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Free Summer Training for Educators Serving Students Who are Blind or Deafblind Start the year ready. It can feel daunting for educators to welcome a student who is blind, visually impaired or deafblind into their classroom for the first time. To help schools begin the year prepared, IESBVI and the Iowa Deafblind Project are offering […]

The annual spring family event offered by IESBVI is changing. Families may recall Spring Family Conference, which was an all-day learning event for parents coupled with fun activities for children. This event is changing into Family Summit, and will be offered two different Saturdays in separate locations, for two-and-a-half hours. Content is the same on […]

A summary of activities from Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired may be accessed at the link below. Video description: Regional Director Brandon Schellhorn sits in a room with a long table and many chairs behind him. Images of IESBVI students at the nutcracker, illustration of Louis Braille Jan. 4, 1809 – Jan. […]

Brandon Schellhorn has been named regional director at Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired (IESBVI). Brandon most recently was the low vision consultant and clinics coordinator, where he led statewide clinics and provided professional development and instructional coaching to vision staff. He also has served on the IESBVI leadership and expanded core […]

IESBVI families – you are not alone! All families experience struggles and successes. We see you, and we value you. IESBVI families will be highlighted regularly so other families can feel supported and connected. Meet Ava This story is written from the family’s perspective. Ava is our first child. Her pregnancy and delivery were pretty […]

IESBVI families – you are not alone! All families experience struggles and successes. We see you, and we value you. IESBVI families will be highlighted regularly so other families can feel supported and connected. Meet the Smiths Meet Jordan (dad), Jessica (mom), Taylor (6) and Trevor (3) Smith. This story is written from the family’s […]

This information in ASL. Increasing the low vision clinics coordinator position to full-time has enabled Brandon Schellhorn to visit 70 schools during school year 2023 – 2024. A teacher of the visually impaired for IESBVI since 2012, Schellhorn moved into the coordinator and consultant position the fall of 2023, the same time the position became […]

https://www.iesbvi.org/shedding-light-on-low-vision-clinics/ Contact IESBVI low vision clinics coordinator This information in ASL. Schools served by IESBVI often ask Brandon Schellhorn, IESBVI’s low vision clinics coordinator, about music accessibility. He approaches the query from least restrictive (changing distance or position of music) and progresses accordingly. He might recommend large print music books or electronic music.  There a […]

Through IESBVI Low Vision clinic, 182 devices were loaned or provided to students without charge during school year 2023 – 2024. This information in ASL. “I don’t want to walk into poles,” says freshman Jessica Edison from East Mills Middle/Senior High School. Edison is attending a low vision clinic hosted by Iowa Educational Services for […]