[AERNet] Acronyms

[joanne gonnella]

Teacher of the blind and visuall impaired


>From: Frances Mary D'Andrea <literacy2 at mindspring.com>
>To: "R. Chin" <rfchin at earthlink.net>, braillepsych at yahoo.com,aernet AERNET 
><aernet at lists.aerbvi.org>
>Subject: Re: [AERNet] Acronyms
>Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:04:22 -0400
>
>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
> >>
>
>
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