Braille
Low Vision
Students Who
Are Blind or Vision Impaired and Have Other Disabilities
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Braille
Braille Literacy: A Functional Approach Diane P. Wormsley American
Foundation for the Blind, New York USA 2004 An approach for teaching students
who don't readily take to braille reading. It recommends a functional approach
which is suited to the individual needs of the student. This book has fun, practical
ideas based on sound teaching principles. The
Bridge to Braille: Reading and School Success for the Young Blind Child. Carol
Castellano and Dawn Cosman
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children,1880 Johnson Street, Baltimore
MD 21230 USA, 1997
A step-by-step guide that shows parents and teachers how to help children who
are blind progress from early literacy experiences all the way to full participation
in the classroom. Check
Classroom Collaboration
Laurel J. Hudson Ph.D.
Classroom Collaboration is a manual written by a practitioner in the field of
vision education. This relatively short text
(less than 100 pages) is based on questions the author was regularly asked at
training sessions for people involved with students with vision impairments
in primary schools.
Available from: Perkins School for the Blind, 175 North Beacon Street, Watertown,
MA 02172 USA
Fingerprints: a whole language approach to braille literacy .Lamb Gayle
Excellent resource for teaching braille using a whole language approach
Deakin University - Burwood Campus, Melbourne, Australia 1995
Mangold
Developmental Program
The teacher's manual includes step-by-step instructions and print replicas of
each Braille worksheet. The first fifteen lessons of this program develop tactile
discrimination, proper hand position, and rapid tracking. The last fifteen lessons
systematically introduce the letters of the alphabet. Each lesson includes criterion
tests, Braille worksheets, games, and more.
Guidelines and Games for Teaching Efficient Braille Reading. Myrna R. Olsen
Ed. D.
American Foundation for the Blind, New York USA, 1981
An oldie but a goodie! Lots of practical ideas for teaching braille reading.
Written in collaboration with Sally Mangold Braillewriting Dot By Dot.
Eleanor Pester, Fred Otto and Tom Poppe
Program for teaching the slate and stylus. American Printing House for the Blind,
Kentucky USA, 1995 Literary Braille Practice Sentences. Dorothy Quentin Joseph
Revised with permission by Roberta Becker and Phil Mangold. Exceptional
Teaching Aids. 20102 Woodbine Ave. Castro Valley, CA 94546 USA, 1992. A good
resource for using as a checklist in assessment of braille skills. Foundations
of Braille Literacy. Evelyn Rex, Robert Baker, Alan Koenig & Dianne
Wormsley
American Foundation for the Blind, New York
USA, 1995.
Instructional Strategies for Braille Literacy. Dianne Wormsley & Frances
Mary D'Andrea Editors,
American Foundation for the Blind, New York
USA 1996.
Available for purchase from: Vision Australia Foundation, 454 Glenferrie Road,
Kooyong Victoria, Australia 3144
Un's The One -Uncontracted Braille Fundamentals Ann Rash and
Debra Sewell Texas School For the
Blind USA
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Assessment Kit: Kit of Informal Tools for Academic Students with Visual Impairments.
Compiled by Debra Sewell
Texas School for the Blind and
Visually Impaired 1997. In four parts includes assessment in reading, mathematics,
listening skills, concept development, organisation and study skills, math,
abacus, calculator, slate and stylus etc.
Foundations of Low Vision: Clinical and Functional Perspectives Anne Corn
and Alan Koenig Editors,
American Foundation for the Blind, New York
USA, 1996.
Functional Vision: A Practitioner's Guide to Evaluation and Intervention Amanda
Hall Lueck, Editor American Foundation
for the Blind, New York USA 2004
Assessment and functional implications for students with vision impairments
includes chapters on assessments and interventions for students with multiple
disabilities. Learning Media
Assessment of Students with Visual Impairments: A Resource Guide. Alan Koenig
&
Cay M Holbrook Texas School
For the Blind and Visually Impaired USA, 1995. Provides a framework for
assessing the learning media preferences for students with a vision impairment.
Looking to Learn, promoting literacy for students with low vision. Frances
Mary D'Andrea and Carol Farrendopf Eds.American
Foundation for the Blind, New York USA 2000
Excellent ideas for teaching students how to use low vision aides including
activities for learning to use hand-held magnifiers, miniscopes and CCTV.
Towards Excellence:Effective Education For Students With Vision Impairments.
Pat Kelley and Gillian Gale (Editors)
North Rocks Press, Sydney Australia, 1998,
Available from: Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, 361-365 North Rocks
Road, North Rocks, NSW, Australia 2151
Vision Impairment: Ocular anatomy and Common Visual Disorders
Alison Willis (Orthoptist) Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children.CD Powerpoint
presentation explains Visual Acuity, Vision Impairment, Functional Vision, Simulation
of Vision Loss, Anatomy of the Eye, Common Visual Disorders.Good Reads
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Who are Blind or Low Vision and Have Other Disabilities
Approaches…to working with children with multiple disabilities
RNIB Customer Services, PO BOX 173, Peterborough PE2 6WS UK.
Communication: A Guide for Teaching Students with Visual and Multiple
Impairments
Linda Hagood Texas School For the
Blind USA1997
Perkins Activity and Resource Guide: A Handbook for Teachers and Parents
of Students with Visual and Multiple Disabilities Marianne Riggio (Project
Coordinator)
Perkins School for the Blind, Massachusetts, USA 1992 Smith Millie &
Levack Nancy,
Teaching Students With Visual and Multiple Impairments. A Resource Guide.
Texas School For the Blind
USA 1996.
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Born on the Wrong Planet by Erika Hammerschmidt
"What struck me in reading Born on the Wrong Planet was the author's
sensory sensitivities and the often debilitating effect they had on her day-to-day
life. Although my own sensory issues are not as severe, I can relate to Erika's
challenges. Parents, teachers, and others need to understand the role of sensory
integration issues in the daily lives of many of us on the spectrum and how
they play out in unexpected behaviors and sensitivities." Temple Grandin,
Ph.D., author of Thinking in Pictures and Other Reports from My Life with Autism
Available from the Autism Asperger Publishing Company http://www.asperger.net/
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