Author : M. Cay Holbrook
Publisher :
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 34,45 MB
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : 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.
Author : M. Cay Holbrook
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 32,13 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Children with visual disabilities
ISBN : 9780891283393
Author : Stephen A. Goodman
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 47,41 MB
Release : 2003
Category : 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.
Author : Lauren J. Lieberman
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 23,46 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 0891284540
From three prominent educators and athletes comes this important new sourcebook on teaching the skills that will enable both children and adults with visual impairments and deafblindness to participate in physical education, recreation, sports, and lifelong health and fitness activities.Physical Education and Sports for People with Visual Impairments and Deafblindness includes methods of modifying physical skills instruction; techniques for adapting sports and other physical activities; teaching methods and curriculum points for physical skills instruction throughout the lifespan; and information about sports and related activities, providing rules, adaptations, and information about competition options. It is an ideal manual for physical educators, adapted physical education specialists, teachers of students with visual impairments, orientation and mobility specialists, occupational and recreational therapists, and anyone else interested in sports and recreation for persons who are visually impaired or deafblind.
Author : Sharon Sacks
Publisher : AFB Press
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 28,12 MB
Release : 2016-06-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780891285519
"Published in conjunction with the Perkins School for the Blind."
Author : Joanne Russotti
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 28,91 MB
Release : 2004
Category : 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.
Author : M. Cay Holbrook
Publisher : American Printing House for the Blind
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 33,95 MB
Release : 2017
Category : 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.
Author : Ellen Trief
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 34,18 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780891288039
The transition from high school to college is a significant turning point in a student's life, and this easy-to-read guide gives students the tools they need to select and apply to college and move forward with skill and confidence. Everything a student needs to know is included, from developing organizational, note-taking, test-taking, and study skills to managing living space, student-teacher relationships, social and academic life, and extracurricular and leisure time activities is included.
Author : Felicity Harrison
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 50,94 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780802077004
Blind and visually impaired children experience the world in unique ways. To help them learn and develop, parents and teachers need to understand how such children relate to their environment. The authors offer practical strategies for encouraging the blind child's development and interaction. Paper edition (7700-5), $17.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Ike Presley
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 13,12 MB
Release : 2008
Category : 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
