Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE Quarterly Volume 60(4)

A quarterly newsletter from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Visual Impairments containing practitioner tips for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and other professionals.

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; Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2016 2 Offered though Hadley's proven distance education model, the course is a cost-effective, accessible way to reach people nationwide and teach them the changes in the braille code. The "Transitioning to Unified English Braille" course is restricted to those who have competent skills in contracted EBAE and consists of six lessons: 1. Eliminated Contractions and New Spacing Rules 2. Using Groupsigns 3. Punctuation and Numbers 4. Wordsigns and Shortforms 5. Capitalization, Grade 1 and Typeforms 6. Miscellaneous Symbols Each lesson provides practice exercises to complete before the student submits an assignment. Hadley's braille instructors, who have prepared supplemental readings in UEB and reference materials, grade the assignments. A certificate of completion and CEU's are awarded to professionals who earn a passing grade in the course by demonstrating their ability to read and write UEB. 11

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