Strategies for Multiple Disabilities

Below are posts related to Multiple Disabilities strategies.



August record book

Accessible Record-Keeping Book

Create your own accessible record-keeping book to track work of braille students
Picture of tri-fold board used as a word wall

“Can We Do Oreo Reading Now?” #3 Word Wall

Make the classroom word wall accessible to students who are blind or low vision!
Child wearing tactile vest

Make Your Own Tactile Vest

Tips to create your own tactile vest for students with significant multiple impairments
Playing lucky ladybug game

Family Game Time: Modified Ladybug Game

Adapted color matching game to play with children who are blind or deafblind using braille and other modifications.
Tactile American flag with braille

Tactile American Flag

The tactile American flag has the Pledge of Allegiance in braille and makes the stars and stripes accessible. This is great for the 4th of July (Independence Day), Flag Day or any day at school!
Gold sticker

Literacy Tips for Children with CVI: Searching for a Salient Feature

Literacy tips for children with CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment) to find salient feature on a page
Boy riding on a train

All Aboard! Experience Book About Trains

Get ideas to make your own experience book for children who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind, low vision or with multiple disabilities!
Teacher appreciation

Operation Teacher (and Nurse!) Appreciation

Showing appreciation for teachers and nurses is a great way to incorporate braille literacy and the Expanded Core Curriculum, while also building support among team members.
Page of tactile book of There Was An Old Lady

Making "There Was an Old Lady" Accessible

Make "There Was an Old Lady" accessible to children who are blind or visually impaired using objects, tactile and picture symbols, and a talking book
Picture symbols for Ferdinand the Bull

Making Ferdinand the Bull Accessible

Making Ferdinand the Bull accessible to young children with visual impairments through story box, picture and tactile symbols, and talking book
Hand exploring items on texture tray

Texture Trays

Create texture trays for students with visual impairments and multiple disabilities to encourage tactile exploration
Story box items for If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Ideas for Sharing "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" with Children Who Are Visually Impaired

Create a storybox, tactile symbols and picture symbols to make If You Give a Mouse a Cookie accessible to children with low vision or multiple disabilities
Bear Hunt made accessible

"We're Going On a Bear Hunt": Accessible Ideas for Children with Multiple Disabilities

Making children's book accessible to students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities
Bear and Hare book with picture symbol of fish

Adapting Bear and Hare Go Fishing for Children with Visual Impairments

Adapting picture books for children with visual impairments
Braille writing song

Braille Writing Song

Song to teach finger position to create dots on a brailler
Corduroy full storybox

Making "Corduroy" Accessible to Readers with Visual Impairments

Making "Corduroy" book accessible to children with visual impairments through storybox, tactile symbols, picture symbols, and talking book.
Story box for "Are You My Mother?"

Adapting "Are You My Mother?" for Children with Multiple Disabilities

Adapting "Are You My Mother?" picture book to make it accessible to children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities
Story Box for "If You Take a Mouse to School"

Adapting "If You Take a Mouse to School" for a Student with CVI

Make an early childhood book accessible to children who are blind or who have CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment) or multiple disabilities.
Alice the Fairy Story Box

Making "Alice the Fairy" Accessible

Tips to modify and adapt "Alice the Fairy" for children with visual impairments and additional disabilities
Pipe cleaner wrapped around finger

Teaching Finger Isolation to Braille Students with Additional Disabilities

Ideas to teach finger isolation skills to braille students with visual impairments and multiple disabilities

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