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Welcome the Low Vision Department for Deer Valley Unified School District
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Deer Valley has team of professionals who collaborate and travel throughout the district to meet the needs of our blind and profound low vision students. They work with a comibination of online/virtual instruction, one-to-one in person and consulting with staff who work on a daily basis with our students. Their names are:
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Carolyn Chenault, Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired
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Kathy Davis, Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired
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Charles (Chuck) Farnsworth, Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired
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Kathleen Metz, Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired
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Gina Zavorka, Certified Orientation & Mobiity Specialist (COMS)
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Porter Wilbanks, Vision Technician/braille assistant
Definitions of Blindness and Low Vision
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Blindness: As defined with a visual acuity of less than 3/60 (0.05) or corresponding visual field loss in the better eye with best possible correction. (World Health Organization)
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Severely Visually Impaired: Visual acuity better than 20/200 but less than 20/70 in the better eye with best correction.
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