09/01/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/01/2024 14:47
by Cindy Williams
NDVS/SB Coordinator of Student Programs
Welcome back to the 2024-2025 school year and welcome to Student Short-Term Programs at NDVS/SB! I am honored to be the Coordinator of Student Programs and am looking forward to this school year and working with you and your child/student. Our Short-Term Programs (STP) are designed to offer individual and small class instruction through collaboration with families and local schools. While attending our STPs, students share similar experiences unique to the world of visual impairment and take away self-awareness and confidence through this shared experience.
I would like to provide information and expectations for the process of attending and registering for our Short-Term Programs (STP). Our STPs generally take place on-site at our campus in Grand Forks with occasional programs occurring off-site. Our Elementary and Middle School Programs will typically run Sunday evening through Thursday, while our High School Programs may run longer (through Friday or Saturday), depending on the program. A report is disseminated to parties involved following our program. Specific information for each STP will be emailed out about a month prior to the STP occurring. Please refer to our Program Calendar for more information.
Our programs feature training sessions in the Expanded Core Curriculum or ECC. The ECC is a specialized set of vision-related skills for students who are blind or visually impaired and include the following:
I communicate with educators and families mainly through email; however, information and forms can be mailed to educators/families upon request. Forms and information will be sent through email and are available on our website in printable or fillable form at https://www.ndvisionservices.com/programs/registration-forms.
Please feel free to contact me via email or phone with any questions or concerns as we work together to schedule your child/student for our Short-Term Programs at NDVS/SB. Also, please let me know if there is anyone to add to my email list or remove from it. My contact info is [email protected] and 701-795-2704.
I hope your school year is off to a great start, and all of us at NDVS/SB look forward to being a part of child/student's educational team!