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Students with. Visual Impairments. Duncan Chaboudy. Special Needs Students. Leaning Disabilities ADHD Emotional Disabilities Speech and Language Disorders Hearing Impairments Visual Impairments Orthopedic and Other Health Impairments Taumatic brain Injury Developmental Disabilities

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  1. Students with Visual Impairments Duncan Chaboudy

  2. Special Needs Students • Leaning Disabilities • ADHD • Emotional Disabilities • Speech and Language Disorders • Hearing Impairments • Visual Impairments • Orthopedic and Other Health Impairments • Taumatic brain Injury • Developmental Disabilities • Pervasive Developmental Disorders/Autism • Giftedness

  3. IDEA Definition Visual Impairment Including Blindness means an impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness.

  4. Types of Visual Impairments • Partially sighted • Low vision • Legally blind • Totally blind

  5. Visually Impaired under the age of 18: • Visual Impairment 1% • Severe visual impairment .09% • Legally Blind 0.1%

  6. Characteristics of Visual Impairment • Unusual blinking or facial expressions • Delayed motor skills and language development • Poor peripheral vision • Light sensitivity • Tilting of head • Walking Cautiously

  7. What might it be like to have a visual impairment?

  8. Early detection by observing play • Explore environment less • Exhibit less spontaneous play • Higher levels of solitary play • Reject or are rejected by peers

  9. Educational Implications • Detect as early as possible • Employ proper equipment and modifications to classroom • Maximize residual vision • Self care and activities for daily living.

  10. Curricular Adaptations • Provide orientation of school (workstations, exits, etc.) • Proper seating • Adjustable table tops (prevent fatigue) • Paper and writing utensils • Lighting • Bookmarks and reading slits • Walkways and workstations • Tell student when you leave return • Call student by name

  11. Tape recorders Projectors Braille books Large print books Talking books Brailler, slate and stylus Reading stands Raised markings on machines Raised Clock Faces Braille rulers Raised line drawing boards Monoculars Binoculars Microscopic and telescopic spectacles Magnifiers Larger signs Color coded signs Materials/Tools

  12. Converts print or light patterns to tactile patterns Attachments for reading what is being typed while typing Attachments for computer and word processing Converts text to audio/braille Technology for Blind Students Optacon (Optical to Tactile Converter) Optical Character Recognizer (OCR)

  13. Career Paths “People who are blind or visually impaired can perform almost any job you can imagine: lawyer, artist, accountant, secretary, customer service representative, food service worker, factory worker, financial analyst, teacher, medical transcriptionist, day care worker, counselor, computer programmer, cook, salesperson, clerk, and more. We cannot count the number of different jobs people who are blind or visually impaired are engaged in today or will be in the future. The possibilities are tremendous.” AFB Career Connect www.afb.org

  14. Fletcher, Janice; Parks, A. Lee. (1983). Teaching Students with Special Needs in Secondary and Vocational Programs: Classroom, Building, Equipment and Instructional Modifications and Adaptations. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No.ED242915). Skellenger, A. C.; Rosenblum, L. P.; Jager, B. K. (1997). Behaviors of Preschoolers with Visual Impairments in Indoor Play Settings. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v91 n6 p519-30. Viisola, Michelle. (1999). Statistics on Children with Visual Impairments. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED432106). Pierangelo, R., & Giuliani, G. (2001). What every teacher should know about students with special needs: Promoting success in the classroom. Champaign, IL: Research Press.

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