VISION RESOURCES
Vision Handouts/Web Resources
| Title of Handout/Link to website | Description | Company Name/Author | Webiste/Link to Hanout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Ways to Use a Light Box | Fifty innovative ways for your students to use a Light Box. | Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired | take me there |
| What Does Active Learning Do? Winning Over The B ig Guy – A True Story | This is an article that summarizes what Dr. Neilsen feels Active Learning is all about using Little Rooms for students with significant disabilities. | Lilliworks.com | take me there |
| Developing Skills for Children who face Cortical Visual Impairments | This is an article that highlights strategies for developing skills for children with CVI | Simplified Technology
Linda Burkhart |
take me there |
| Intervention Strategies for students with CVI. | This article is a summary of information regarding Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) which is the leading cause of visual impairment in young children in the United States . | APH.org | take me there |
| Imagine More with Less for Lowest Functioning CVI Students | This handout will give you different CVI ranges and what activities and or goals are appropriate for students in these ranges | Workshop by ctevh.org California Transcribers and Educators for the Blind and Visually Impaired |
Go to search engine and type in Winning Strategies for Lowest Functioning CVI Students to find and download article. |
| General Considerations in Working with Young Children with VI | As with all children, intervention approaches should focus on active participation of the child in all activities. Because children with visual impairments may not be able to learn by watching what is going on around them, they must learn "by doing" and interacting with their environment. | Texas School For the Blind and Visually Impaired | take me there |
| Activities to Promote Early Literacy | There are a variety of adaptations in this article for students being introduced to Braille. | American Foundation for the Blind | take me there |
| Literacy Ideas for Children with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities | Story Boxes are a great way to enhance your child’s literacy experiences. A story box is a simple collection of objects that go along with the storyline. | Literacy Ideas for Children with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities | take me there |
| What is a Story Box? | This article has a great list of stories and items that can be placed into Story Boxes. | Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired | take me there |
| Information about how to make tactile books. | This is a great article that has wonderful resources on how to make Tactile Books for students with VI. | www.tactilebooks.org | take me there |
