Resources

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	Looking Ahead: Visual Impairment and School Eye Health Programs By Charlotte Cushman This report from the World Bank examines some of the challenges facing students with visual impairments in developing countries, especially in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
	WHAT and HOW Does This Child See? By Charlotte Cushman WHAT and HOW Does This Child See? by Lea Hyvärinen, MD, PhD, FAAP, and Namita Jacob, PhD, is now available in its second edition.
	Panopreter Text-to-Speech Software By Charlotte Cushman Panopreter Text-to-Speech Software
	Learning through Touch: Supporting Learners with Multiple Disabilities and Vision Impairment through a Bioecological Systems Perspective By Charlotte Cushman Learning through Touch: Supporting Learners with Multiple Disabilities and Vision Impairment through a Bioecological Systems Perspective is designed for practitioners working with learners with multiple disabilities and vision impairment.
	APH Downloadable Product Manuals By Charlotte Cushman Product Manuals from American Printing House for the Blind (APH) are available free-of-charge.
	CVI and Autism: Shared Behaviors, Not Diagnoses By Paths to Literacy Dr. Christine Roman discusses the shared behaviors in cortical visual impairment (CVI) and autism in this YouTube video.
	INSITE Model for Young Children with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities By Charlotte Cushman Project INSITE is designed to meet the needs of young children with vision impairments and multiple disabilities (including hearing loss) and their families.
	VNC Connect for Mirroring Direct to Student Tablet By AT Neal Step-by-step instructions showing how to set up VNC Connect so that students with visual impairment can access on their tablets content that is being projected in the classroom.
	White Cane Safety Day By Charlotte Cushman White Cane Safety Day (also known as White Cane Awareness Day) is observed every year on October 15th.
	Ballyland Mágico: Spanish Version of App By Charlotte Cushman Ballyland Magico is a Spanish app that is designed to help children who are blind or visually impaired learn and practice a number of touch gestures for VoiceOver on an iPhone or iPad (iOS device).
	Orientation and Mobility 101 By Penny Rosenblum This self-paced video training module is designed to give teachers an overview of Orientation and Mobility for students who are blind or low vision.
	How Can I Support the Student Who Is Using Technology? By Penny Rosenblum How Can I Support the Student who is Using Technology? is a self-paced video training module to introduce you to some of the assistive technology that your student with vision impairment may be using.
	What Is My Role in Adapting Materials? By Penny Rosenblum This self-paced training module is designed to help you to understand your role in adapting materials for students who are blind or visually impaired.
	You and Your Student's Paraprofessional Working Together By Penny Rosenblum You and Your Student's Paraprofessional Working Together is a self-paced training module designed to help you work with your student's teaching assistant to support, rather than impede them.
	How Do Students Write Using Braille? By Penny Rosenblum How Do Students Write Using Braille? is a self-paced training module designed to help teachers understand how students can produce braille.
	What is Braille and How Do Students Read It? By Penny Rosenblum What is Braille and How Do Students Read It? is a self-paced module designed to help teachers understand that braille is a code.
	How Do I Support the Print Reader in My Classroom? By Penny Rosenblum How Do I Support the Print Reader in My Classroom? is a self-paced video module designed to give you information on how students with low vision can access print.
	Who's on My Student's Educational Team? By Penny Rosenblum Who's on My Student's Educational Team? is a self-paced teacher training module designed to help team members understand who is involved with students with visual impairments.
	Functional Vision Assessment 101 By Penny Rosenblum Functional Vision Assessment 101 is a self-paced teacher training module to help you understand how your student uses his or her vision in various environments.
	Understanding the Numbers Behind a Student's Visual Impairment and the Use of Functional Vision By Penny Rosenblum Understanding the Numbers Behind a Student's Visual Impairment and the Use of Functional Vision is a self-paced training module designed to teach the meaning of visual acuity and field measurements.