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The terms partially sighted, low vision, legally blind, and totally blind are used in the educational context to describe students with visual impairments. The inability to fully utilize one’s vision substantially impairs how a child manages their environment. Social and often physical development can be substantially delayed, especially for very young children.
BSBP services provided to Youth Low Vision customers is funded by state general fund dollars.
The inability to fully utilize one’s vision substantially impairs how a child manages their environment. Limitations will impair the child’s ability to integrate with their environment and minimize their ability to function.
The Youth Low Vision (YLV) program is available to assist currently enrolled students or those participating in a qualified educational program (including home school, alternative school, and registered online school programs) with fully utilizing their residual vision in the classroom and other activities with their peers through coordination with the Intermediate School District (ISD) and Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP).
The Bureau of Services for Blind Persons provides low vision assessments and a maximum of two wearable low vision devices prescribed by a low vision practitioner for children ages birth through the age of 13. Children must have visual acuities of 20/70 or less in the better eye with the best correction or a visual field loss of 40 degrees or less in the better eye with a documented deteriorating condition.
Referrals should be made by contacting your intermediate school district (ISD) Teacher Consultant for the Visually Impaired.
You may also contact a Bureau of Services for Blind Persons office near you for assistance in contacting your ISD Teacher Consultant for the Visually Impaired.
A list of websites and organizations geared for blind or visually impaired youth and their parents.
Low Vision Assessment - $250.00
Contact Lenses (two-year prescription) - $200.00
Complete Pair of Glasses (frames, lenses, tint, coating) - $500.00
Customary Telescopic or Microscopic Device - $1,500
BSBP may replace a lost or broken device once within the two years that it was purchased. All warranties or replacement plans must be utilized before replacing items, including insurance policies, school policies if a sports or school activity is involved, homeowners and tenant insurance, etc. Rehabilitation professionals or management may deny a request for replacement based on the circumstances of breakage, loss, the frequency of occurrence, or the availability of BSBP funding.