All of the following goal statements apply to infants, children, and youths who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities. For more comprehensive information on a particular goal, including the current situation, areas of need, initiatives, and strategies, please read/download the NH Agenda and check out the meetings page for information on previous and upcoming meetings. If you are interested in getting involved with a particular goal, we encourage you to contact that goal's leader directly.

Goal 1. Students and their families will be referred to an appropriate education program within 30 days of identification of a suspected visual impairment.

Goal Leader: Janet Halley

Read the Goal 1 Publication, Young Children With Visual Impairments: A Resource Guide for New Hampshire Families.

Goal 2. Policies and procedures will be implemented to ensure the right of all parents to full participation and equal partnership in the education process.

Goal Leader: Nancy Feole

Goal 3.Universities with a minimum of one full-time faculty member in the area of visual impairment will prepare a sufficient number of educators of students with visual impairments to meet personnel needs throughout the country.

Goal Leader: Bill Finn

Goal 4. Service providers will determine caseloads based on the needs of students and will require ongoing professional development for all teachers and orientation and mobility instructors.

Goal Leader: Kathy Downes

Goal 5. Local education programs will ensure that all students have access to a full array of placement options.

Goal Leader: Judith Raskin

Goal 6. Assessment of students will be conducted, in collaboration with parents, by personnel having expertise in the education of students with visual impairments.

Goal Leader: Jennifer Goodwin

Goal 7. Access to developmental and educational services will include an assurance that instructional materials are available to students in the appropriate media and at the same time as their sighted peers.

Goal Leader: Kimberly Callan

Goal 8. Educational and developmental goals, including instruction, will reflect the assessed needs of each student in all areas of academic and disability-specific core curricula.

Goal Leader: Claudia Libis