Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBEQ.61.2.Spring.2016

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 17 into the lives of students with visual impairments. Therefore, it is important that family members be involved to the extent that they are interested and able in the instruction and reinforcement of these skills. Ideally, teachers of students with visual impairments work closely with families of young children to lay the foundation of high expectations for participation of students in the activities that engage the family at home and in the community. As the children age, families and teachers work closely together to identify gaps in children's skillsets, to assist each other to determine how best to teach needed skills, and to ensure that the skills are used by students when needed. Position Because students with visual impairments do not learn critical skills incidentally through observation, it is important that instruction in these skills be provided to students in a manner that promotes their natural evolution throughout the developmental period. 132

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