Incorporate literacy and Orientation & Mobility skills into Martin Luther King Jr. Day with these acts of kindness with students who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind or with other special needs.
Getting started using tactile symbols to support communication with students who have low vision and are non-verbal.
Speech Therapists and Teachers of the Visually Impaired teamed up to create tactile books for students who are blind or visually impaired, included those with multiple disabilities. Includes planning sheet with objectives, materials, and labels.
Tips and guidelines to adapt literacy materials for a Kindergarten student with Cerebral/Cortical visual impairment (CVI) Phase III
I Spy Christmas is a holiday activity that can be adapted for students at different levels, including beginning braille readers, pre-readers, and students with CVI.
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy has not received much attention in the education of students who are blind or visually impaired. These principles and ideas for practice can be incorporated into educational practice for all learners.
Building a relationship with the child, while keeping things simple and meaningful, are important strategies for working with students with multiple disabilities.
Pictello can be used to build literacy skills, social skills, communication, social-emotional learning, and early access to VoiceOver by teaching students the “tap” and “swipe and tap” gestures to access their stories.
Children with motoric challenges and additional disabilities, including CVI or other types of visual impairment, may have difficulty with visually-guided reach.
Tips on how to create an animated PowerPoint story as an alternate format literacy material
