Learning media assessment
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A learning media assessment is an evaluation that helps the team decide whether a student with a visual impairment should learn through print, braille or both.
Topic: Vision and hearing
In plain terms
A teacher of students with visual impairments usually conducts it. It looks at how the student uses vision, touch and hearing to gather information, reading rate and stamina with different media, and the student's likely future needs. It is updated over time, because vision and demands change as students grow.
How it shows up in an IEP
Results support the IEP's braille decision and guide literacy goals, accommodations and materials, such as large print or audio.
Example
A learning media assessment finds a student reads enlarged print at 40 words per minute and tires after 10 minutes. The team adds braille instruction while continuing print.
The rule
Federal reference: 34 CFR §300.324(a)(2)(iii).
Related terms
- BrailleBraille is a tactile system of reading and writing in which letters, numbers and symbols are formed by patterns of raised dots in cells of six.
- Functional vision evaluationA functional vision evaluation looks at how a student uses their vision in everyday school tasks and settings.
- TVI (teacher of students with visual impairments)A TVI is a certified special education teacher who specializes in teaching students who are blind or have low vision.
- Low visionLow vision is vision loss that cannot be fully corrected with glasses, contacts, medicine or surgery and affects daily tasks.
- Evaluation (special education)A special education evaluation is the set of assessments a school uses to decide whether a child has a disability and what services the child needs.
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