Helpful Links For Information and Materials

The Certified Teacher for the Visually Impaired (CTVI) should be able to help you with specific information or materials that will be helpful for the VI student in your classroom. However, you are more familliar with the specific academic needs of the students in your classroom than we are. By browsing through these links, you may find something that will help you and your students. Let the VI teacher assigned to our room assist with ordering the materials you are interested in. The majority of these links are from the TSBVI website. We have pulled them out to create easier access.

Information: eye diseases and disorders

• Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired education
• Eye conditions- eyeMD
• Kellogg Eye Center
• Region 13 Eductional Service Center

Math for visually impaired students

• Teaching Math to Visually Impaired Students- a wealth of information
• Abacus Introduction: youtube video by TSBVI
• Accessible Calculators
• A Graphical Calculus Course For Blind Students

Reading

• Teaching Emergent Literacy Skills To Kindergarten Students in a Braille/Print Program
• Braille Instruction Resources
• Information About Color and Color Blindness
• CHANGING CHANNELS - AudioAssisted Reading- Access to Curriculum for Students with Print Disabilities - by Carol Evans
• Using Digital Talking Books (DTB) with Students
• IEP Objectives for Using Digital Talking Books
• Move, Touch, Read!
• Motor Activities To Encourage Pre-Braille Skills
• Three C's to Greater Independence
• Help for College-bound Students
• Exceptional Teaching Aids - braille reading materials
• Print Legibility and Partial Sight from the New York Lighthouse
• Color Contrast and Partial Sight from the New York Lighthouse
• Information about Readers (links not on TSBVI website)
• Using Readers Effectively
• NABS-INFO - The care and feeding of reader



Science

• ACE - Adapted Curriculum Enhancement: Science Inquiry Materials for the Visually Impaired
• Download Teacher's Manual for Adapting Science Experiments for Blind and Visually Impaired Students (Word 2000 Doc - 550k)
• Barrier-Free Education: Laboratory Task Accommodations: Visual Impairments
• Brief Guide to the Birds audio guide to birds
• ON EDITING GRAPHICS FOR THE BLIND - A manual
• Best practice guidelines for the design, production and presentation of vacuum formed tactile maps
• The Space Exploration Experience (SEE) Project for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Touch the Universe: A NASA Braille Book of Astronomy
• Tactile Graphics Resources
• Tactile Learning- home for visually impaired science education. Look under projects

  General

• Classroom strategies for students with visual impairments
• A Hand's on Workshop to Help Elementary School Children Learn About Visual Impairments
• Creating Educational Toys And Activities For Children Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired
• E.X.P.L.O.R.E. The Possibilities! - An Approach to Transition
• Roughing It in the Bush: A Camp Experience
• Keyboarding Software - list of resources
• Software for Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired
• VI Guide's Books with visually impaired characters
• Accessible Instructional Resources - websites that are accessible for use in instruction
• Fun and Educational Web Links link to Peg Marston's site of accessible educational links -
• Hand and Eyes Newsletter link to Holly Cooper's page targeted at teachers who work with visually impaired students with ideas for art, cooking, and pre-academic level learning activities.
• Let's Play - A Guide to Toys for Children with Special Needs
• Summer Camps
• Creative Adaptations for Learning - Creators of innovative tactile (embossed) illustrations
• Three C's to Greater Independence
• Texas Student Attendance-Special Education
• V I S I O N - A School Program for Grades 4-8 VISION's lesson plans and handouts will help you lead students in lively, interactive sessions on how the eye works, eye problems, and eye safety.
• What Social Skills Enhance Integration