Author: Sharon Sacks
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 9780891288824
Category : Blind children
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
"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.
Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments
Author: Sharon Sacks
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 9780891288824
Category : Blind children
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
"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.
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 9780891288824
Category : Blind children
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
"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.
The Development of Social Skills by Blind and Visually Impaired Students
Author: Sharon Sacks
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 9780891282174
Category : Adaptability (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
In this examination of the social interactions of children with visual impairments, theory and research are combined to explore how these children can be helped to succeed socially. Innovative practical strategies are provided for educators, researchers, and families on how to assist children in the development of social skills. Qualitative ethnographic approaches demonstrate how classroom teachers can work effectively with individual children and present valuable insights about children's interactions.
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 9780891282174
Category : Adaptability (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
In this examination of the social interactions of children with visual impairments, theory and research are combined to explore how these children can be helped to succeed socially. Innovative practical strategies are provided for educators, researchers, and families on how to assist children in the development of social skills. Qualitative ethnographic approaches demonstrate how classroom teachers can work effectively with individual children and present valuable insights about children's interactions.
Children with Visual Impairments
Author: Joao Roe
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134753586
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134753586
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
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.
Focused on Teaching Social Skills to Visually Impaired Elementary Students
Author: American Foundation for the Blind Press
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780891283447
Category : Blind children
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Provides an overview of the importance of social competence, and it details the course of social skills development in children in general and in children who are blind or visually impaired in particular.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780891283447
Category : Blind children
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Provides an overview of the importance of social competence, and it details the course of social skills development in children in general and in children who are blind or visually impaired in particular.
Foundations of Education: Instructional strategies for teaching children and youths with visual impairments
Author: M. Cay Holbrook
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 9780891283393
Category : Children with visual disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 9780891283393
Category : Children with visual disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Teaching Visually Impaired Children
Author: Virginia E. Bishop
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
ISBN: 0398074763
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
A glossary of terms completes the book."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
ISBN: 0398074763
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
A glossary of terms completes the book."--BOOK JACKET.
Focused on Teaching Social Skills to Visually Impaired Preschoolers
Author: American Foundation for the Blind Press
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780891283430
Category : Blind children
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Focuses on teaching social skills to children from birth to five years of age who are blind or visually impaired.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780891283430
Category : Blind children
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Focuses on teaching social skills to children from birth to five years of age who are blind or visually impaired.
Learning to Listen/listening to Learn
Author: Lizbeth A. Barclay
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 0891284915
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
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
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 0891284915
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
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
Focused on Social Skills for Teens & Young Adults with Visual Impairments
Author: American Foundation for the Blind Press
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780891283454
Category : Blind children
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Focuses on social-skills interventions and strategies for teens and young adults with visual impairments.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780891283454
Category : Blind children
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Focuses on social-skills interventions and strategies for teens and young adults with visual impairments.
Tactile Strategies for Children who Have Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities
Author: Deborah Chen
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 9780891288190
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
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.
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 9780891288190
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
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.