How toTeach Writing to Visually Impaired Students

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Tip 1 - Ideas for Teaching Visually Impaired Students: Seeing the Big Picture

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by kimon | permalink

Visually impaired students oftentimes struggle in the mainstreamed classroom due to lack of options and learning tools that will help them succeed. Adapt your classroom to meet their needs and provide aids for them to use. Ideas for how to teach visually impaired students should include large print texts and media, using bolder color schemes, offering closer seating, and providing special worksheets and outlines of the notes that are customized to suit their visual needs. Practice these adaptations on both classwork and tests. Remember to monitor your students' progress and communicate with other teachers, parents and the student regarding educational goals.

For further reading: http://www.brighthubeducation.com/special-ed-visual-impairments/62427-ideas-for-how-to-teach-visually-impaired-students-seeing-the-big-picture/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - Teaching Students with Visual Impairments

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by p AMELA Freeman | permalink

The mission of Teaching Students with Visual Impairments is to: address and encompass all aspects related to educating students who are blind or visually impaired from diagnosis and referral to adaptations and unique instruction; provide all persons invol
Tags: visually impaired, blind, student, classroom, teach blind, teach visually impaired

For further reading: http://www.teachingvisuallyimpaired.com/ ^[2]