Second Language Acquisition in Children with Vision and Hearing Loss
A Speech Language Pathologist shares information, resources, and strategies on supporting students with vision and hearing loss in learning a second language.
A Speech Language Pathologist shares information, resources, and strategies on supporting students with vision and hearing loss in learning a second language.
I am a teacher of the visually impaired currently working in Bastrop Independent School District in Texas.
While working as a Braille Transcriber for El Dorado COE, I enjoy teaching and creating braille, producing quality enlarged work for the visually impaired students, and especially, seeing the light go on as children and youth learn concepts.
Cynthia Dils has been a Teacher of the Visually Impaired for 13 years and is currently working on her masters in Visual Disabilities at Florida State University. She enjoys teaching students braille literacy and the arts as a leisure skill.
Lisha has been a TVI (teacher of the visually impaired) for over 25 years. She has worked in the classroom at Overbrook School for the Blind in Philadelphia. Lisha was an itinerant teacher for 18 years at the Montgomery County IU specializing in early intervention.
My name is Sandy Gillam. I am a wife and a mother of two boys. My youngest, Finn, is 13 years old and has typical vision and hearing. My oldest, Liam, age 16, is deafblind.
I am a teacher of the visually impaired and a COMS (Certified Orientation & Mobility Specialist). I have the pleasure of working with students of all ages and all abilities. My passion is teaching braille and adapting materials and books to make them accessible to my students.
I teach preschool children who are visually impaired and have been at the Foundation for Blind Children and absolutely love it! I love to work with young children, but I also provide some itinerant orientation and mobility services for a few students to help keep variety in my work life.
Robin was the Perkins eLearning Program Manager at Perkins School for the Blind.
Susan LoFranco is a Teacher of the Visually Impaired at New York City Department of Education.