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Instructional Accommodations: Making the Learning Environment Accessible to Students with Visual Disabilities
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Perspectives and Resources
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Objectives
After reviewing the Perspectives and Resources section and completing the accompanying activities, you should be able to:
- Describe how visual impairments impact learning
- Explain the need for an expanded core curriculum for students with visual impairments
- Identify multiple strategies for altering educational materials and teaching methods for students who are blind and for those who have low vision
- Generate ideas for including and welcoming students with visual disabilities into the general education classroom
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What does Ms. Milton need to know about students with visual impairments?
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| Basic Needs and Where to Collect Information
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| What It Means to Have a Visual Impairment
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| How Visual Impairments Impact Learning
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| The Need for an Expanded Core Curriculum
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What should Ms. Milton consider when creating lesson plans
to ensure the inclusion of Evan and Emily?
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| Educational Materials
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| Instructional Methods Inside the Classroom
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Page 7
| Events Outside of the Classroom
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How can Ms. Milton facilitate Evan's and Emily's social adjustment?
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Page 8
| Common Courtesy and Effective Communication
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Page 9
| The Development of Social Skills
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Sources
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The IRIS Center
Special Education Resources for Inclusion,
Scientifically-Validated and Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies
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