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.
Materials In Large Print
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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"--
Woodcock-Johnson IV
| Author | : Nancy Mather |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 617 |
| Release | : 2016-01-26 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1118860748 |
Includes online access to new, customizable WJ IV score tables, graphs, and forms for clinicians Woodcock-Johnson IV: Reports, Recommendations, and Strategies offers psychologists, clinicians, and educators an essential resource for preparing and writing psychological and educational reports after administering the Woodcock-Johnson IV. Written by Drs. Nancy Mather and Lynne E. Jaffe, this text enhances comprehension and use of this instrument and its many interpretive features. This book offers helpful information for understanding and using the WJ IV scores, provides tips to facilitate interpretation of test results, and includes sample diagnostic reports of students with various educational needs from kindergarten to the postsecondary level. The book also provides a wide variety of recommendations for cognitive abilities; oral language; and the achievement areas of reading, written language, and mathematics. It also provides guidelines for evaluators and recommendations focused on special populations, such as sensory impairments, autism, English Language Learners, and gifted and twice exceptional students, as well as recommendations for the use of assistive technology. The final section provides descriptions of the academic and behavioral strategies mentioned in the reports and recommendations. The unique access code included with each book allows access to downloadable, easy-to-customize score tables, graphs, and forms. This essential guide Facilitates the use and interpretation of the WJ IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities, Tests of Oral Language, and Tests of Achievement Explains scores and various interpretive features Offers a variety of types of diagnostic reports Provides a wide variety of educational recommendations and evidence-based strategies
Psychophysics of Reading in Normal and Low Vision
| Author | : Gordon E. Legge |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 246 |
| Release | : 2006-10-11 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1482269481 |
Written by a leader in the field, this book discusses the role of vision in reading. The author describes the influence of physical properties of text on reading performance and the implications for information processing in the visual pathways. He explores different forms of low vision that affect reading, text characteristics that optimize reading for those with low vision, principles underlying the legibility of text, and guidelines for displaying text. Special topics include the role of the magnocellular pathway in reading and dyslexia, Braille reading, and fonts for highway signs. An accompanying CD contains reprints of the seminal series of articles by Gordon E. Legge and colleagues published between 1985 and 2001.
Foundations of Low Vision
| Author | : Anne Lesley Corn |
| Publisher | : American Foundation for the Blind |
| Total Pages | : 984 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 089128883X |
Foundations of Low Vision: Clinical and Functional Perspectives, the ground-breaking text that highlighted the importance of focusing on the functional as well as the clinical implications of low vision, has been completely updated and expanded in this second edition. The revised edition goes even further in its presentation of how best to assess and support both children and adults with low vision and plan programs and services that optimize their functional vision and ability to lead productive and satisfying lives, based on individuals' actual abilities. Part 1, Personal and Professional Perspectives, provides the foundations of this approach, with chapters focused on the anatomy of the eye, medical causes of visual impairment, optics and low vision devices, and clinical low vision services, as well as psychological and social implications of low vision and the history of the field. Part 2 focuses on children and youths, providing detailed treatment of functional vision assessment, instruction, use of low vision devices, orientation and mobility, and assistive technology. Part 3 presents rehabilitation and employment issues for working-age adults and special considerations for older adults.
Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary
| Author | : Merriam-Webster |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 9780877796442 |
Specially designed to meet the standards of the National Association for the Visually Handicapped, this dictionary contains 40,000 entries, clear definitions, spellings, and pronunciations, and includes a punctuation guide.
Oxford Large Print Thesaurus
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : 9780198608875 |
Authoritative, up-to-date, and with exceptionally clear print, the Paperback Oxford Large Print Thesaurus contains over 130,000 alternative and opposite words, drawing on the most recent findings of the language research programme at Oxford University Press.Its clear page layout, designed in association with the Royal National Institute for the Blind, offers enlarged fonts, larger margins, generous line-spacing, and good quality paper, making it quick and easy to find the word you need. Special attention has been given to the binding and choice ofpaper, ensuring that there is minimum 'glare' and 'show-through'.Ideal for both adults and children, particularly those with vision impairment, the Paperback Oxford Large Print Thesaurus is a valuable reference tool for use at home, school, or the office, and is great for word games. Lightweight and affordable, it is also the perfect companion to the PaperbackOxford Large Print Dictionary.
Teaching the Graphic Novel
| Author | : Stephen E. Tabachnick |
| Publisher | : Modern Language Association of America |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009-01-01 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9781603290616 |
Graphic novels are now appearing in a great variety of courses: composition, literature, drama, popular culture, travel, art, translation. The thirty-four essays in this volume explore issues that the new art form has posed for teachers at the university level. Among the subjects addressed are•terminology (graphic narrative vs. sequential art, comics vs. comix)•the three outstanding comics-producing cultures today: the American, the Japanese (manga), and the Franco-Belgian (the bande dessinée)•the differences between the techniques of graphic narrative and prose narrative,and between the reading patterns for each•the connections between the graphic novel and film•the lives of the new genre's practitioners (e.g., Robert Crumb, Harvey Pekar)•women's contributions to the field (e.g., Lynda Barry)•how the graphic novel has been used to probe difficult moments in history (the Holocaust, 9/11), deal with social and racial injustice, and voice political satire•postmodernism in the graphic novel (e.g., in the work of Chris Ware)•how the American superhero developed in the Depression and World War II•comix and the 1960s counterculture•the challenges of teaching graphic novels that contain violence and sexual contentThe volume concludes with a selected bibliography of the graphic novel and sequential art.
Webster's New World Large Print Dictionary
| Author | : Michael E. Agnes |
| Publisher | : Webster's New World |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2004-04-26 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 9780764559365 |
Easy to read, authoritative, and up to date No more struggling with the fine print, thanks to the Webster's New World Large Print Dictionary, which has all the outstanding features of other Webster's New World dictionaries. * More than 60,000 entries, including all the current vocabulary needed for everyday use * Technical, scientific, cultural, business, and professional terms * Clear, highly readable type * Foreign words and phrases often used in English * Biographical and geographical entries conveniently included in the main A--Z section PLUS: * Etymologies - word histories that add depth and historical context to the understanding of a word * Appendix with weights and measures, U.S. and Canadian data, U.S. presidents, and books of the Bible With all this information presented in highly readable type, this is the one large print dictionary that you can't afford to be without.
Large Print Coloring Book
| Author | : Dylanna Press |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 108 |
| Release | : 2019-10-04 |
| Genre | : Games & Activities |
| ISBN | : 9781949651768 |
This Large Print Coloring Book: Easy Patterns for Adults contains simple yet beautiful designs to color. Ideal for seniors, beginners, or anyone who is looking for less intricate relaxing pages to color. Contains a variety of designs including flowers, butterflies, mandalas, gardens, animals, houses, and nature scenes.
