Keep Lesson Plans Simple
Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVIs) often tell me how they ran out of time during a student’s session to complete the lesson they had planned whether it was washing…
Accessible Material Formatting
It is important to work with teams to get student materials on time for accessible formatting. Many a Teacher for the Visually Impaired (TVI) has been frustrated by wanting to…
Should Students Call Tech Support
I have heard many Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVIs) voice frustration with themselves for not being fluent in every part of each of their student’s assistive technology devices. And that’s…
How Teachers of the Visually Impaired Should Manage Lesson Plans
Teachers for the Visually Impaired should not be overwhelmed by writing lesson plans, nor should they be overwhelmed by keeping track of IEP goal progress data. How is that possible,…
Make Room for Student Self Advocacy
As a Teacher for the Visually Impaired (TVI), you can encourage student self-advocacy by making space for it in your own class, also known as direct vision services. As…
Hybrid learning recreation and leisure: How do you do that?
As a teacher for the visually impaired, I am often asked, “what do you teach”? There are nine skill areas that students with visual impairments often need direct instruction in,…
Teach for the Future Today
Students with visual impairments must be directly taught how to do things that their sighted peers learn incidentally. A baby with sight is incidentally learning how to pour a drink,…
Gift ideas for kids with Low Vision/Blindness/Deafblindness
Today we will be looking at gift ideas for kids with visual impairments! Once you’ve picked out the gift, head on over to our post about fun ways to wrap…
WRAPPING GIFTS: Strategies for kids with VI
Curious about how to wrap a gift for a person with a visual impairment? Read on for some tips on how to make sure your little person feels included and…
Gift ideas for kids with CVI
Today we will be looking at gift ideas for all phases of CVI! In this series, we will also be looking at low vision and Blind/Deafblind gift ideas, so be…
