CVI Adaptations Tool Box
Tips on what materials to have on hand when working with children with CVI (cortical / cerebral visual impairment)
Tips on what materials to have on hand when working with children with CVI (cortical / cerebral visual impairment)
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.
These resources include a handbook with practical activities for parents, a video, assessment tools, and a book on tactual functioning.
Resources and activities for people who are sighted to learn the basics of braille.
The Braille Box is an instructional tool that aids in concept development and emerging braille literacy.
Ideas about how students who are blind or visually impaired with additional disabilities can use iPads as a communication tool. Suggested assistive technology for communication devices (ACC).
An examination of the prevalence of dyslexia in children who are blind or visually impaired, including suggestions for evaluation and 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 currently working in Bastrop Independent School District in Texas.
Kathi Garza is a TVI and an Early Childhood consultant in the Outreach Department at Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. She has worked in the classroom with students who have visual impairments and complex access needs, as well as in Short-Term and Summer Programs.