Instructional Strategies For Braille Literacy

Author : Diane P. Wormsley,Frances Mary D'Andrea
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : 0891289364

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Instructional Strategies for Braille Literacy by Diane P. Wormsley,Frances Mary D'Andrea Pdf

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

Author : Diane P. Wormsley,Frances Mary D'Andrea
Publisher : AFB Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Blind children
ISBN : 0891282882

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Instructional Strategies for Braille Literacy by Diane P. Wormsley,Frances Mary D'Andrea Pdf

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.

Author : Diane P. Wormsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 089128608X

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Instructional Strategies for Braille Literacy by Diane P. Wormsley Pdf

Author : Diane P. Wormsley
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 0891288767

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Braille Literacy by Diane P. Wormsley Pdf

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.

Author : Anna M. Swenson
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 0891283234

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Beginning with Braille by Anna M. Swenson Pdf

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.

Author : Myrna R. Olson,Sally S. Mangold
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Education
ISBN : 0891281053

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Guidelines and Games for Teaching Efficient Braille Reading by Myrna R. Olson,Sally S. Mangold Pdf

Activities for Teaching Braille More Efficiently at the Beginning Level.

Author : Evelyn J. Rex
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Education
ISBN : 0891289348

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Foundations of Braille Literacy by Evelyn J. Rex Pdf

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.

Author : Cheryl Kamei-Hannan,Leila Ansari Ricci
Publisher : AFB Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05
Category : Blind children
ISBN : 0891286349

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Reading Connections by Cheryl Kamei-Hannan,Leila Ansari Ricci Pdf

Reading Connections: Strategies for Teaching Students with Visual Impairments offers an in-depth and user-friendly guide for understanding reading instruction for teachers and professionals seeking to improve the reading skills of their students who are visually impaired. The book addresses in detail the essential components of reading--phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension--as well as other key reading components and subskills. While this book addresses the needs of students who read print, braille, or both, much of the book is also consistent with strategies for teaching reading to students who have, or are at risk for, developing reading disabilities. Teachers of students with visual impairments, as well as family members and other professionals who work with children who are blind or visually impaired, will find within this book a repertoire of strategies and activities for creating a balanced, comprehensive plan of reading instruction for each student and for teaching the essential reading skills necessary for students' success.

Author : M. Cay Holbrook,Alan J. Koenig
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Children with visual disabilities
ISBN : 0891283390

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Foundations of Education: Instructional strategies for teaching children and youths with visual impairments by M. Cay Holbrook,Alan J. Koenig Pdf

Author : Roberta Becker
Publisher : Actual Tactuals
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1935682164

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Unified English Braille (UEB) Practice Sentences by Roberta Becker Pdf

A workbook for teachers and students who are learning braille contractions, using practice sentences in print with corresponding simulated braille answer key.

Author : Diane P. Wormsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03
Category : People with visual disabilities
ISBN : 0891287221

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I-M-ABLE by Diane P. Wormsley Pdf

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.

Author : M. Cay Holbrook,Tessa McCarthy,Cheryl Kamei-Hannan
Publisher : American Printing House for the Blind
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Education
ISBN : 0891286969

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Foundations of Education by M. Cay Holbrook,Tessa McCarthy,Cheryl Kamei-Hannan Pdf

The essential textbook in the field of blindness and visual impairment has been updated for the 21st c. Volume II contains new material on planning, assessment, instruction, and supporting students with visual impairments in the general education classroom. Icons in the book direct readers to supplemental materials in an online Learning Center.

Author : Nancy Churnin
Publisher : Creston Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781954354029

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Martin & Anne by Nancy Churnin Pdf

Anne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr. were born the same year a world apart. Both faced ugly prejudices and violence, which both answered with words of love and faith in humanity. This is the story of their parallel journeys to find hope in darkness and to follow their dreams.

Author : William R. Wiener,Richard L. Welsh,Bruce B. Blasch
Publisher : American Foundation for the Blind
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780891284482

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Foundations of Orientation and Mobility by William R. Wiener,Richard L. Welsh,Bruce B. Blasch Pdf

Foundations of Orientation and Mobility, the classic professional reference and textbook has been completely revised and expanded to two volumes by the most knowledgeable experts in the field. The new third edition includes both the latest research in O&M and expanded information on practice and teaching strategies. Volume 1, History and Theory, includes the bases of O&M knowledge, including perception, orientation, low vision, audition, kinesiology, psychosocial issues, and learning theories, as well as chapters on technology, dog guides, orientation aids, and environmental accessibility. A section on the profession of O&M includes its international history; administration, assessment and program planning; and a chapter on research in O&M. No O&M student or professional can afford to be without this essential resource.

Author : Rona L. Pogrund,Diane L. Fazzi,Jessica S. Lampert
Publisher : AFB Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Education
ISBN : UVA:X002452161

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Early Focus by Rona L. Pogrund,Diane L. Fazzi,Jessica S. Lampert Pdf

Early Focus synthesizes and makes understandable the experience of professionals from such fields as: education, orientation and mobility, pediatrics, ophthalmology and optometry, psychology, occupational therapy, and social work. This is a resource for both professionals and parents.