Collaborative Assessment

Collaborative Assessment
Author: Stephen A. Goodman
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780891288695

Collaborative Assessment is designed to help all professionals who work with visually impaired students understand the impact of visual impairment on assessing students' learning potential. Written by the expert assessment team at the California School for the Blind, this book focuses on evaluating students in a variety of areas, including psychology, speech and language, orientation and mobility, and technology, and provides a framework for developing a cooperative, interactive team of professionals from a variety of disciplines to achieve accurate evaluation of the needs and strengths of students. School psychologists, speech and language pathologists, administrators, teachers, and parents will find this book invaluable. Includes helpful forms and checklists and annotated lists of assessments in each area.

Keys to Educational Success

Keys to Educational Success
Author: Sharon Sacks
Publisher: AFB Press
Total Pages: 606
Release: 2016-06-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780891285519

"Published in conjunction with the Perkins School for the Blind."

Understanding Education for the Visually Impaired

Understanding Education for the Visually Impaired
Author: Ronél Ferreira
Publisher: AOSIS
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2020-12-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1928523773

The contribution that this book makes to scholarship is regarded as ground-breaking, as it is based on recent research conducted with teachers on the ground-level, as well as on research and experiences of practitioners, gained over many years. In this volume, Understanding education for the visually impaired, the focus falls on understanding visual impairment within the South African context, more specifically on what the education of these learners entails. In addition to the contribution to existing literature in the fields of inclusive education and visual impairment, the publication has practical application value for teachers and practitioners who work with and support such learners.

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.

Foundations of Education

Foundations of Education
Author: M. Cay Holbrook
Publisher: American Printing House for the Blind
Total Pages: 982
Release: 2017
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780891286967

The essential textbook in the field of blindness and visual impairment has been updated for the 21st c. Volume II contains new material on planning, assessment, instruction, and supporting students with visual impairments in the general education classroom. Icons in the book direct readers to supplemental materials in an online Learning Center.

Teaching Visually Impaired Children

Teaching Visually Impaired Children
Author: Virginia E. Bishop
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0398074763

A glossary of terms completes the book."--BOOK JACKET.

Vision and the Brain

Vision and the Brain
Author: Amanda Hall Lueck
Publisher: AFB Press
Total Pages: 720
Release: 2015-04
Genre: Pediatric neuroophthalmology
ISBN: 9780891286394

Cerebral visual impairment (also known as cortical visual impairment, or CVI) has become the most common cause of visual impairment in children in the United States and the developed world. Vision and the Brain is a unique and comprehensive sourcebook geared especially to professionals in the field of visual impairment, educators, and families who need to know more about the causes and types of CVI and the best practices for working with affected children. Expert contributors from many countries represent education, occupational therapy, orientation and mobility, ophthalmology, optometry, neuropsychology, psychology, and vision science, and include parents of children with CVI. The book provides an in-depth guide to current knowledge about brain-related vision loss in an accessible form to enable readers to recognize, understand, and assess the behavioral manifestations of damage to the visual brain and develop effective interventions based on identification of the spectrum of individual needs. Chapters are designed to help those working with children with CVI ascertain the nature and degree of visual impairment in each child, so that they can "see" and appreciate the world through the child's eyes and ensure that every child is served appropriately.

Foundations of Education

Foundations of Education
Author: M. Cay Holbrook
Publisher:
Total Pages: 550
Release: 2017-02-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780891286950

The essential textbook in the field of blindness and visual impairment has been updated for the 21st c. Volume I includes new chapters focusing on crucial topics connecting the education of students with visual impairments to the context of educational theory. Icons in the book direct readers to supplemental materials in an online Learning Center.

Reading Connections

Reading Connections
Author: Cheryl Kamei-Hannan
Publisher: AFB Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2015-05
Genre: Blind children
ISBN: 9780891286349

Reading Connections: Strategies for Teaching Students with Visual Impairments offers an in-depth and user-friendly guide for understanding reading instruction for teachers and professionals seeking to improve the reading skills of their students who are visually impaired. The book addresses in detail the essential components of reading--phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension--as well as other key reading components and subskills. While this book addresses the needs of students who read print, braille, or both, much of the book is also consistent with strategies for teaching reading to students who have, or are at risk for, developing reading disabilities. Teachers of students with visual impairments, as well as family members and other professionals who work with children who are blind or visually impaired, will find within this book a repertoire of strategies and activities for creating a balanced, comprehensive plan of reading instruction for each student and for teaching the essential reading skills necessary for students' success.