Visual Impairment Including Blindness

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Visual Impairment including blindness means an impairment in vision, that even with correction, adversely affects a student's educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness.

They include:

  • Students with visual acuity of 20/70 or less in the better eye with best correction,
  • Students have a severely restricted field of vision,
  • Students with visual difficulties, not visual perceptual difficulties, for whom significant modifications in their educational program have not been sufficient.

Overview

Students sitting at their desks in a classroomSince students with Visual Impairments vary in their individual profiles and abilities, Prince William County offers a range of program options to meet the educational needs of each student. The first program option allows students to attend their neighborhood school with services provided through the itinerant program. A teacher for the Visual Impairment works with students individually or in small groups both in and out of the regular education classroom. In addition, the teacher for the visual impaired works with the classroom teacher to ensure accommodations and modifications for visually related needs are met. Program levels utilize assistive technology. Additional placements are determined by the IEP team.

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Administrative Contacts

Janice Hornbeck

Janice Hornbeck, Supervisor
HornbeJD@pwcs.edu

Yannette Valdivia, Administrative Assistant II
ValdivY@pwcs.edu
703-791-7286

Leslie Parrott, Administrative Coordinator
ParrotTL@pwcs.edu
703-791-8530

Teachers for Students with Visually Impairments or Blindness

Gina Bianco
703-791-8506

Brewsonya Currie
703-791-7296

Eric Fehr
703-791-7267

Amy Havaich
703-791-8526

Curt Hoover
703-791-7906

Kristine Hoover
703-791-7912

Tamara Jackson
703-791-8507

Laura McGookin
571-374-6872

Yazmin Musa
571-374-6763

Lori Plunkett
703-791-8013

Suzanne Proctor
703-791-8508

Rebecca Shell
703-791-7393

Orientation and Mobility Instructor
Maggie Roth
703-791-8512