Program for the Visually Impaired

Students who are visually impaired include: students who are blind, have no vision or little potential for using vision; students who have low vision; students who have a visual impairment after best correction that adversely affects their educational performance; or students who have been diagnosed with a progressive condition that will most likely result in a visual impairment or no vision after best correction.

Critical Initiatives in Visual Impairment Project Florida State University (CIVI-FSU) (project website, scroll down to Critical Initiatives in Visual Impairment, Initiative #1)

• Visual Disabilities Education Program
• Technical Support Contact
  • Dr. Eileen Bischof
    • email: bischof@fsu.edu

• • West Palm Beach DBS District Office
  • Online Application
  • Technical Support Contact Information

    • Division of Blind Services
      400 N Congress Avenue, Suite 305
      West Palm Beach, FL 33401

      Main Number: (561) 681-2548
      Toll Free: (866) 225-0794
      Fax: (561) 681-2554

      District Administrator: Cesar Vigo

      Counties Served:

      • Indian River
      • Martin
      • Okeechobee
      • Palm Beach
      • St. Lucie
       

Area 7 Offices (Palm Beach and Broward counties)

• • • • Technical Support Contacts
        • 21A and 21C: West Palm Beach
          400 North Congress Ave., Suite 300
          West Palm Beach 33401-2912
          Phone: 561-624-6957
          Fax: 561-242-5473
          Carla Leaty, Supervisor 21A
          Henrietta Tennell, Supervisor 21C
          Units 21A and 21C West Palm Beach Directions
        • 21B: Palm Beach - Boca Raton
          400 North Congress Ave., Suite 300
          West Palm Beach, FL 33401
          Phone: 561-544-4657
          Fax: 561-242-5473
          Shanqua Sims-Brown, Supervisor
          Unit 21B Palm Beach - Boca Raton Directions
        • 21D: West Palm Beach
          400 North Congress Ave., Suite 300
          West Palm Beach 33401-2912
          Phone: 561-808-1900
          Fax: 561-242-5473
          Judith Toussaint, Supervisor
          Unit 21D West Palm Beach Directions

 

Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB)

• • Admissions  
    • Online Application
    • Application Download - English
    • Application Download - Spanish
  • Technical Support Contacts
    • Naomi Ammenhaiser, Coordinator of Admissions
      • Phone/Text: 904-827-2257
      • Email: ammenhaused@fsdbk12.org

 

Florida Instructional Materials Center for theVisually Impaired (FIMC-VI) (center website link)

• Technical Support Contact
  • Contact Us Online Form
  • Phone: 813-837-782
  • Email: information@fimcvi.org

 

Florida Low Vision Initiative (FLVI) (project website, scroll down to Critical Initiatives in Visual Impairment, Initiative #2)

• • Florida Low Vision Initiative - LiveBinder Link
  • Request for Services (webpage link)
  • Technical Support Contact
    • Kim Roberts, Program Manager
      • email: kmroberts@fsu.edu
      • phone: 850-739-FLVI (3584)

 

Florida and Virgin Islands Deaf-Blind collaborative (FAVI) 

• Make a Referral or Request Assistance 
  • Online Family Intake Survey 
  • Downloadable Family Intake Form
  • Consent Form ~ Needed if Referred by Educators or Professionals
  • Consent for the Exchange of Information & Records Form ~ English
  • Consentimiento para el intercambio de información reigstros ~ Spanish 
• Technical Support Contacts
  • Michelle (Wahlmeier) Pearson, Project Coordinator
    • Phone: 800-667-4052
    • email: michellew@ufl.edu
  • Shelly Voelker, Family Education Specialist
    • 352 – 275 – 9505 (cellular / text)
    • email: shellyv@ufl.edu
  • Pam Kissoondyal, Family Engagement Coordinator
    • 352 – 273 – 7529
    • email: pamsk@ufl.edu