Looking to Learn: Promoting Literacy for Students with Low Vision / Edition 1

by Frances Mary D'Andrea, Carol Farrenkopf

Overview

This handbook gives teachers practical tips and advice on improving literacy skills for students with low vision. It includes clear explanations of topics such as how to interpret eye reports, perform functional vision assessments, and work with low-vision service providers. Busy teachers will also welcome the chapters on easy-to-implement games and classroom activities that are fun for students and, at the same time, are useful aids to improving literacy skills. A resource section, tables, sample reports, and sidebars provide additional information on helping students use their vision effectively.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780891283461
Publisher:	American Printing House for the Blind
Publication date:	08/01/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	891,647
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.54(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	About the Editors	ix
	About the Contributors	ix
	Introduction: Paths to Literacy	1
1	Interpreting an Eye Report	11
2	Performing a Functional Low Vision Assessment	32
3	Working Effectively with a Low Vision Clinic	84
4	Low Vision Devices: An Overview	117
5	Activities and Games for Teaching Children to Use Monocular Telescopes	137
6	Activities and Games for Teaching Children to Use Magnifiers	167
7	Activities and Games for Teaching Children to Use a CCTV	189
	Resources	215
	Glossary	225
	Index	233

Editorial Reviews

Education specialists, teachers, and other professionals explain how teachers can help students with poor eyesight make maximum use of the vision they do have to become more efficient in completing visual tasks. Among the approaches are devices such as closed-circuit television or a handheld magnifier, changing lighting for different tasks, and instruction programs. Students who cannot see well but are not blind often fall between a teacher's efforts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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