[AERNet] Acronyms

[Frances Mary D'Andrea]

Generally, it stands for "teacher of students who are visually  
impaired." At a recent business meeting of AER's division 16  
(itinerant personnel) Karen Ross of the Carroll Center reported that  
she had collected various terms related to the job of being a special  
education teacher who works with students who are blind or visually  
impaired. I think she had a list of 17 different terms, all used by  
various school districts and states.
I know the AFB Press guidelines (as shown on their web site) list the  
preferred term "teacher of visually impaired students." I wonder what  
other organizations (APH, Hadley, etc.) use in their author  
guidelines? When you say, Carol, that the term "TVI" is "changing to  
TSVI" by whom do you mean? By publishers? By school districts? By  
newsletter editors (and which ones)? There still seems to be quite a  
bit of variation in what the "preferred" term is.
My personal LEAST favorite is "vision teacher" although I know it's  
very common. It always makes me think of seances, like I'm teaching  
my students to have visions! <smile>
  What terms do you all use or have you heard?
--FM

On Mar 11, 2007, at 3:51 PM, R. Chin wrote:

> Here's a copy of a newsletter in .pdf. "Cathy Smyth, TSVI" is on  
> the first paragraph on page 29 of this 35 page newsletter.  I am  
> not sure what the acroynyms represent. Teacher Support or  
> Specialist for the Visually Impaired?
>
> I hope the attachment is helpful.
>
> R. Chin, NYC TVI
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Carol Evans <braillepsych at yahoo.com>
>> Sent: Mar 10, 2007 4:32 PM
>> To: aernet at lists.aerbvi.org
>> Subject: Re: [AERNet] Acronyms
>>
>> I have now found references for TVI and BVI (have to
>> justify the use of these acronyms in my dissertation).
>> But I have now been informed that TVI is changing to
>> TSVI. Can anyone point to a reference for that?
>> Thanks,
>> Carol
>>