Instructional Strategies for Braille Literacy

Instructional Strategies for Braille Literacy

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  • Author: Diane P. Wormsley
  • Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
  • ISBN: 9780891289364
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 38

This award-winning handbook gives teachers specific strategies and methodologies for teaching braille. It offers in-depth information on techniques for working with children at all levels of learning, with congenital or adventitious visual impairments, those with additional disabilities, and students who are just learning English. It also contains information on assessment and technology, as well as convenient assessment forms. Instructional Strategies offers a wealth of information and practical tips for new practitioners and seasoned professionals alike


Instructional Strategies for Braille Literacy

Instructional Strategies for Braille Literacy

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  • Author: Diane P. Wormsley
  • Publisher: AFB Press
  • ISBN: 9780891282884
  • Category : Blind children
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

This award-winning, user-friendly handbook provides instructors with specific creative strategies and methodologies for teaching braille. Intended to help pre-service and in-service teachers develop their instructional literacy and braille skills, this comprehensive manual provides a wealth of information on working with children with congenital or adventitious visual impairments as well as students with additional disabilities or who are speakers of English as a second language.


Instructional Strategies for Braille Literacy

Instructional Strategies for Braille Literacy

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  • Author: Diane P. Wormsley
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  • ISBN: 9780891286080
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 628


Braille Literacy

Braille Literacy

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  • Author: Diane P. Wormsley
  • Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
  • ISBN: 9780891288763
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 140

Whether students' learning problems stem from additional physical or cognitive disabilities, the inability to speak English well, or difficulty in making the transition from print to braille, this resource will help you help them. Equally effective for teaching braille reading and writing to children or adults, Braille Literacy uses a functional approach based on concepts and vocabulary that have meaning and utility to the student.


Foundations of Education: Instructional strategies for teaching children and youths with visual impairments

Foundations of Education: Instructional strategies for teaching children and youths with visual impairments

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  • Author: M. Cay Holbrook
  • Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
  • ISBN: 9780891283393
  • Category : Children with visual disabilities
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 874


Foundations of Braille Literacy

Foundations of Braille Literacy

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  • Author: Evelyn J. Rex
  • Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
  • ISBN: 9780891289340
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 164

This ground-breaking text addresses the teaching of braille reading and writing in the context of general literacy. Employing theoretical frameworks and approaches to teaching print reading and writing and practical applications for instruction in braille literacy, this innovative book can be used both in university training programs and by practicing educators working with braille learners. Foundations of Braille Literacy also includes perspectives on literacy, the history of literacy for people who are blind, the learning processes of people who are blind, and assessment of braille literacy.


Beginning with Braille

Beginning with Braille

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  • Author: Anna M. Swenson
  • Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
  • ISBN: 9780891283232
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 228

Beginning with braille provides a wealth of effective activities for promoting literacy at the early stages of braille instruction. The text includes creative and practical strategies for designing and delivering quality braille instruction and teacher-friendly suggestions for many areas such as reading aloud to young children, selecting and making early tactile books, and teaching tactile and hand movement skills. This book also includes tips on designing worksheets, introducing braille contractions, teaching the use of the braillewriter, and facilitating the writing process in braille. Chapters also address guidelines for individualizing instruction, the literacy needs of students with additional disabilities, and assessment of student progress in developing literacy skills.


I-M-ABLE

I-M-ABLE

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  • Author: Diane P. Wormsley
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780891287223
  • Category : People with visual disabilities
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 164

I-M-ABLE, or the Individualized Meaning-Centered Approach to Braille Literacy Education, is an innovative, individualized, student-centered method for teaching braille and making it exciting for children who have difficulties learning braille. In this teaching approach, instruction is centered on continuously analyzing the strengths and needs of students, placing particular emphasis on engaging them using key vocabulary words and phrases based on their experiences and interests. This comprehensive practice guide provides detailed direction on how to implement the components of the approach. Teachers will find this resource invaluable for helping students with mild to moderate cognitive impairments or other difficulties make progress in braille reading and writing, and all the skills that it encompasses.


Guidelines and Games for Teaching Efficient Braille Reading

Guidelines and Games for Teaching Efficient Braille Reading

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  • Author: Myrna R. Olson
  • Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
  • ISBN: 9780891281054
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 132

Activities for Teaching Braille More Efficiently at the Beginning Level.


Learning to Listen/listening to Learn

Learning to Listen/listening to Learn

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  • Author: Lizbeth A. Barclay
  • Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
  • ISBN: 0891284915
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 562

Addresses "the systematic development of skills in listening for and interpreting auditory information. Listening skills are a crucial but often-overlooked area of instruction for children who are visually impaired and may have multiple disabilities; they relate to the expanded core curriculum for students and are essential to literacy, independent travel, and sensory and cognitive development."--AFB website