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 5 UEB students, which is about double the typical number of students for a Hadley teacher. To help meet the demand for this course, Hadley has added an additional, part-time braille instructor on a temporary basis to help accommodate the many students looking for training. In addition to the transition course, Hadley just completed the update of its "Introduction to Braille" course in UEB and it's currently updating its existing course, "Braille Literacy 3" which should be ready in early 2016. The "Introduction to Braille, UEB Edition" course will be ready for enrollment in the early fall of 2015. This 9-lesson course is intended for sighted professionals and family members who wish to learn uncontracted UEB. Enrollment in the "Introduction to Braille, UEB Edition" course is also open to those students who completed Hadley's older "Introduction to Braille" course which taught uncontracted EBAE. This allows professionals and family members who only use uncontracted braille to transition their skills to UEB. For professionals who complete this course, CEU's will be awarded. The course, "Braille Literacy 3, UEB Edition," parallels the content of "Introduction to Braille, UEB Edition" but teaches tactile readers to read 14

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