Google Map)
• Parent Weekend Fall Carnival Event Schedule 
• A School District's Guide to Accessing Services at TSBVI
• A Parent’s Guide to Services at TSBVI - English
• Guía para Padres sobre los Servicios en TSBVI - Spanish
• Parent Portal

Reminders

• It's Bring Your Boss to Work Week for TVIs and COMs! - November 3-7, 2014
• Parent Weekend Fall Carnival - November 7-8, 2014

Popular Downloads

• A School District's Guide to Accessing Services at TSBVI
• A Parent’s Guide to Services at TSBVI - English
• Guía para Padres sobre los Servicios en TSBVI - Spanish
• What is the Expanded Core Curriculum? NEW! Flyer - English
• ¿Cuál es el Currículum Central Expandido? - Spanish
• 2014 Educating Students with Visual Impairments in Texas: Guidelines and Standards (PDF) - English
• 2014 La Educación de Estudiantes con Impedimentos Visuales en Texas: Guías y Normas (PDF) - Spanish

Current Events

• Get information about the 2014 SWOMA Conference: Finding My Way, November 13-15, 2014 on the TSBVI campus.

• Get more information and register for Vision Assessment and Interventions for children with CVI and ONH presented by Linda Lawrence, MD, Pediatric Ophthalmologist at Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Austin, from 9am - 4pm on December 2, 2014.  

• Nationally sponsored family phone calls
  • A series of nationally sponsored family phone calls, free to families, conducted in Spanish are currently being presented. One is for families with children who have hearing and vision problems and one is specifically for families of children with CHARGE. Llamada de Familia-a-Familia con Niños con el Síndrome de CHARGE
  • Se presenta en la actualidad una serie de llamadas telefónicas de la familia patrocinados a nivel nacional, llevado a cabo en español y gratis para las familias. Uno es para familias con niños que tienen problemas de audición y problemas de visión y uno es específicamente para las familias de niños con CHARGE. Llamada de Familia-a-Familia

New Additions to the Site

• 10/22/14 Format Update (Originally Posted 9/19/2014) Q&A: ECC instruction and O&M evaluations - DRAFT GUIDANCE PENDING FINAL RULE ADOPTION
• 10/10/14 Visual Impairment Scale of Service Intensity of Texas (VISSIT) site features innovative tools to help TVIs determine recommendations for type and amount of service to students.
• 10/07/14 Functional Vision Evaluation Checklist for Preverbal and Nonverbal Children - (DOC 143KB)
• 09/25/14 Parent Companion - A guide for Texas parents and caregivers of children with diagnosed or suspected disabilities from birth through 5 years of age.

Short-Term Programs

Summer Programs

• Frequently Asked Questions for Accepted Students
• 2014 Summer Calendar
• 2014 Program Descriptions

School Year Short-Term Programs (for students on or near grade level)

• About School Year Short-Term Programs
• Referral, Admission, and Attendance Procedures (including transportation)

Regular School-Year Programs

• Regular School Year Admission and Registration
• School Calendars

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) serves as a special public school in the continuum of statewide placements for students who have a visual impairment. Students, ages 6 through 21, who are blind, deafblind, or visually impaired, including those with additional disabilities, are eligible for consideration for services on the TSBVI campus.  It is also a statewide resource to parents of these children and the professionals who serve them, from birth through transition from school.

The other major divisions of TSBVI are: School and Student Services (student admissions and records); the Business, Operations and Technology Division (budgeting, accounting, purchasing, payroll, supply warehouse, maintenance, food service, security, transportation, duplication and technology); and Executive Administration (superintendent's office, human resources, curriculum, legal, internal audit and risk management).

• Steps to Admission and Registration at TSBVI
• Weekends Home Bus Schedule
• Become a Volunteer
• Community Partners