Children with Visual Impairments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Children with Visual Impairments write by Joao Roe. This book was released on 2002-11-01. Children with Visual Impairments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is aimed at the mainstream class teacher who has little or no experience of providing effective learning experiences for children with visual impairments. It is designed both as an introductory guide to assessment and provision. It also has a strong focus on social interactions, since many teachers are confused as how to help children with visual impairments make friends. The book sets out the basis for addressing the individual with a wide range of visual impairments. Chapters cover: the identification and assessment of aspects of vision visual impairment and individual needs practical advice on the development of concepts, language and literacy and social skills the use of low vision aids, appropriate decor and physical layouts, lighting and IT educational policy and the Code of Practice Drawing on very recent research, this book presents new insights into the needs of children with visual impairments as learners, arguing that it is the quality of the child's social interactions which promotes play, language and learning.
Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments
Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments write by Sharon Sacks. This book was released on 2006. Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This book expands upon the knowledge base and provides a compendium of intervention strategies to support and enhance the acquisition of social skills and children and youths with visual impairments ... Part 1 ... addresses social skills from a first-person perspective. The second part ... examines how theory seeks to explain social development and influences assessment and practice ... Part 3, ties personal perspectives and theory to actual practice. Finally, Part 4 ... offers numerous examples and models for teaching social skills to students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabling conditions."--Introduction.
Visual Impairment in Children due to Damage to the Brain
Visual Impairment in Children due to Damage to the Brain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Visual Impairment in Children due to Damage to the Brain write by Gordon Dutton. This book was released on 2010-09-14. Visual Impairment in Children due to Damage to the Brain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Clinics in Developmental Medicine No.186 The increased awareness of cerebral visual impairment in children, combined with improved recognition of its wide ranging manifestations, has led to its recognition as the most common cause of visual impairment in children in the developed world. Yet the subject is in its infancy, with very little published to date. Information on this complex topic has been needed by all disciplines working with disabled children for many years. This ambitious book links the work of authors from many of the major research teams in this field, who have made significant contributions to the literature on the subject of cerebral visual impairment and provide a structured amalgam of the viewpoints of different specialists. The book contains some very novel concepts, which will be of great practical value to those who care for children with visual impairment due to brain injury. Summaries of the more specialist chapters as well as clear diagrams and a glossary have been provided to increase the book’s accessibility to a broader readership. This is an exciting and important field, to which this book makes a major contribution.
Tactile Strategies for Children who Have Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities
Tactile Strategies for Children who Have Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tactile Strategies for Children who Have Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities write by Deborah Chen. This book was released on 2006. Tactile Strategies for Children who Have Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Young children who are visually impaired and have additional disabilities need to learn to use their sense of touch effectively to promote their growth, development, and ability to communicate. This manual provides teachers, early interventionists, and parents with critical information about alternative communication methods not based on the use of vision as well as countless practical strategies. Topics include assessing a child's skills, planning interventions, and selecting appropriate tactile strategies to meet the child's needs.
Everyday Activities to Promote Visual Efficiency
Everyday Activities to Promote Visual Efficiency - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Everyday Activities to Promote Visual Efficiency write by Ellen Trief. This book was released on 2009. Everyday Activities to Promote Visual Efficiency available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Early intervention services are essential for infants and toddlers who are visually impaired and have some functional vision that they will be able to use for everyday activities--not only to ensure their early development but also to help them learn to use their vision with maximum effectiveness, right from the start. Everyday Activities to Promote Visual Efficiency offers guiding principles for early intervention with very young children who are visually impaired and who may also have additional disabilities. This important new resource provides simple activities that can be incorporated easily by families and service providers into the everyday routines of a baby or child to facilitate early visual development and use of functional vision.
