Tips for Teaching English Language Learners Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
Tips for teaching English Language Learners who are blind, including braille students, using techniques such as rhyming, audio-assisted reading, flashcards, and I-M-ABLE.
Tips for teaching English Language Learners who are blind, including braille students, using techniques such as rhyming, audio-assisted reading, flashcards, and I-M-ABLE.
An innovative program of instruction created by TVI Sherry Airhart for a student who struggled with braille and literacy skills. Her willingness and ability to “think outside the box” resulted in an alternate path to braille.
Bedtime in a Box is an innovative project that gives families materials for a bedtime routine. It is a creative and simple approach that promotes health and educational development to preschoolers with a visual impairment.
The Inclusive Storytime Program welcomes all children to enjoy the storytime experience. The program aims to provide equal access to the activities offered during the storytime experience now also available remotely.
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.
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.
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.