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Download full textGothelf, Carole R.; And Others – 1988
Intended for use by New York City special education teachers with little or no experience serving students with dual sensory impairments as well as cognitive disabilities, the manual identifies teaching strategies that are easy to implement yet based on direct experience and the current research. Chapter titles and sample topics include the…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Deaf Blind
Peer reviewedJoffee, E.; Rikhye, C. H. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
A program for teaching orientation and mobility to New York City public school students with severe sensory and cognitive impairments incorporates tactile and tangible communication systems and embeds mobility education in students' daily school and home activities. This paper examines necessary prerequisite concepts and offers planning and…
Descriptors: Blindness, Communication (Thought Transfer), Integrated Activities, Mental Retardation
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1987
This resource guide assists teachers in offering optimum educational opportunities to visually impaired students. Introductory material describes the range of visual impairments and the cooperative process recommended for the planning and implementation of students' education programs. Answers are provided to some common concerns of teachers with…
Descriptors: Blindness, Clinical Diagnosis, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum
American Foundation for the Blind, New York, NY. – 1968
Suggestions for curriculum development for educable mentally handicapped, visually handicapped students aged 13 to 18 years are presented. A discussion of communication skills includes the areas of listening, oral communication, reading, writing, and spelling and teaching methods for each. The goals of the computation skills sequence, basic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Arithmetic, Communication Skills, Curriculum
O'Neill, John; And Others – 1990
This handbook is part of a packet intended to aid educators, families, and adult service providers to facilitate the transition from school to adult life in the community for students with both cognitive disabilities and visual or dual sensory impairments. Emphasis is on transition planning and community based instruction, including vocational…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills
Inservice Training Program for Teachers and Aides of Deaf-Blind Children, Summer, 1975. Proceedings.
Franklin, Barbara – 1976
Presented are notes taken from a 6-week inservice training program for 30 teachers and 30 paraprofessionals who work with deaf-blind children. Entries are divided into two sections--lectures and minicourses--and include the following titles: "Piaget" (V. Robinson), "Dichotic Listening--Research and Applications" (B. Franklin), "Curriculum Ideas…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Child Development, Counseling, Curriculum
American Association of Instructors of the Blind, Washington, DC. – 1966
THE THEME OF THE CONVENTION WAS "RESEARCH--KEY TO PROGRESS," AND PAPERS WERE DELIVERED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS (1) RESEARCH ON THE TEACHING OF READING AND IMPROVING READING SKILLS, (2) RESEARCH ON INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS AND ORIENTATION, MOBILITY, AND TRAVEL, (3) RESEARCH ON THE CHILD WITH LIMITED BUT USEFUL VISION, (4) RESEARCH ON THE…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Braille, Children
