Tip Sheet: Access to Literacy
These tips provide practical suggestions for increasing access to literacy for students who are blind or visually impaired.
These tips provide practical suggestions for increasing access to literacy for students who are blind or visually impaired.
Tips for getting started with a struggling reader who is blind or visually impaired
Try these ideas for fun activities to include when throwing an accessible or inclusive birthday party for a child who is blind, low vision, or deafblind with ideas for activities, decorations, and more.
Ideas to incorporate literacy into Christmas and Hanukkah, including braille activities and other hands-on fun for children who are blind, deafblind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities
Paths to Literacy can be a useful tool in teacher training programs, inservices or other professional development activities for those working with students who are blind, low vision, deafblind or with multiple disabilities.
Children with CVI or other types of visual impairment may have empty language, where they do not understand the meaning of words or basic concepts.
Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH) presents challenges to children, as well as to teachers and parents. Many children with ONH have sensory processing difficulties & may exhibit autistic-like tendencies.
A psychologist shares a collaborative model of evaluation for students with low incidence disabilities, such as visual impairment. Find out how Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVIs) and evaluation personnel can work closely together.
Mary is a veteran teacher for students who are blind/visually impaired, including children with multiple disabilities, holding two master’s degrees: one in special education (teacher for the visually impaired/orientation and mobility specialist) and one in school administration.
Tips and ideas to support the creation of tactile maps and remnant books during family vacations