20 Tips for New Itinerant TVIs & COMS
Tips for new vision professionals, including Teachers of the Visually Impaired and Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists.
Tips for new vision professionals, including Teachers of the Visually Impaired and Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists.
Hosting a Braille Holiday Party: Invite family, friends, and members of the community to create braille cards for students with visual impairments, blindness, deafblindness or multiple disabilities.
An overview of providing instruction remotely to an international audience in using a braillewriter, including an exercise in braillewriter practice in Thai.
First / Then Schedules are a structured method of communicating about what is happening now and what is going to happen next. They can help to clarify expectations and to support an individual to anticipate what will happen next.
I know what you’re thinking: “Summer is almost here, and the last thing I want do is think about next fall.”
I get it! However, it’s never too early to start planning for next year. Below are a few steps to take now to ease the back-to-school transition in the fall.
This video clip shows a student with deafblindness learning to use an object calendar. A visit to the drum store helps to reinforce meaning.
Parent Mobility is a website from Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind with Orientation and Mobility resources for families.
October Exhale is a term used by teachers when September is over and there is a sense of routine in the school day and more work can get done.
Organizational skills include maintaining a structure for ones possessions, including school and personal items), time management, and the ability to prioritize things on the to do list. They are a critical part of compensatory access for students with visual impairment.
Create a tactile schedule using object symbols, print and braille for learners who are blind, deafblind, visually impaired or with multiple disabilities.