Including Children with Visual Impairment in Mainstream Schools
Including Children with Visual Impairment in Mainstream Schools

Author: Pauline Davis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-08-21

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1135373124

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First Published in 2003. This book provides guidance to teachers, teaching assistants, service staff, parents and other professionals regarding the inclusion of children with visual impairments in mainstream primary schools. Rich and detailed case studies of inclusion in four schools are used to enable the development of an understanding that is grounded in the contexts and circumstances of real schools. Whilst focus is on children with visual impairments, many of the themes running through the book hold resonance in relation to thinking about the inclusion of other children with special educational needs.

Children with Visual Impairments
Children with Visual Impairments

Author: Joao Roe

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11-01

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1134753586

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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 Pupils with Visual Impairment
Teaching Pupils with Visual Impairment

Author: Ruth Salisbury

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-08-07

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 1135395659

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Bursting with practical advice, suggestions and handy tips, providing readers with a positive starting point for sharing ideas and good practice, this is a key practical guide to making learning accessible for primary and secondary school pupils with visual impairment. This user-friendly book shows how, with appropriate support, pupils with visual impairment in mainstream schools can have as rewarding an experience of education as their sighted peers. The majority of contributors are qualified teachers for visual impairment, with many years' experience working with pupils in a variety of settings. Covering the curriculum and each subject area in detail, Teaching Pupils with Visual Impairment includes guidance on: activities within and outside the classroom making the school's physical environment accessible inclusion within the school's social environment. Teachers and support staff will have immediate access to a wealth of ideas, supported by invaluable resources on the accompanying CD/website, including a complete electronic version of the book in large print, allowing older pupils to take a more active role in the learning process.

Integration and Inclusion in Action
Integration and Inclusion in Action

Author: Phil Foreman

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780729536035

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Revised and updated second edition. Aimed at undergraduate teacher education courses. Provides strategies for teaching special needs students in regular classroom settings. Covers provision of integration and inclusion skills from a teaching perspective and looks at a teaching model, adaptations to the curriculum and teaching materials, and the use of educational technology. Includes discussion questions, individual and group activities, references and further reading for each chapter, plus references on specific disabilities, glossary and index. Editor is Professor of Education at the University of Newcastle and was Director of the Special Education Centre 1986-1999. He is editor of the 'Journal of Intellectual Disability'.

Opening Eyes Onto Inclusion and Diversity
Opening Eyes Onto Inclusion and Diversity

Author: Susan Carter

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13:

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"In Australia and internationally much still needs to occur to promote inclusive practices in education and society with many educators not feeling equipped to recognise or appreciate diversity or cater effectively for inclusion. With embedded audio-visual components, this open textbook is designed to enhance the quality of the reader's experience with each chapter posing key understandings underpinning inclusion and diversity. Readers are encouraged to answer questions on culture, special learning needs, varied educational contexts, gender diversity and more. The key expected outcome of this open textbook is to engage readers in making meaning of inclusion and diversity and applying their learning to their own individual contexts."--BCcampus website.

Inclusion in Action
Inclusion in Action

Author: Phil Foreman

Publisher: Cengage AU

Published: 2017-04-05

Total Pages: 630

ISBN-13: 0170376176

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How can classroom teachers effectively differentiate learning and teaching programs to provide for the needs of every student in their class? This best-selling text begins by asking "Why include all students?" in regular classrooms and then shows how this can be done. It outlines the philosophy of inclusive education and focuses on the use of individualised planning and effective teaching practices to maximise learning outcomes within positive and productive environments. Vignettes and narratives provide real-life examples that help put the theory in context. This fifth edition includes broader coverage of issues to do with diversity and individual differences, particularly cultural and multicultural inclusion, linguistic diversity and giftedness. There is more throughout on the universal design for learning framework and on partnerships with families, while new pedagogical features encourage readers to reflect. Throughout, it emphasises a practical, research-based approach to teaching that can be applied to support students with a range of differences and additional needs.

Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments
Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

Author: Sharon Sacks

Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 9780891288824

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"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.

ECC Essentials
ECC Essentials

Author: Carol B. Allman

Publisher:

Published: 2014-07

Total Pages: 658

ISBN-13: 9780891284987

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ECC Essentials: Teaching the Expanded Core Curriculum to Students with Visual Impairments is the first comprehensive book for teachers of students with visual impairments to focus on the nine areas of the ECC that encompass the unique skills children and adolescents with visual impairments need to learn in order to access the core educational curriculum and become independent individuals, by providing the rationale, suggestions, and strategies necessary to implement instruction. The nine areas include compensatory access, sensory efficiency, assistive technology, orientation and mobility, independent living, social interaction, recreation and leisure, career education, and self-determination. ECC Essentials helps teachers manage time efficiently and effectively; work with students of different ages and ability levels; collaborate with parents and other members of the educational team; conduct assessments; align instruction with state standards and the general education core curriculum; and maximize planning effectiveness. The book includes learning activities that combine several areas of the ECC; information about additional resources; specific guidelines and strategies for teaching each of the nine areas of the ECC. ECC Essentials provides teachers with a road map for helping their students achieve success in school and in life.