Tactile Books for Students with Visual Impairments
Learn how to make different types of tactile books for students who are blind or low vision, including those with deafblindness or multiple disabilities
Learn how to make different types of tactile books for students who are blind or low vision, including those with deafblindness or multiple disabilities
Ideas to incorporate literacy into Christmas and Hanukkah, including braille activities and other hands-on fun for children who are blind, deafblind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities
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.
My name is Gwyn, I am a qualified teacher of visual impairments with 20 years experience. I run an educational consultancy and training service for professionals working with children with visual impairments called Positive Eye, based here in the UK. Positive Eye delivers courses both here and in Europe.
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.