How Should I Log Vision or TVI Services?

This article explains how third party providers should log vision or TVI services provided as related services per students' IEPs.

For a step-by-step walkthrough of how to create a therapy session log note, please view this Scribe guide.

The Student Log has recently been updated to include a new "Related Services" category.  Going forward, therapists providing vision services should use the new vision services options when logging direct related services.  Listed below are the components used to create a log entry to document the provision of vision services on students' IEPs.

  • About: Student
  • System: Student
  • Location: School Location (Default)
  • Contact Date: Date and Time of Contact
  • Contact Type: Select the appropriate contact type used to communicate with the 
    student/caretaker and or deliver services. All successful and attempted contacts and 
    service delivery must be logged. Ensure that you communicate with the school to 
    determine preferred contact types for logging.
    • Phone Call- Successful
    • Phone Call- Left Message
    • Face-to-Face
    • Face-to-Face- Did Not Attend
    • LiveLesson- Individual
    • LiveLesson- Did Not Attend
    • LiveLesson- Group
  • Areas and Categories: Related Services
    • Vision Services - 15 Minutes
    • Vision Services - 30 Minutes
    • Vision Services - 45 Minutes
    • Vision Services - 60 Minutes 
  • Contactees: Student, Learning Coach, and/or Caretaker
  • Comments: Use this area to document the provision of related services. Details should 
    include the duration, service type, and goals addressed.

Reminders

  • If the session lasted longer than the options provided, you may select more than one, for example, selecting "Vision Services - 15 minutes" and "Vision Services - 60 minutes" for a session that lasted 75 minutes.
  • If you were evaluating the student, you should use the separate evaluation options in the Special Education category.  You should not use the related services options for an evaluation unless you provided direct therapy AND conducted an evaluation during the session.
  • If the student was absent from a scheduled session, you should still log the amount of time for which the student was scheduled.  For a virtual session, you should select "LiveLesson - Did Not Attend" and then the type of service and duration scheduled.

Please see below for an example of what a sample log for therapy sessions looks like.

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