{"id":100,"date":"2025-02-25T17:35:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dvi\/educate\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:35:45","slug":"educate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dvi\/educate\/","title":{"rendered":"educate ~  DVI Services: Education Program  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n  \n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n        <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dvi\/educate.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div --> \n\n\n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Education Services Program<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Visually Impaired Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dvi\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n    <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/about.html\">About DVI<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/contact.html\">Contact Information<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/calevents.html\">Calendar of Events<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/eligcriteria.html\">Eligibility<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/faq.html\">FAQ&#8217;s<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/ofclocations.html\">Office Locations<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#ServicesMenu\"><h2>Services <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n    <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"ServicesMenu\">  \n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/bep.html\">Business Enterprise Program<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n   <!-- <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/dib.html\">Delaware Industries for the Blind<\/a>\n    <\/li>-->\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/educate.html\">Education Program<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/indliving.html\">Independent Living Services<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/lowvision.html\">Low Vision Program<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/materctr.html\">Materials Center<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/orientmobil.html\">Orientation and Mobility Program<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/trainingsvcs.html\">Training Services Program<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/vocrehab.html\">Vocational Rehabilitation<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/volunteer.html\">Volunteer Services<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#InformationMenu\"><h2>Information <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n    <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"InformationMenu\">\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/advcncl.html\">Advisory Councils<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dvi\/pubs.html\">Publications &#038; 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DVI Education\n\n\n  staff provide activities (such as visual, tactual, and\/or auditory games and techniques) which will encourage the development and\n\n\n  adaptive skills of the child. Infants and toddlers receive services in the home or at other early intervention settings.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h2>\n\n\n  The K through 12 Program\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Our Teachers for the Visually Impaired (TVI) provide itinerant services to visually impaired children, which include assessment, direct\n\n\n  instruction and\/or consultation. These services are provided to families and to personnel in Delaware school districts, charter schools\n\n\n  and private schools where there are visually impaired students in the classroom. Our Teachers for the Visually impaired work in every\n\n\n  Delaware school district and with every local education agency to ensure that students with visual impairments are able to access\n\n\n  education programs equal to that of their peers.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  The program also assists in the provision (and instruction on use) of appropriately formatted educational materials (such as Braille and\n\n\n  Large Print), and assistive technology to visually impaired students. Vision-specific aids and equipment that will assist the student in\n\n\n  the classroom are also provided. Staff provides consultation to the families and school personnel on how to meet the educational needs of\n\n\n  each student with a visual impairment.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h2>\n\n\n  Eligibility\n\n\n<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  <strong>Children in Delaware that are eligible for our education program services must meet <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">one<\/span> the following criteria:<\/strong>\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>A vision related diagnosis of 20\/200 or less in the better eye with best correction, or a peripheral field so contracted that the\n\n\n  widest diameter of such field subtends less than 20 degrees.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Or, diagnosed as Partially Sighted with a visual acuity between 20\/70 and 20\/200 in the better eye after best correction, or a\n\n\n  disease, condition or impairment of the eye or visual system that seriously affects visual function directly, not perceptually.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Or, have a degenerative eye disease, which in the opinion of a licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist, is expected to reduce, in the\n\n\n  future, either visual acuity or visual field, resulting in partial sight or blindness.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>A licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist shall document that a child has one of the conditions mentioned.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>The IEP team, with DVI, shall consider the documentation of visual impairment in addition to other information relevant to the\n\n\n  child&#8217;s condition in determining eligibility for special education services.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  The Division for the Visually Impaired staff works closely with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doe.k12.de.us\">Delaware Department of\n\n\n  Education<\/a>, Delaware&#8217;s local education agencies (LEAs), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/chs\/chscdw.html\">Child Development\n\n\n  Watch<\/a>, and other organizations involved with children who have visual impairments.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Our education program is proud to be a participating member in <a href=\"http:\/\/qpvi.com\">Quality Programs for Students with Visual\n\n\n  Impairments (QPVI)<\/a>.\n\n\n<\/p>  <!--[END]-->\n\n  \n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Education Services Program Visually Impaired Menu Home About About DVI Contact Information Calendar of Events Eligibility FAQ&#8217;s Office Locations Services Business Enterprise Program Education Program Independent Living Services Low Vision Program Materials Center Orientation and Mobility Program Training Services Program Vocational Rehabilitation Volunteer Services Information Advisory Councils Publications &#038; Forms Regulations Reports &#038; Statistics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dvi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dvi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dvi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dvi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dvi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dvi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dvi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}