dAPDots: Books for Early Braille Readers are designed to print at home with emboss or swell formats. The goal is to promote braille literacy by making braille books more readily available to young readers who are blind or visually impaired.
Virtual Expanded Core Education Learning (ExCEL) Academy for Students with Visual Impairments
A free online curriculum for teaching the Nemeth Braille Code to students in Pre-K through Grade 8
This TVI prepared individual “Resources Pages” for her students’ team members, including her paraprofessional. This impactful page is full of links that we hope you can use and individualize to meet the needs of your own students and staff.
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.
Commonly asked questions about teaching braille to Spanish-speaking students and English Language Learners (ELL, ESL)
This assortment of low tech options and quick fixes is essential for teaching students who are blind or visually impaired!
TSBVI Librarian Renee Toy shares ideas on summer reading for students who are blind or visually impaired, including book suggestions for students of all ages, discussion of setting up a Maker Space in the library, Bookshare, and more.
Tips for new vision professionals, including Teachers of the Visually Impaired and Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists.
This book examines the parallels between the lives of the kindred spirits Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank. A Teacher’s Curriculum and Discussion Guide is also available.
