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Visually Impaired Preschool Services in Louisville, Kentucky has produced the following videos (from the Can Do! Series) |
| Hands-On Experience: Tactual Learning and Skills $49.95 Babies, toddlers and preschoolers who are visually impaired need a lot of encouragement and opportunities for hands-on experiences to build their tactual skills. This video discusses the importance of tactual learning, the progression of tactual skills from infancy through preschool needed for preparing children for Braille reading, and how parents and teachers can help. (9 minutes) |
| Power at Your Fingertips: An Introduction to Learning Braille $79.95 This video features instruction in the Braille alphabet and numbers, an introduction to the use of contractions in Braille, and training in the use of the slate and stylus and Braille writer for writing Braille. Package includes a slate and stylus along with print handbook. (18 minutes) |
| VIPS 1229 Garvin Place Louisville, KY 40203 Attn: Can Do Series 888-636-VIPS http://www.vips.org |
The following videos are available from American Printing House |
| Discovering the Magic of Reading: Elizabeth's Story $22.00 This video and the accompanying brochure provide a compelling account of the value of reading to young children with visual impairments. (10 minutes) |
| American Printing House P O Box 6085 Louisville, KY 40206-0085 502-895-2405 800-223-1839 http://www.aph.org |
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) offers several videos that focus on early intervention for children with visual impairment, including |
| Making the Most of Early Communication: Strategies for Supporting Communication with Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers Whose Multiple Disabilities Include Vision and Hearing Loss $49.95 Deborah Chen, Ph.D. and Pamela Haag Schachter, M.Ed. (1998) This video demonstrates the full range of vision tests used by pediatric ophthalmologists and optometrists in evaluating visual impairment in infants and very young children. Designed as a resource for early interventionists with a variety of backgrounds and for certified teachers of students with visual impairments, this video gives a comprehensive overview and clear explanation of a variety of assessment tools. (20 minutes) |
| American Foundation for the Blind Customer Service P O Box 1020 Sewickley, PA 15142 800-232-3044 http://www.afb.org/ |
| Augmenting Play and Communication for Young Children with Physical Impairments Cynthia J. Cress, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Presented at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference San Francisco, 2000. http://www.unl.edu/barkley/present/cress/cress2.shtml |
| DB-Link DB-Link, The National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who are Deaf-Blind . There are a few articles regarding assessment of infants and toddlers who are deaf-blind. Look at the Assessments and Early Intervention sections. http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/ |
| Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired has a comprehensive web site with many resources for children with visual impairments, their families, and the professionals who collaborate with them. http://www.tsbvi.edu/index.htm |
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