Early Intervention

Squigz: Toy to Promote Improvement of Developmental Skills and Independence
Photo of silicone suction cup toys: bright red with 3 suction cups and orange with one suction cup and bulb.
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Activities using these fun toys to develop concepts and strengthen finger strength for brailling and touch screen gestures!
TinyTap App: CVI-Friendly Books and Games
Screenshot of TinyTap app while creating the Spring Flowers interactive book. "Creating Interactive Customized Books & Games"
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Great resource to create your own INTERACTIVE book or find teacher-created CVI-friendly resources!
VoiceOver Teaching Strategies: Spatial Concepts Activity
Photo of 7-year old tapping an animal in the Very Hungry Caterpillar: First Words app and text, "Teaching Strategies"
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How to introduce a new app to a student and to build foundation spatial and directional concepts.
Learning VoiceOver: Problem-Solving Activity
Cartoon character of a boy rolling his eyes and pulling out his hair. Text, "Technology: Problem-solving"
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Are you new to VoiceOver and wondering what in the world is happening?
Remote iPad Instruction with a Toddler: Luke
22 month old Luke standing using a 1-finger tap to start an iPad app.
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What can a 22 month old child who is visually impaired do on an iPad?
Braille Alphabet Coloring Pages Part 2: Tactile Graphics vs. Raised Line Drawings
PAIF-ready raised line coloring page of Donald Duck and text, "Tactile Graphics vs. Raised Line Drawings"
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Why are raised line drawing concepts important?
Alphabet Bubble Book: CVI Emerging Reader
Letter "A" with word bubble and image of a red apple. Text, "Alphabet Book"
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Here's a great book to introduce letters and phonetics to emerging readers with CVI!
Braille Alphabet Coloring Pages
Image of the B (bunny) tactile coloring page with text, "Braille Alphabet Coloring Page"
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Download these free tactile braille alphabet sheets for your emerging reader!
VoiceOver Teaching Strategies for Preschool TVIs
Photo of 4 year old Angel tapping an iPad screen with TVI Becky beside him; text, " VoiceOver Teaching Strategies: Preschool".
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Follow this terrific TVI and her 4 year old student as he successfully masters the challenging double tap gesture!
Creating PIAF Tactile Images: Graphic Book Cover
Photo of braille Ospreys book with tactile image of an osprey and text, "PIAF: Tactile Book Cover"
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Why should braille students have tactile book covers and how do you make them?

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