Download or read book Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments written by Sharon Sacks and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2006 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Download or read book The Development of Social Skills by Blind and Visually Impaired Students written by Sharon Sacks and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 1992 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this examination of the social interactions of children with visual impairments, theory and research are combined to explore how these children can be helped to succeed socially. Innovative practical strategies are provided for educators, researchers, and families on how to assist children in the development of social skills. Qualitative ethnographic approaches demonstrate how classroom teachers can work effectively with individual children and present valuable insights about children's interactions.
Download or read book Focused on Teaching Social Skills to Visually Impaired Preschoolers written by American Foundation for the Blind Press and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on teaching social skills to children from birth to five years of age who are blind or visually impaired.
Download or read book Focused on Teaching Social Skills to Visually Impaired Elementary Students written by American Foundation for the Blind Press and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of the importance of social competence, and it details the course of social skills development in children in general and in children who are blind or visually impaired in particular.
Download or read book Children with Visual Impairments written by Joao Roe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is aimed at the mainstream class teacher who has little or no experience of providing effective learning experiences for children with visual impairments. It is designed both as an introductory guide to assessment and provision. It also has a strong focus on social interactions, since many teachers are confused as how to help children with visual impairments make friends. The book sets out the basis for addressing the individual with a wide range of visual impairments. Chapters cover: the identification and assessment of aspects of vision visual impairment and individual needs practical advice on the development of concepts, language and literacy and social skills the use of low vision aids, appropriate decor and physical layouts, lighting and IT educational policy and the Code of Practice Drawing on very recent research, this book presents new insights into the needs of children with visual impairments as learners, arguing that it is the quality of the child's social interactions which promotes play, language and learning.
Download or read book ECC Essentials written by Carol B. Allman and published by . This book was released on 2014-07 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ECC Essentials: Teaching the Expanded Core Curriculum to Students with Visual Impairments is the first comprehensive book for teachers of students with visual impairments to focus on the nine areas of the ECC that encompass the unique skills children and adolescents with visual impairments need to learn in order to access the core educational curriculum and become independent individuals, by providing the rationale, suggestions, and strategies necessary to implement instruction. The nine areas include compensatory access, sensory efficiency, assistive technology, orientation and mobility, independent living, social interaction, recreation and leisure, career education, and self-determination. ECC Essentials helps teachers manage time efficiently and effectively; work with students of different ages and ability levels; collaborate with parents and other members of the educational team; conduct assessments; align instruction with state standards and the general education core curriculum; and maximize planning effectiveness. The book includes learning activities that combine several areas of the ECC; information about additional resources; specific guidelines and strategies for teaching each of the nine areas of the ECC. ECC Essentials provides teachers with a road map for helping their students achieve success in school and in life.
Download or read book Teaching Visually Impaired Children written by Virginia E. Bishop and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2004 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glossary of terms completes the book."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Early Focus written by Rona L. Pogrund and published by AFB Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Focus synthesizes and makes understandable the experience of professionals from such fields as: education, orientation and mobility, pediatrics, ophthalmology and optometry, psychology, occupational therapy, and social work. This is a resource for both professionals and parents.
Download or read book Foundations of Education written by M. Cay Holbrook and published by American Printing House for the Blind. This book was released on 2017 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Teaching Life Differently written by Judith (J.C.) Greeley and published by Teaching Life Differently. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children who are sighted learn concepts and gain experience through incidental learning, the observation of events and interactions in their environment. Students with visual impairment need to be systematically, sequentially, and concretely taught through hands-on-experiences. Historically, students got this learning through channels other than schools. The teaching of recreation, adaptive sports, social life opportunities, and career education require this specific systematic approach. Individuals with vision impairment may also require specific interventions to learn independent living skills, self-advocacy, and community relationships.
Download or read book Reach Out and Teach written by Kay Alicyn Ferrell and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2011 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with important information for today's parents and professionals, this new edition of a groundbreaking work presents the latest research on how visually impaired children learn and develop at different ages and in the various developmental domains: sensory development, communication, movement, manipulation, and comprehension. Clear, practical, and reassuring, and full of suggested activities, this book provides a guide to teaching young visually impaired children the important life skills they need to know--skills that other children may learn simply by observation and imitation--and preparing them to enter school ready to learn with their peers. From early intervention services to the full range of educational placements, Reach Out and Teach is the ultimate guide to helping a visually impaired child learn and grow.
Download or read book Early Focus written by Rona L. Pogrund and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2002 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book provides clear descriptions of early intervention techniques with blind and visually impaired children and stresses the benefits of family involvement and transdisciplinary teamwork. Practical applications and strategies relating to cognitive and language development, orientation and mobility, social skills, early intervention, and program development are presented to integrate current practices in one convenient source. Valuable information on working with families of various ethnic/minority groups is detailed, as are useful descriptions of how teams can work most effectively. Includes extensive resource and readings sections.
Download or read book A Parents Guide to Special Education for Children with Visual Impairments written by Susan LaVenture and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2007 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook for parents, family members and caregivers of children with visual impairments explains special education services that these children are likely to need and to which they are entitled--and how to ensure that they receive them. Edited and written by experienced parents and professionals, this helpful and easy to use resource addresses the effect of visual impairment on a child's ability to learn and the services and educational programming that are essential for them to get the best education possible. Chapters address early intervention, assessment, different types of services, IEPs, accommodations and adaptations, different types of placements, children with other disabilities in addition to visual impairment, and negotiation and advocacy.
Download or read book Teaching Social Skills to Visually Impaired Preschoolers written by American Foundation for the Blind Press and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on teaching social skills to children from birth to five years of age who are blind or visually impaired.
Download or read book Foundations of Education Instructional strategies for teaching children and youths with visual impairments written by M. Cay Holbrook and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2000 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of Visual Impairment Blindness written by and published by . This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Learning to Listen listening to Learn written by Lizbeth A. Barclay and published by American Foundation for the Blind. This book was released on 2011 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses "the systematic development of skills in listening for and interpreting auditory information. Listening skills are a crucial but often-overlooked area of instruction for children who are visually impaired and may have multiple disabilities; they relate to the expanded core curriculum for students and are essential to literacy, independent travel, and sensory and cognitive development."--AFB website
