Building Literacy Around What Children Care About
Using images of items that children with CVI (cortical visual impairment) are motivated by can help to motivate them and develop literacy skills.
Using images of items that children with CVI (cortical visual impairment) are motivated by can help to motivate them and develop literacy skills.
Students in a small reading group can have success in active participation by creating a positive experience with realistic, short-term goals.
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Penrickton Center for Blind Children, and Perkins have collaborated to create the Active Learning Space website devoted to the instructional techniques and theories of Dr. Lilli Nielsen.
This documentary from BBC Scotland explores cerebral visual impairment (CVI), with interviews with people affected by it, as well as an ophthalmologist and Prof. Gordon Dutton.
Yoga activities are a fun way to incorporate literacy skills for students who are blind, deafblind, visually impaired, Autistic, including those with multiple disabilities or other special needs.
Volunteer service can be a helpful way to provide materials and support to students with visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ideas to promote fire safety with children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with CVI. Includes tips to adapt fire safety information in different formats.
Katie Chiaratti is a stay-at-home mom to two sweet boys, Teddy (age 8, with CVI and cerebral palsy) and Henry (age 2, climbing monster and giver of gray hairs). She has a BA in child development, a teaching credential, and a masters in education.
Lauren is the mother of a girl with cortical visual impairment (CVI).
I have spent 16 years working in the special education field with 10 of those years working with students with visual impairments. I have worked with children as young as 2 years old developing CVI range and program placement.