Teaching Braille to Pupils in Mainstream Classrooms
Presented on Tuesday 13 January 2009
Content
This course covered Braille/print decision making for a child who has experienced sight loss. Carrying out a Learning Media Assessment. Introduction of Braille to a child who has previously learnt print: A consideration of what makes Braille successful for these children and a discussion of some of the practical issues involved such as timetabling/workload.
Target Audience: teachers, additional support assistants and parents who work with children who are visually impaired.
Presenters: Janis Sugden, Co-ordinator, Scottish Sensory Centre/University
of Edinburgh
Louise France, QTVI, Chartered Teacher Sensory Support Service, Glasgow
Patricia Fraser, International Sales Manager, Quantum Technology, Northampton
Adrienne Speirits , QTVI, Sensory Support Service, Glasgow
Programme
10.20 am Introduction, Janis Sugden
- 10.45 am Braille or Print? Decision Making: What makes Braille successful for children with low vision?, Louise France
- Reflections on visit to Sweden, Adrienne Speirits
- The Effects of Sight Loss
- 11.30 am Learning Media Assessment: Looking at how to document the decision process using Koenig and Holbrook's LMA, Louise France
- 1.15 pm Practical Session: Mountbatten Braillers, Patricia Fraser
- 2.15 pm Practical Issues in teaching Braille: Developing an efficient reading technique, Louise France
- Reading Schemes and letter or an 'emergent' approach, timetabling and workload, Adrienne Speirits
3.30 pm Discussion, Course Evaluation and Close