Teaching Aids For Blind Students

The activities have been developed to be used by teachers and families alike.

Teaching aids for blind students. We often take for granted the amount of visual information received every day. Spatial orientation and association of tactual symbology. Many students with a. There is a range of inclusive teaching and assessment strategies that can assist all students to learn but there are some specific strategies that are useful in teaching a group which includes students with vision impairment.

Check out audio copies of stories. Advice for parents and students 1 early education information for teachers parents caregivers 1781 high school lesson plans tips 871 homework help study guides 2526 special ed information for teachers parents 946 strategies advice on homeschooling 300 summer learning 125 teaching english as a second language 298 teaching english speaking students a second language. Illustrated instructions are provided for constructing 32 teaching aids. When you are teaching visually impaired or blind students you may need to modify the curriculum and the way you teach the curriculum in order the meet the students needs.

For example when teaching art you will want to rely more on tactile experiences. Aids for student use. These needs will depend on the students visual impairment as well as other disabilities. Try sculpting and working with clay instead of drawing or colouring.

To be used with blind and visually limited children the aids are designed to assist the child in exploration discrimination and recognition. Students who are blind or visually impaired require adaptations to the environment materials and instruction to have access to the curriculum. If possible provide students with a printed copy of the class notes either in large bold print 14 20 pt or tape record them so they can better absorb the information. Numerical enumeration and.

The basic concept of its spherical structure and the poles can be easily taught using a globe. Educators therapists and family bloggers are invited to join this board to share your content you ve created. Scrabble in chemistry making the students learn to solve chemical equations really poses a great challenge. But what practical tips can you implement now for teaching blind students.

Provide visually impaired students with classroom aids to assist in the learning process. Write with dark colors on the dry erase board using large print letters. Likenesses and differences in tactual group symbols. Students who are blind or visually impaired will typically need adaptations to access printed information that will allow the student to access all areas of the curriculum.

She s spent 30 years working in various school systems including the perkins school for the blind in watertown ma with students ranging in age from birth to 22 years of age. This can be easily done by using scrabbles with raised letters where different letters can denote. Word association and symbol integration. Resources include lesson plans braille instruction sensory based activities and more.

It is the role of the teacher of students with visual impairments tvi to determine the adaptations that the student needs. Charlene laferrera med is a certified teacher of the visually impaired. The blind student should not be deprived of the knowledge of the structure of the earth.