Resources

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	How Do You Use Your Vision? By Penny Rosenblum How Do You Use Your Vision? is a self-paced training module designed to help you understand how you use your vision.
	Parties and Playdates By Karen Hirst Parties and Playdates is a free downloadable guide with ideas to promote social inclusion for children who are blind or visually impaired.
	UEB Prep App By Charlotte Cushman UEB Prep is a a free app designed to teach Unified English Braille (UEB) to people who are sighted.
	Mathematics Made Easy: Instructional Videos By Charlotte Cushman This Mathematics Package for Teachers presents a series of instructional videos for educators and families of students with visual impairment.
	Teaching Pinch Gesture for iPad By AT Neal Wondering how to teach a pinch gesture on the iPad? Try this 3D printed device which reveals photos to surprise and motivate students with low vision.
	UEB Practice Sentences - Second Edition By Roberta Becker UEB Practice Sentences can be used to teach braille students contractions.
	The Counting Method for the Cranmer Abacus By Charlotte Cushman "The Counting Method for the Cranmer Abacus" is a new publication available from TSBVI (Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired).
	Seedlings Makes Reading Affordable with Free and Low-Cost Braille Books for Kids! By Karen Smith Seedlings makes reading affordable with free and low-cost braille books for kids! With the mission of promoting braille literacy, Seedlings Braille Books for Children makes books available to children who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind.
	Appropriate Prescribing Practices for Optical Device Use in Students with Low Vision By Charlotte Cushman Position Paper from AER (Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired) on Appropriate Prescribing Practices for Optical Device Use in Students with Low Vision
	CommonLit: Free Website with Grade Level Stories By Liz Eagan CommonLit is a free website that can be searched using various filters. The stories can then be put into Duxbury to emboss them for braille students.
	dAPDots: Books for Early Braille Readers By Charlotte Cushman dAPDots: Books for Early Braille Readers are designed to print at home with emboss or swell formats. The goal is to promote braille literacy by making braille books more readily available to young readers who are blind or visually impaired.
	Chromebook Basics for Students with Low Vision By jesmcdowellTVIOandM Chromebook Basics for Students with Low Vision provides a comprehensive introduction to getting started with Chromebooks with students who have a visual impairment, including accessibility features and settings and tips for students with low vision.
	Messy and Muddy: A Guide to Outdoor Play for Children with Vision Impairment By Charlotte Cushman RNIB shares a wonderful guide to outdoor play for children who are blind or visually impaired.
	Format Your Word Documents with JAWS and NVDA By Charlotte Cushman Learn how to format your Word documents with JAWS and NVDA! This guide is helpful for students, as well as adults.
	A Bill of Rights for All Children with Visual Impairment and Their Families By Charlotte Cushman A Bill of Rights for All Children with Visual Impairment and their Families was created by COSB and AER.
	Ballyland Code 3 Pick Up: Inclusive Learn-to-Code App for iPad By Charlotte Cushman Ballyland Code 3 Pick Up is an inclusive Learn-to-Code App for iPad that introduces young students to Coding and Computational thinking on an iPad, including those who are blind or visually impaired.
	Podcasts from Perkins By Charlotte Cushman Perkins eLearning has launched a series of podcasts, which are now available free online. Topics include CVI, Active Learning and parenting a child with multiple disabilities.
	The Oregon Project for Preschool Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired By Paths to Literacy The Oregon Project for Preschool Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
	Assistive Technology and Self-Determination By Cecilia Robinson These lessons focus on Assistive Technology and Self-Determination for students who are blind or visually impaired.
	ECC Infused Skills Assessment: Google Forms By Alicia Blevins These Google forms can be used to assess students with multiple disabilities in collaboration with the full team.