Paths to Literacy is currently offering online courses that for students with visual impairments with a variety of abilities. Just a few the courses offered cover areas like support for self awareness, motor development, and braille lessons. The lessons are short, vary daily and are FREE!!!
ObjectiveEd is currently offering free courses that cover areas of our Expanded Core Curriculum, Orientation and Mobility and Braille Literacy. If you want to set up an account and are unsure of how, please email me.
Accessibyte Online is a series of accessible educational games designed specifically for students who are visually impaired or blind. Accessibyte is compatible with iOS, Mac, Chromebook, Windows and Android devices, working on desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile.
We do our best to make sure our students unique needs are met in the classroom. If you are unsure of what that might look like at home, please check out this website on accommodations. Remember, your student may only need only 1 or a few of these. Also, while the schools are providing digital work, screen time for your student may have increased. Remind them to take visual breaks in order to reduce eye strain.
I have had a few parents reach out with questions about teaching time concepts at home. Time is always a difficult concept for students with visual impairments because they may not see time actually pass.
Perkins School for the Blind eLearning has some tips on teaching time at home. https://www.perkinselearning.org/activity/time
Setting up a Daily Schedule can also help our students anticipate what is happening next. https://www.teachingvisuallyimpaired.com/daily-schedule.html
Trying to get kiddos ready in the morning and out the door on time is stressful! Teaching concepts of time management can help our students understanding how much time they need to complete an activity and when they need to start in order to be ready or have an activity completed on time. Teaching Students with Visual Impairments has some great tips and app ideas for this. https://www.teachingvisuallyimpaired.com/time-management.html
Note: if you need any materials or advice on setting up schedules or coming up with activities, please email me.