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there are not numerous resources that these special educators can use to
help them accommodate for their students. There are many hands-on
strategies that have been used to accommodate for those with visual
impairments, but there has not been a distinct method of guidelines that has
been provided to teachers. There is a clear need to identify these effective
hands-on strategies for children with visual impairments, which I have begun
to unravel.
In a few shorts months, I will be a certified teacher of the visually
impaired. In the past three years, I have been studying the field of special
education: visual impairments at Kutztown University in Kutztown,
Pennsylvania. It is in my classes and research that I realize the lack of
resources there are for adapting science in the general education curriculum
for students who are blind or visually impaired. With being able to understand
the importance of science, I wanted to change this deficiency of resources.
For the past year, I have been conducting research to find the best methods
of teaching science to elementary students with visual impairments. I have
done this through observations, interviews, and readings. Once I felt like I
had a substantial amount of information, I began to look at the Pennsylvanian
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