PHI/VI Itinerant

The Physically / Health Impaired Itinerant Program and the Visually Impaired Itinerant 

Program, two of the Focus Programs, serve students (aged 3 through 21)  in their local 

school district, home (for home-bound students) or other special-education environments.  

As Low-Incidence Programs, these Echo Programs provides service to students with 

complex disabilities throughout a multi-cooperative region in their least-restrictive 

educational environment. 

These itinerant programs serve students who have physical, health or vision disabilities 

via expert, highly qualified educators.  Direct services to students and consultative 

services to their staff are provided as specified by the educational IEP team.  Often these 

services provide the critical elements of support that afford the student potential for 

success within their learning environments or that support their educators in the 

approaches that will best allow the students to achieve maximal success.  The Vision 

Itinerant program, in coordination with outside agencies, provides low-vision clinics for 

support to students with visual impairments throughout the region. 

Orientation and mobility expertise/supports for itinerant vision students, and physical 

therapy for itinerant physically or health impaired students, are available as specified by 

the IEP team.  Consultations on appropriate assistive technology and learning materials 

and on transition services may be available when needed by the itinerant student’s 

educational IEP team.  Often materials may be procured for loan to the student through 

state resources or via materials owned by the P/HI or VI Itinerant Programs. An Assistive 

Technology Evaluative Consultation accomplished by the Itinerant staff, when requested 

by the IEP team, may allow for a loan of an available item for a trial period, through the 

ECHO Assistive Technology Loan Library.  Assistive technology implementation may 

be supported by direct or consultative itinerant P/HI or VI service to maximize student 

independence and learning opportunities.  In the P/HI and VI Itinerant Programs all 

services are provided with caring expertise by invested specialized educators to allow 

optimal outcomes.