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How to Teach a Blind or Visually Impaired Student

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How to Teach a Blind or Visually Impaired Student

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  1. How to Teach a Blind or Visually Impaired Student

  2. As a teacher, your main priority is insuring that all of your students have an equal opportunity to access learning materials and succeed in your course.Academy for blind in Bangalore To teach visually impaired or blind students you should modify your teaching strategy, allow for the use of visual aids and assistive technology, and create a safe learning environment. Introduction

  3. Always use a visually impaired student’s first name when addressing them. This way they will know you are talking to them and not someone else. When passing in hallways instead of saying, “Hi” have people announce their name as students may not be able to recognize faces. An example, “Hi Sara, it’s Mrs. Murphy, how are you today?” Prompt fellow students to do the same because this fosters connection in the school community. Always use names

  4. some instances visually impaired or blind students may need extra time to complete their assignments and tests. This is typically because reading braille or using some form of technological aide can take additional time. Although you want to give an appropriate amount of time for visually impaired or blind students to complete their work, you do not want them use their vision as an excuse to hand in work late. Set deadlines and make sure they stick to them. Give visually impaired or blind students additional time to complete work

  5. Even though you will need to make certain modifications to your teaching style and classroom structure in order to accommodate students with visual impairments, you should still hold these students to the same standard as the rest of their peers. For example, all classroom rules and behavioural expectations should apply to all of the students in the class. Avoid giving special treatment to visually impaired students. Treat all of your students equally

  6. When you are teaching visually impaired or blind students, you may need to modify the curriculum and the way you teach the curriculum in order the meet the students needs. For example, when teaching art, you will want to rely more on tactile experiences. Try sculpting and working with clay, instead of drawing or colouring.Schools for blind in bangalore Conclusion

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