For students with severe visual impairments, a general layout of the classroom should be provided: 

1. A guide dog accompanies some students who are blind.  Since the dogs are highly trained and disciplined, they will not disrupt the class.  As tempting as it may be to pet a guide dog, the dog is responsible for guiding its owner who cannot see and should not be distracted from that duty.
   
2. Inform the student if the furniture has been rearranged.
   
3. When offering a seat to the student, place the student’s hand on the back and arm of the seat and allow the student to seat him or herself.
   
4. Clear pathways of obstructions.
   
5. Once a student who is blind is oriented to campus offering to “guide” the student by a different route can be deleterious to the orientation.  However, walking “with” the student will not mar the orientation.