Shine the Light on Literacy: Make & Take Books for Students Who Are Visually Impaired and Early Readers - 25553
Create three book adaptations for children with visual impairments and leave with lesson plans! During this make-and-take session, you will adapt several books for early readers who are blind or low vision. The presenter will provide lesson plans for all literary works. Planning ahead provides more opportunities for students to participate in inclusive literacy activities. This in an engaging workshop on addressing the varied literacy needs of students with visual impairments.
The participants will:
- Review literacy lesson plans.
- Identify adaptations for individual students.
- Create modified children books for immediate use.
Audiences
Teacher - Special Education, Paraprofessionals
Prerequisite/Special Notes
Participants must be a teacher of students with visual impairments, COMS, or a braille transcriber to attend this workshop.
Objectives
The participants will
Review literacy lesson plans
Identify adaptations for individual students
Create a modified children books for immediate use
Session
48608
Fee
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Seats Left
T-TESS
Registration Deadline
Credit Type
Duration
00:00
T-PESS
Presenter
This session is closed for registrations.
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