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  • Low Incidence Program

    VI, O&M, OI (More Information Below)

    In LAUSD, the Low Incidence program provides services to children with a documented Low Incidence disability such as visual impairment or orthopedic impairment from ages 3-22. The District provides services to students who meet the eligibility criteria under California Ed. Code. The need for Low Incidence support is individualized for each student, and is prescribed as part of the student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP). All service provision is based upon the student’s assessed needs and is provided in accordance with the mandates of the IEP and state and federal guidelines.

    The Low Incidence staff consists of highly qualified providers serving schools throughout the District. The providers all have current state licenses or credentials from the state of California in their field of expertise. They receive training regarding current educational practices and participate in continuing education opportunities to broaden their professional knowledge and enhance their ability to implement the latest research, low incidence technology and best practices.


  • Blind and Partially Sighted (BL/PS) IconVisual Impairment Program (VI)


    The Visually Impaired (VI) program provides services to students ages 3-22 with visual impairments whose vision loss meets the legal standard as either legally blind or partially sighted and negatively impacts their ability to access core curriculum and/or acquire the skills necessary to participate in fundamental life activities.  Teachers of students with visual impairments (TSVI) provide instruction in the use of specialized materials and equipment necessary to access the core or modified core curriculum in educational settings, including general education classrooms, a VI resource room, the Low Incidence Learning Center (LILC) on a general education campus, and itinerant services for Blind/Partially Sighted (BPS) students and those with additional disabilities. Collaboration with general education teachers, District staff, and parents is essential, with additional support services including Orientation and Mobility and braille transcription. In addition to providing access to the core or modified core curriculum, TSVI’s provide instruction in the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC), a disability-specific set of skills that compensates for vision loss and is foundational to all other learning.  The ECC focuses on compensatory skills, sensory efficiency, orientation and mobility, self-determination, career education, assistive technology, independent living skills, recreation and leisure, and social skills.

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  • Orientation and Mobility for the Blind (OMB)

     

    Orientation and Mobility for the Blind (OMB)

    Orientation and Mobility for the Blind (OMB) is a low incidence service designed to instruct students 3-22 years of age who have an LAUSD visual impairment (VI) eligibility and eye medical report stating legal blindness. Students with a VI eligibility may require an OMB assessment to determine if they have a need for specialized orientation and/or mobility training, including the white cane to travel in a safe and oriented manner. Instruction is systematic and intended to promote equal access as well as integration opportunities within a student’s classroom, school, and community environments.  OMB is a service available to studens who have a current VI eligibility and an assessed need within LAUSD.
     


  • OI Logo Orthopedic Impairments (OI)

    Orthopedically Impaired Itinerant services are provided to support students with the eligibility of Orthopedic Impairment (OI), traumatic brain injury (TBI) and multiple disabilities orthopedic (MDO) that have been placed in a special day programs or in general education classes, who have academic goals, and are served by Resource Specialists Teachers (RST) and where the teacher does not possess a credential specific to physical and health impairments.  For most students with orthopedic impairments, the supports and/or services for learning is focused on accommodations and adaptations necessary to access the curriculum and the educational setting. Classroom accommodations for students with orthopedic impairments vary dependent on the individual needs of the student and the characteristics of the specific impairment. Students eligible as OI may require supports and/or services that include special seating arrangements to develop useful posture and movements, instruction focused on the development of gross and fine motor skills, augmentative or alternative communication devices or assistive technology. 


     


  •  Los Angeles Unified School District ♦ Division of Special Education 

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