Bringing Hybrid
Vision Services
Where They Are Needed
Most In West Virginia
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Who Is Virtual TVI?
Virtual TVI was founded in 2021 to address the growing need for vision education services across the country. In West Virginia cities like Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown, Parkersburg, Wheeling, Weirton, Martinsburg, Beckley, and Fairmont, the shortage of certified Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVIs) makes it harder for schools to keep up with student needs. As more children with visual impairments enter the public school system, the gap between demand and available professionals continues to grow.
We believe every student with a visual impairment in West Virginia deserves access to a Certified TVI. Whether your school is in a large city or a small rural area, we provide direct instruction and support to help IEP teams make informed, student-centered decisions.
Here’s how we support schools across West Virginia:
Full-time virtual TVI coverage for your district
Part-time support to supplement your existing team
Short-term help for staff leave, evaluations, or new enrollments
Remote assessments for charter or private school students
Summer Braille tutoring, compensatory services, or ESY
From Kanawha and Monongalia to Cabell, Berkeley, Wood, and Raleigh counties, Virtual TVI brings experienced, West Virginia-certified professionals to students who need consistent and expert vision services.
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