How to Teach a Blind or Visually Impaired Student

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How to Teach a Blind or Visually Impaired Student
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As a teacher, your main priority is insuring that
all of your students have an equal opportunity to
access learning materials and succeed in your
course.Academy for blind in Bangalore To teach
visually impaired or blind students you should
modify your teaching strategy, allow for the use
of visual aids and assistive technology, and
create a safe learning environment.
Introduction
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Always use a visually impaired students first
name when addressing them. This way they will
know you are talking to them and not someone
else. When passing in hallways instead of saying,
Hi have people announce their name as students
may not be able to recognize faces. An example,
Hi Sara, its Mrs. Murphy, how are you today?
Prompt fellow students to do the same because
this fosters connection in the school community.
Always use names
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some instances visually impaired or blind
students may need extra time to complete their
assignments and tests. This is typically because
reading braille or using some form of
technological aide can take additional
time. Although you want to give an appropriate
amount of time for visually impaired or blind
students to complete their work, you do not want
them use their vision as an excuse to hand in
work late. Set deadlines and make sure they stick
to them.
Give visually impaired or blind students
additional time to complete work
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Even though you will need to make certain
modifications to your teaching style and
classroom structure in order to accommodate
students with visual impairments, you should
still hold these students to the same standard as
the rest of their peers. For example, all
classroom rules and behavioural expectations
should apply to all of the students in the class.
Avoid giving special treatment to visually
impaired students.
Treat all of your students equally
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When you are teaching visually impaired or blind
students, you may need to modify the curriculum
and the way you teach the curriculum in order the
meet the students needs. For example, when
teaching art, you will want to rely more on
tactile experiences. Try sculpting and working
with clay, instead of drawing or
colouring.Schools for blind in bangalore
Conclusion
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