Illinois School for the Visually Impaired
     
658 East State Street     Jacksonville, IL  62650
217-479-4400 (Toll Free 800-919-5617)  TTY: 217-479-4415  Fax: 217-479-4479  E-mail: dhs.isvi@illinois.gov 

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Illinois School for the Visually Impaired

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Short Courses for Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired

The Illinois School for the Visually Impaired (ISVI) offers short-term services to students who are blind and visually impaired who attend local school districts. GATES (Goals, Advocacy, Transition, Empowerment, Shortcourses) is IEP driven designed to create the vision-specific needs of students through direct instruction in the nationally recognized Expanded Core Curriculum.

GATES provides intensive short-term instruction to assist students in acquiring skills needed to perform successfully in the general education curriculum. Since skill acquisition is vertical, students may benefit from different levels of GATES at different developmental levels. Students with visual impairments, ages 14 to 22, may request 9 weeks of specialized instruction per school year.

WHAT IS THE GATES PROGRAM
GATES is an intensive short-term program designed to provide specific, direct instruction in the Expanded Core Curriculum and individually identified areas of need for students who are blind or visually impaired. Students will attend ISVI for a short-course to develop Expanded Core Curriculum Skills.

Courses Offered:

Activities of Daily Living

  • Assessed by the ISVI transitional assessment checklist
  • Activities of Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Living in the real world
     

Orientation & Mobility (O&M)

  • Assessed by O&M Specialist
  • Cane skills and travel
  • Mapping skills and routes
  • Personal safety and advocacy


Visual Efficiency

  • Functional Vision Assessment
  • Use of vision devices
  • Use of functional vision
  • Vision Portfolio Development


Industrial Technology

  • Occupational safety
  • Materials and equipment for manufacturing
  • Technology application
  • Computer aided machines


Computer/Assistive Technology

  • Assessed by the Technology Needs Assessment
  • Use of the computer: word processing, spreadsheets, databases, etc.
  • Use of text enlargement and speech output programs
  • Production of documents


Career Exploration

  • Employability skills
  • Career Research
  • Job Searches
  • Skills for keeping a job

The Illinois School for the Visually Impaired (ISVI), established in 1849, is a residential/day school for students who are blind or visually impaired. Located in Jacksonville, ISVI provides accredited educational and related services for children from birth to 22 years of age through preschool, elementary and high school.

All educational and social programs are designed to prepare students for successful living as independent, self-supporting citizens.

For Information Contact:
Principal
Illinois School for the Visually Impaired
658 East State Street
Jacksonville, IL  62650
217-479-4447 (Voice)
217-479-4415 (TTY)
1-800-919-5617
www.isvi.net

Programs, activities and employment opportunities in the Illinois Department of Human Services are open and accessible to any individual or group without regard to age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, ethnic origin, or religion. The department is an equal opportunity employer and practices affirmative action and reasonable accommodation programs.

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