Bringing Hybrid
Vision Services
Where They Are Needed
Most In Texas
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Who Is Virtual TVI?
Virtual TVI was founded in 2021 to help meet the growing need for vision services in public education. In Texas cities like Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, El Paso, Arlington, Corpus Christi, Plano, and Lubbock, school districts continue to face a shortage of certified Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVIs). As more children with visual impairments enter school, the demand for qualified professionals is increasing, but not enough new teachers are entering the field.
We believe every child with a visual impairment in Texas should have access to a Certified TVI. Whether your district serves a large urban population or a small rural area, we provide direct instruction and expert support to help your students succeed.
Here’s how we support schools across Texas:
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Full-time virtual TVI coverage for your district
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Part-time services to support existing TVIs
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Short-term help for staff leave, new referrals, or evaluations
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Remote assessments for charter or private school students
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Summer Braille tutoring, compensatory services, or ESY
From Harris and Bexar to Travis, Tarrant, Dallas, El Paso, and Collin counties, Virtual TVI connects Texas-certified TVIs with schools and students who need reliable, flexible vision services to meet ARD requirements.
Who Is A TVI?
A TVI is a Teacher of the Visually Impaired, also called a TSBVI Teacher of Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired. They teach the Expanded Core Curriculum for the Visually Impaired, which consists of 9 areas that students with low vision or blindness often need direct instruction to learn. Research says that up to 90% of the information we take in is visual. So, a student who has limited or no vision is going to miss out on a lot of incidental learning, which is the information most children pick up just by observing others.
Vision affects all areas of life, which is why it is so important that a Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired conducts a Functional Vision and Learning Media Assessment on any student ages 0-22 who is suspected of having visual difficulties that cannot be corrected by glasses, etc. The 9 areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum that a Teacher of the Visually Impaired will assess and instruct in include: Sensory Efficiency, Compensatory Skills, Independent Living Skills, Assistive Technology, Social Skills, Orientation and Mobility, Self-Advocacy Skills, Recreation and Leisure Skills, and Career Education.
Our Hybrid Services & Competencies
Evaluations
Ongoing Services
Our Competencies
Unified English Braille code
Nemeth (math) Braille code
Music Braille code
Spanish Braille code
Computer Braille code
Visual Efficiency Skills development
Magnifiers
such as Matt Connect, Jupiter, Juno, Explore, and Ruby
Screen readers
such as JAWS, Voice Over, Talk Back, and NVDA
Braille note takers
such as Braille Note Touch Plus, Mantis 40, Monarch, and Chameleon