Estimating the Number of Teachers of Students With Visual Impairments in the United States. (September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Savaiano, Mackenzie E.; Shanahan Bazis, Pamela; Hebert, Michael; Rodgers, Derek B.; Bosilevac, Madison; Leutzinger, Bridget; Thompson, Madison
• Is Part Of: Journal of visual impairment & blindness. Volume 116:Number 5(2022)
• Page Start: 724
• Page End: 728
• Publication Date: 2022-09
• Subjects: TSVI -- population data -- NPTP -- state survey -- policy; Blind -- Periodicals; People with visual disabilities -- Periodicals; Blindness -- Periodicals; Vision disorders -- Periodicals; Blind; Blindness; People with visual disabilities; Vision disorders; Blindness; Vision Disorders; Periodicals; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 362.4105
• DOI: 10.1177/0145482X221129285
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0145-482X

Abstract

Introduction and Methods: We do not have an accurate count of the number of teachers of students with visual impairments working in the field, and it is a difficult number to estimate. As part of a national survey, states were contacted to estimate how many teachers of students with visual impairments are working in the United States and compared to the estimate developed by the National Plan for Training Personnel to Serve Children with Blindness and Low Vision (NPTP) in 2000. Results and Discussion: The estimate calculated from this process is very similar to the estimate from NPTP (2000), indicating that there are roughly the same number of teachers of students with visual impairments in the field now as there were 20 years ago.