[AERNet] Acronyms

[Carol Evans]

Thanks to all. I finally found several references when
I googled TSVI visually impaired.

Actually, I wasinformed by my committee co-chair that
the latest up-to-date politically correct term is
"teacher of students who have visual impairments" ...
so that is what is in my dissertation.

Warning to grad students: I don't know if it's like
this at all graduate schools, but at ours, whatever
style manual your individual department requires,
after it's defended and before it gets final approval,
printing and binding, it has to be converted to the
graduate school's format. It just wouldn't do to have
APA, Turabian, MLA, etc. mixing it up on the library
shelves together!

I need a nap now ...
Carol

--- Frances Mary D'Andrea <literacy2 at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> 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
> >>
> 
> 


Carol Evans
"This dissertation brought to you by Centrum Silver."


 
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