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I. The following is alink to a brochure from the Partnerships for Action Voices for Empowerment (PAVE). It contains tips for parents with children with visual impairments including blindness. It includes the legal definition of the term, tips to help identify different kinds of visual impairments, and classroom modifications that can be made to accomodate students with visual impairments.
http://www.wapave.org/RES/packets/ VisualImpairmentBrochure.pdf II. The following is a link to a presentation in slideshare on how to educate blind and visually impaired students. The slideshow includes tips on how to make a blind or visually impaired student feel welcome in the classroom. http://www.slideshare.net/Cachelle/ educating-blind-and-visually-impaired-students III. The following is a pdf file link to a pamphlet on blindness and vision impairment awareness. It contains information that help guide teachers in building positive relationships with blind and visually impaired students in the classroom. https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/media/ downloads/communityed/disabilityacces /visionbro.pdf |
http://www.afb.org/section.aspx?FolderID=3&SectionID=44&TopicID=
189&DocumentID=1344 The American Foundation for the Blind website has a paper written about the inclusion of students with visual impairments including blindness. It has information on the unique educational needs of these students, program options and support services available, and the roles of different school personnel in accomodating these students. http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/ visualimpairment This website is the National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities. It includes the definition of visual impairment including blindness according to IDEA. It also taks about adaptations that could be made for people with visual impairments, tips for parents, and tips for teachers. This is a Perkins webcast, "Developing Social Skills In Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired." Sharon Sacks talks about the natural development of social skills, and this natural development is different for a child with visual impairment and/or blindness. |
Repeated Reading is a strategy that has proven to increase a student's rate of reading and comprehension of the reading. With the help of optical character recognition software, repeated reading has proven to be effective among students with visual impairments.
Savaiano, M. E. and Hatton, D. D. (2013, March). Using repeated reading to improve reading speed and comprehension in students with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness. 93-106. Active Learning in the Little Room was developed Lilli Nielsen. The purpose of this approach is to get all children to be actively involved in the environment around them; hence the use of the little room. The children must have the opportunity to explore and discover without adult interference. Johnson, K., Griffin-Shirley, N., and Koenig, A. (1999, July). Active learning with visual impairments and additional disabilities. Journal of Vision Impairment & Blindness (94), 584-594. The following strategies are used for teach English Language Learners who are visually impaired.
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