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	Ideas for Helping Students with Multiple Disabilities Including Deafblindness Wear Masks and Face Coverings By Katy Ring These Ideas are designed to encourage children with multiple disabilities Including deafblindness to wear masks and face coverings.
	Make Your Own Baggie Experience Book By Doreen Bohm Baggie Experience Books are a great way to help young children or learners with deafblindness or multiple disabilities to make the transition from real objects to beginning literacy.
	Texture Walk for Sensory Exploration By Liz Eagan Attach different textures and fabrics to a foam puzzle floor play mat for learners to walk on with bare feet or touch with their hands
	Bingo Home Activity By Charlotte Cushman This Bingo Home Activity is designed for families of younger students and students with multiple disabilities; it was created by a life skills teacher at the Ohio State School for the Blind.
	Early Literacy Ideas for Students with Multiple Disabilities By Derya Uyar Early Literacy ideas from Turkey for students who are blind or visually impaired with multiple disabilities (MDVI)
	Valentine Crafting Project By Liz Eagan This project can be done with individuals with visual impairments and additional disabilities to celebrate Valentine's Day.
	Making Trail Mix Using Preferred Literacy Formats By Liz Eagan Making Trail Mix using a talking photo album and a braille recipe
	Teaching Many Skills Through Christmas Cards By Liz Eagan Making Christmas cards and sending them is a great way to practice numerous skills with students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabilities.
	Five Little Pumpkins By Karen Epley Five Little Pumpkins is a Halloween-themed activity for young children with visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities or additional special needs.
	Max's Flag Routine: Sensory Learning Routine By Charlotte Cushman Video of a sensory learning routine showing how a young child with multiple disabilities, including visual impairment, learns to reach, observe and imitate
	Making Worksheets More Accessible to Students with CVI By Melissa McDermott Use an iPad to make worksheets more accessible to students with cortical visual impairment (CVI) and multiple disabilities.
	Hot Chocolate: A Tactile Connections Experience Story By Regina Quaid This experience story about hot chocolate uses tactile symbols from Tactile Connections Kit from APH to create stories by children with vision impairments and multiple disabilities.
	Preschool Valentines Book for Children with CVI By Ellen Cadigan Mazel This tactile book uses different textures on each red heart to create an accessible book for children with cortical visual impairment
	Tangible Valentine Cards By Paths to Literacy Activity ideas for making tangible valentines with children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with deafblindness or multiple disabilities
	Interactive Wheels on the Bus By Karen Epley Interactive Wheels on the Bus is a great way to engage children with visual impairments and multiple disabilities through meaningful & active participation
	Story Bucket and Learning Activities Based on Otis the Tractor By gwyn52 This Story Bucket and learning activities for young children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities, is based on the book "Otis" by Loren Long.
	Emotion Meter: The Row Boat Ride By Linda Hagood This story combines mantras, meditations and pretend story writing in a storytelling activity that helps students with visual impairment & autism spectrum disorder to understand their emotional levels
	Creating a Book that Motivates Children with Additional Disabilities: Keys By Liamsmom Creating a book that motivates children who are blind with additional disabilities includes using real objects that a child is interested in such as those that make sounds or have interesting textures
	Experiencing the Story: Expanding Creative Play Centers By Liz Eagan Setting up an experience area in the Creative Play center of preschool classrooms can help children who are blind or visually impaired or multiply disabled to develop a deeper understanding of stories
	Tactile Symbols for Hygiene Bag By Liz Eagan Make activities of daily living more fun with this song and routine!