There are some great resources shared on Paths to Literacy and we highlighted just a few to help you with your lesson planning and goals during this springtime. We have egg hunt ideas for our students with visual impairments and Easter crafts.
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.
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.
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.
Kimberly works for San Diego public schools as an Orientation and Mobility Specialist. She was a teacher in the Early Learning Center at Perkins School for the Blind and is still a certified TSVI.
Lisha has been a TVI (teacher of the visually impaired) for over 25 years. She has worked in the classroom at Overbrook School for the Blind in Philadelphia. Lisha was an itinerant teacher for 18 years at the Montgomery County IU specializing in early intervention.
Amy Shepherd, M.Ed., is a Parent Liaison for the Michigan Department of Education Resource for Blind/Low Vision (MDE RBLV). She spent five years as a long-term Expert Substitute Teacher for the Washtenaw Intermediate School District (WISD) Teachers for the Visually Impaired team.
I am a teacher of the visually impaired at Foundation for Blind Children, where I have been employed for the past five years. The students in my preschool class have multiple disabilities in addition to visual impairments. There have been two students in my classes who are deafblind.
