Websites and Online Courses
Online Courses on the TSBVI Website
- Active Learning Principles
- Active Learning Functional Scheme
- Active Learning Program Planning
- Active Learning Implementation
- Active Learning: Documenting Progress
- Active Learning Equipment
- Active Learning Materials
- CVI Scenarios – Phase I – Case Study 1: Isaiah
- CVI Scenarios – Phase II – Case Study 2: Eli R.
- CVI Scenarios – Phase III Case Study 3: Eli H.
- Foundations of Visual Impairment
- Nemeth Braille Code Courses
Websites on Deafblindness
Websites on Transition Planning in Texas
Online Courses the National Center on Deaf-Blindness
TSBVI Online Courses
All TSBVI Courses are available through Bridge Learning. To find and register for any of the courses below, go to https://public-tsbvi.bridgeapp.com/learner/library.
Introduction to the Intervener Team Model
Active Learning Series
This series of courses contains over 21 CEU of training covering the Active Learning approach to instruction developed by Dr. Lilli Nielsen.
- Active Learning: Principles
- Active Learning: Functional Scheme
- Active Learning: Program Planning
- Active Learning: Implementation
- Active Learning: Documenting Progress
- Active Learning: Equipment
- Active Learning: Materials
Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) Series
This series provides three self-paced online courses (3 CEUs per course) to help team members better understand and more accurately complete Christine Roman’s CVI Range assessment. The CVI Web Course consists of three case study simulations of conducting the CVI Range on real students.
The students in the modules focus on students with CVI Range scores that fall within each of the three phases of CVI identified by Dr. Roman:
- CVI Scenarios Phase I – Building Visual Behavior
- CVI Scenarios Phase II – Integrating Vision with Function
- CVI Scenarios Phase III – Refinement of CVI Characteristics
Foundations of Visual Impairment Series
These courses provide basic training in the foundations of visual impairment around the following topical areas:
- Compensatory Skills
- Educational Systems and Services in Texas
- Family Matters
- Independent Living Skills
- Introduction to Assistive Technology
- Recreation and Leisure
- Sensory Efficiency Skills
- Transition