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Subject: Missouri School for the Blind (MSB)--Short-term Courses Available for Blind/Visually Impaired Students Attending MO Public Schools
Source: Patty Yocum, Superintendent, Missouri School for the Blind
Intended Audience: School Administrators, Directors of Special Education, Special Education Process Coordinators
Date: January 21, 2010
Missouri School for the Blind (MSB) is pleased to continue to offer short-term courses for blind/visually impaired students who are attending Missouri's public schools.
KEYS (Knowledge to Empower Your Success) are individually designed short-courses, created to address the vision-specific needs of students. Student needs are identified through the IEP process. MSB's short-courses are designed to provide intensive instruction to help students acquire the skills they need to be more independent and
successful in their local schools and communities.
This program has been developed to serve students ages five to twenty-one. Needs are identified by local IEP teams and referred to MSB for these services. If eligible, students may receive three to eighteen weeks of specialized instruction in one or more of the following areas:
Computer and Assistive Technology
Orientation and Mobility (O&M)
Braille Skills
Visual Efficiency Skills
Activities of Daily Living Skills
Transition Training Skills
For more information, please contact Joy Waddell, Assistant Superintendent, Missouri School for the Blind (314-776-4320), email jwaddell@msb.k12.mo.us or website http://www.msb.k12.mo.us.