When You Have a Visually Impaired Student in Your Classroom

When You Have a Visually Impaired Student in Your Classroom
Author: Joanne Russotti
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780891288947

This easy-to-understand guide explains the role of paraeducators (sometimes called classroom aides, teaching assistants, or paraprofessionals) in working with students who are visually impaired and assisting other members of the educational team. When You Have a Visually Impaired Student in Your Classroom: A Guide for Paraeducators provides basic information about visual impairment, the learning needs of visually impaired students, and the special devices and materials they use. Includes easy-to-use forms to help organize information and tasks.

Education and Assistance to the Blind

Education and Assistance to the Blind
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 476
Release: 1959
Genre: Administrative agencies
ISBN:

Considers. H.R. 14 and numerous related bills, to encourage aid program coordination among organizations for blind and protect rights of blind persons to join such organizations. H.R. 1855 and numerous related bills, to establish a National Advisory Committee for the Blind to study problems and needs. Focuses on blind educational and training needs and occupational opportunities.

Access Technology for Blind and Low Vision Accessibility

Access Technology for Blind and Low Vision Accessibility
Author: Yue-Ting Siu
Publisher: APH Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2020
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781950723041

"Access Technology for Blind and Low Vision Accessibility, the second edition of 2008's Assistive Technology for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: A Guide to Assessment, uses clear language to describe the range of technology solutions that exists to facilitate low vision and nonvisual access to print and digital information. Part 1 gives teachers, professionals, and families an overview of current technologies including refreshable braille displays, screen readers, 3D printers, cloud computing, tactile media, and integrated development environments. Part 2 builds on this foundation, providing readers with a conceptual and practical framework to guide a comprehensive technology evaluation process. As did its predecessor, Access Technology for Blind and Low Vision Accessibility is focused on giving people who are blind or visually impaired equal access to all activities of self-determined living, allowing them to be seamlessly integrated within their home, school, and work communities"--

Assistive Technology for Students who are Blind Or Visually Impaired

Assistive Technology for Students who are Blind Or Visually Impaired
Author: Ike Presley
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
Total Pages: 549
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0891288902

Assistive technology is essential in today's world to enable people who are blind or visually impaired to participate fully in school, work, and life. But which assistive technology tools are right for your students? This comprehensive handbook is the essential resource for teachers of students with visual impairments, administrators, technology professionals, and anyone who needs to keep up with the ever-changing world of technology. Assistive Technology For Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: A Guide to Assessment contains a wealth of technical information translated into clear, user-friendly terms, including: - An overview of the full range of assistive technology that students can use to manage information in print or electronic formats-whether they use vision, touch or hearing to access information - How to select appropriate tools and strategies - A structured process for conducting a technology assessment - Detailed assessment forms that can be used to determine students' technology needs and solutions to address them - Advice on writing up program recommendations based on assessment results - Reproducible, blank assessment forms

Partnerships for Change

Partnerships for Change
Author: Larry Campbell
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-06-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781930526044

Partnerships for Change: National Strategies - Regional Collaboration is a retrospective look at a more than 3 decades long development initiative, undertaken with support from the Open Society Foundations and The Nippon Foundation by the International Program of the Overbrook School for the Blind www.obs.org and the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment www.icevi.org.This development initiative has addressed the needs of blind and visually impaired individuals in under-resourced countries in their struggle for equal access to education and employment.The book follows the evolution of a small experimental US-based leadership development program for blind youth from throughout the world as it transitioned to regionally based programs in Eastern Europe and the Baltics and Southeast Asia.The development and impact of these programs is examined with particular attention to how the power of accessible technologies in the hands of educated and empowered blind youth can lead to important partnerships and changes at many levels of society. The written word is supplemented by 51 short, embedded videos that allow the reader to "meet" many of the blind youth who have become change agents creating more open and inclusive communities and are the true authors of this development story.

The Unseen Minority

The Unseen Minority
Author: Frances A. Koestler
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
Total Pages: 678
Release: 2004
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780891288961

The definitive history of the societal forces affecting blind people in the United States and the professions that evolved to provide services to people who are visually impaired, The Unseen Minority was originally commissioned to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the American Foundation for the Blind in 1971. Updated with a new foreword outlining the critical issues that have arisen since the original publication and with time lines presenting the landmark events in the legislative arena, low vision, education, and orientation and mobility, this classic work has never been more relevant.

Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments
Author: Sharon Sacks
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2006
Genre: Blind children
ISBN: 9780891288824

"This book expands upon the knowledge base and provides a compendium of intervention strategies to support and enhance the acquisition of social skills and children and youths with visual impairments ... Part 1 ... addresses social skills from a first-person perspective. The second part ... examines how theory seeks to explain social development and influences assessment and practice ... Part 3, ties personal perspectives and theory to actual practice. Finally, Part 4 ... offers numerous examples and models for teaching social skills to students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabling conditions."--Introduction.

Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative

Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 587
Release: 2017-01-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309439981

The ability to see deeply affects how human beings perceive and interpret the world around them. For most people, eyesight is part of everyday communication, social activities, educational and professional pursuits, the care of others, and the maintenance of personal health, independence, and mobility. Functioning eyes and vision system can reduce an adult's risk of chronic health conditions, death, falls and injuries, social isolation, depression, and other psychological problems. In children, properly maintained eye and vision health contributes to a child's social development, academic achievement, and better health across the lifespan. The public generally recognizes its reliance on sight and fears its loss, but emphasis on eye and vision health, in general, has not been integrated into daily life to the same extent as other health promotion activities, such as teeth brushing; hand washing; physical and mental exercise; and various injury prevention behaviors. A larger population health approach is needed to engage a wide range of stakeholders in coordinated efforts that can sustain the scope of behavior change. The shaping of socioeconomic environments can eventually lead to new social norms that promote eye and vision health. Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow proposes a new population-centered framework to guide action and coordination among various, and sometimes competing, stakeholders in pursuit of improved eye and vision health and health equity in the United States. Building on the momentum of previous public health efforts, this report also introduces a model for action that highlights different levels of prevention activities across a range of stakeholders and provides specific examples of how population health strategies can be translated into cohesive areas for action at federal, state, and local levels.

Assistive Technology for Visually Impaired and Blind People

Assistive Technology for Visually Impaired and Blind People
Author: Marion Hersh
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 743
Release: 2010-05-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1846288673

Equal accessibility to public places and services is now required by law in many countries. For the vision-impaired, specialised technology often can provide a fuller enjoyment of the facilities of society, from large scale meetings and public entertainments to reading a book or making music. This volume explores the engineering and design principles and techniques used in assistive technology for blind and vision-impaired people. This book maintains the currency of knowledge for engineers and health workers who develop devices and services for people with sight loss, and is an excellent source of reference for students of assistive technology and rehabilitation.