Facebook: IVLC- Illinois Vision Leadership Council
Email: ivlc20200@gmail.com
Council Co-Chairs: Lisa Tabaka & Christina DeLongis
Secretary: Jill Hackman
Contact Information:
Websites:
https://sites.google.com/view/illinoisaer/home (Most up-to-date)
https://aerbvi.org/about/chapters/illinois/
Email: ILAEREmail@Gmail.com
Facebook: Illinois AER
Twitter: @IllinoisAER
Instagram: Illinois AER
IAER Board (2024-2026):
President: Jennifer Duncan
Past President: Diane Tyrrell
Secretary: Maura Guimon-Warren
Treasurer: Dana Brosso
Members at Large:
Sara Edwards
Haley Grant
Justine Kylloe
Lauren Mehalek
Julia Bowen
Amanda Hetzel
Contact Information:
Website: www.IAOMS.education
Email: ContactIAOMS@Gmail.com
Facebook: Illinois Association of Orientation & Mobility Specialists- IAOMS
Twitter: @IllinoisAOMS
Instagram: IllinoisAOMS
IAOMS Board (2023-2025):
Co-Presidents: Katie White-Fodor and Cynthia Bergeron
Vice-President: Laurel Kramer
Secretary: Jennifer Duncan
Treasurer: Elizabeth Freeman
Vision Best Practices now on online!
Illinois Best Practices Guide for the Education of Students with Visual Impairments
Programs include:
o TSVI- Undergraduate. Anticipated graduate program fall 2020
o Online stand-alone course SED 432 Educational Impact of Neurological Visual Impairment in Children. Offered first time summer 2019 open to those with licensure as a special educator including TSVI, O&M, PT, OT, or SLP.
Contact Information:
Mindy S. Ely, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Low Vision/Blindness Programs
Phone: 217-899-1193
Email: msely@ilstu.edu
Programs include:
o Undergraduate: TSVI.
VRT (Coming soon!)
o Graduate: TSVI, VRT, O&M, and CATIS
o Certificate of graduate study: CATIS
Contact Information:
Stacy Kelly, Ed.D., TVI, COMS, CATIS
Phone: 815-753-4103
Email: skelly@niu.edu
Website: https://www.vision.niu.edu/