New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 92 - EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED › Subchapter 1 - OVERVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES › Section 10:92-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Accommodative technique" means special knowledge and skills
				  needed by children who are blind or vision impaired to accomplish the tasks of
				  daily living.
"Adaptive equipment" means devices designed or used
				  specifically to meet the unique educational needs of children who are blind or
				  vision impaired.
"Alternative skills" mean those techniques needed by
				  individuals who are blind or vision impaired to complete academic program
				  requirements. They include, but are not limited to, Braille reading and
				  writing, aural reading, organization, and personal advocacy.
"Appropriate learning medium" means the communication and
				  instructional mode that is determined to be the most appropriate learning
				  method to use for reading and writing by a student who is blind or vision
				  impaired.
"Augmentative communication skills" means communication
				  methods used to supplement standard reading or writing methods needed by
				  students with multiple disabilities or deaf-blind to supplement their existing
				  forms of communication.
"Blind" see "legally blind."
"Braille" means a tactile code of raised dots used to enable
				  persons who are blind or vision impaired to read and write.
"Early intervention" means an agency program of services for
				  infants and toddlers ages birth to three including those with blindness or
				  vision impairment and their families.
"Expanded core curriculum" means the array of concepts and
				  skills often requiring specialized instruction with students who are blind or
				  vision impaired in order to access literacy, acquire skills in specialized
				  technology, and compensate for reduced opportunities to learn incidentally by
				  observing others.
"Functional vision assessment" means an evaluation, conducted
				  by a certified Teacher of the Blind or Visually Impaired, used to determine the
				  modifications needed to maximize a student's visual efficiency in the education
				  program and in everyday life.
"IEP" means individualized education plan that is a written
				  statement of the education program designed to meet the child's individual
				  needs. Every child who receives special education services must have an IEP.
				  The IEP is developed by an IEP team that must include the parent(s), special
				  education teacher, general education teacher, a school administrator, any other
				  education professions providing supports or services to the child, and, when
				  appropriate, the child.
"Itinerant instructor" means certified Teacher of the Blind
				  or Visually Impaired, who travel from school to school. They provide blindness
				  and low vision-related specialized instruction and consultation to, and on
				  behalf of, students who are blind or vision impaired.
"Least restrictive" means that, to the maximum extent
				  appropriate, a student with a disability is educated with students who are not
				  disabled.
"Legally blind" means central visual acuity that does not
				  exceed 20/200 in the better eye with best correction or fields of vision that
				  are so limited that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angle no
				  greater than 20 degrees.
"Levels of service" means four categories of educational
				  services that are provided by the Commission, through provider agreements. For
				  each student who is blind or visually impaired, these are determined by the
				  Commission's instructor through assessment, visual functioning, educational
				  needs and skill development.
"Nemeth code" means a specialized braille code used for
				  mathematics and science.
"Provider service agreement" means an agreement between the
				  Commission and the school district for each student who is blind or vision
				  impaired. The specific provisions of this agreement are determined through
				  consultation and collaboration with the IEP team (or school district in the
				  case of a child who does not have an IEP) and assessment of visual functioning,
				  education need, and skill development.
"Technical assistance" means consultative and instructional
				  services provided to school personnel and parents that address the
				  disability-specific needs of students who are blind and vision impaired.
"Vision impaired" means central visual acuity that does not
				  exceed 20/70 in the better eye with correction and/or fields of vision that are
				  so limited that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angle no
				  greater than 40 degrees or field cuts caused by hemianopsia.
"Visual acuity" means the measurement of the ability of the
				  eye to perceive the shape of objects in the direct line of vision and to
				  distinguish detail.
"Visual field defect" means a defect in an area of vision
				  that moves with the eye, as the eye turns in different directions. A visual
				  field defect may be caused by brain damage, optic nerve damage, injury to the
				  eye, or disease of the eye.
"Visual field restriction" means a restriction or reduction
				  in the extent and distribution of the visual field. A visual field restriction
				  may be caused by brain damage, optic nerve damage, injury to the eye, or a
				  condition of the retina of the eye.
"Ward of the State" means as defined in
				  6A:14-1.3.