Welcome the Low Vision Department for Deer Valley Unified School District

• 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:

• Carolyn Chenault, Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired

• Kathy Davis, Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired

• Charles (Chuck) Farnsworth, Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired

• Kathleen Metz, Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired

• Gina Zavorka, Certified Orientation & Mobiity Specialist (COMS)

• Porter Wilbanks, Vision Technician/braille assistant

Definitions of Blindness and Low Vision

• 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)

• Severely Visually Impaired:  Visual acuity better than 20/200 but less than 20/70 in the better eye with best correction.