Strategies for Multiple Disabilities

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	DIY Theme Boxes By Charlotte Cushman Theme boxes can be used to help children who are blind or visually impaired with multiple disabilities to develop basic concepts, expand language, and understand experiences.
	Opposites By Katie Armstrong This hands-on activity is designed to help young children who are blind or visually impaired or who have multiple disabilities to identify items that are same and different or big and little
	Adapted Counting Work By Katie Armstrong This counting activity uses a switch to reinforce the concept of 1:1 correspondence for children who are blind or visually impaired with additional disabilities.
	Dr. Seuss-Themed Activities By Charlotte Cushman Fun hands-on activities using Dr. Seuss books to teach concept development and literacy skills to children who are blind or visually impaired, including those w/ multiple disabilities or deafblindness
	Inching Our Way to Literacy By Jaime Brown Textures can be used to refer to the same book in different contexts for students who are blind or visually impaired with multiple disabilities.
	Story Box for "All You Need for a Snowman" By Charlotte Cushman This storybox is a fun winter activity for children who are blind or visually impaired, deafblind or multiply disabled. Uses real objects about winter
	Modifying Books for Children with CVI By Charlotte Cushman Many picture books need to be modified for kids with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Decreasing visual clutter and increasing contrast is a simple strategy.
	Labeling the Environment in an Accessible Format By Charlotte Cushman Labeling items in the environment in an accessible format is important for developing literacy skills, as well as O & M or Orientation and Mobility for kids who are blind or visually impaired.
	Making Pizza By Charlotte Cushman Making pizza can be a functional and meaningful way to incorporate literacy skills for students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities or deafblindness.
	Ten Scents of Christmas Sensory Cards By Charlotte Cushman This multi-sensory game uses the Ten Scents of Christmas in a matching game, which can be adapted for children who are blind or visually impaired.
	Motivating Older Adolescents Who Are Emerging Readers By Megan Mogan This strategy from a speech therapist is designed to help teachers find appropriate literacy instruction for students who have significant multiple disabilities in addition to their visual impairment.
	Tactile Advent Calendar By Charlotte Cushman Tactile advent calendar uses objects
	Squishy Bag - A tactile / multi-sensory approach to pre-writing and writing skills By Charlotte Cushman This multi-sensory tactile activity encourages children to develop handskills, including hand and finger strength, finger isolation, and squeezing.
	Make Your Own Touch Book! By Charlotte Cushman Learn how to make a touch book to promote tactile skills with children who are blind or visually impaired, deafblind or who have multiple disabilities
	Beginning Story Box: Little Rabbit's Bedtime By kimberlyd415 This storybox presents simple familiar objects to illustrate the story of Little Rabbit's Bedtime.
	Experience Book About Planting Seeds By kimberlyd415 This experience story about planting seeds uses pictures, text in braille and print, and other tactile materials to share the story and sequence events.
	Beginning Books for Children with CVI By Beth Allen Create books for children with cortical visual impairment (CVI) using simple materials with limited complexity.
	Tactile Quilts That Tell a Story By Rocky@Perkins There are many ways to tell a story and in this example students who are blind or visually impaired tell stories on tactile quilts.
	Individualized Adapted Calendars By Charlotte Cushman Ideas for setting up individual calendars for students with visual impairments and additional disabilities
	Counting in Tactile Journals By Rocky@Perkins Create tactile books or journals to work on counting and other early learning concepts with young children who are blind or visually impaired.