Editor's Note: Please refer to the background article: Writing CAN Be Child's Play: A Collaborative Writing Program.
Students in the Writing Together Program have produced many kinds of interesting stories. I will be...
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Posted by Liamsmom
When I was first introduced to the idea of "scribbling" for my son Liam who is deafblind, I remember thinking, “Scribbling doesn’t really make sense for my son since he can’t see what he is scribbling”. Well, I came to...
Posted by Faye Gonzalez
By Faye Gonzalez, TVI & COMS
I had a dilemma over the past year in working with my students who have Visual & Multiple Disabilities (V&MD). One student in particular challenged my teaching methods. My dilemma was:
Sensory activities...
Posted by Gwyn McCormack
Top Access Tips: Writing
Students with visual impairments often benefit from the use of specialized tools and materials. Special paper, writing tools, lighting and other equipment can make it easier for them to write. It is important to...
Posted by Sharon@TSBVI
Recently I had a student ask me if there were any apps for the iPad which would allow her to format and edit a document. She was currently emailing her documents she created in the Notes app to the classroom teacher and wanted to continue that process but...
Posted by Megan Mogan
About 3 years ago I found myself in the middle of what I thought was a routine Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team meeting for a high school student who also happened to be present at the table. After a discussion of Eligibility categories and well into...
Posted by Steve Perreault
The real purpose of this activity is to create motivation about braille for teenagers who are newly blind and congenitally deaf. This approach uses language experience stories written in contracted braille to give the full sense of braille....
Posted by Katie Armstrong
Handwriting Without Tears (now called "Learning Without Tears") is a multi-sensory writing curriculum created for early childhood through 5th grade. I have been using the pre-school program called, Get Set For School, in my early...
Posted by Faye Gonzalez
Kids with visual and multiple disabilities often struggle with writing. Let’s face it, these students often struggle with being effective communicators, much less with being effective writers! In the maze of challenges our students...
Posted by Megan Mogan
by Megan Mogan, MS, CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist
In my last post we talked about using van Dijk’s coactive movement strategies to establish meaningful and enjoyable topics for our early communicators. Next I want to share a pretty simple...
Posted by Megan Mogan
Megan Mogan, MS, CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist
I’m sure you are a little confused that this is a literacy post and I am stuffing frosting into my face next to a student in the photograph to the left. Well, I promise you it’s a...
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