Setting up an experience area in the Creative Play center of preschool classrooms can help children who are blind or visually impaired or multiply disabled to develop a deeper understanding of stories
Tips to introduce books, reading and literacy to young children who are blind or visually impaired
Tips on creating story boxes for children who are blind or visually impaired, including suggested books for storyboxes
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
As a paraprofessional in special education for over 20 years, I’ve gained valuable insights that shape the work I do today. Currently, I am an instructional assistant at Northwest Regional ESD, supporting students who are visually impaired.
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.
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.
