Starts on TBD and runs for 8 weeks.
This course provides a strong rationale for teaching social skills to students with visual impairments by examining the differences in social development. Learners will be introduced to assessment and instructional strategies for teaching social skills to students with visual impairments including students who have visual impairments and additional disabilities.
Required Text
Sacks, S.Z. & Wolffe, K.E., (2006). Teaching social skills to students with visual impairments: From Theory to Practice. Published by AFB Press.
List price: $49.95 Paperback, $30.00 online, $34.95 electronic text. To order this book, please contact Sarah Bush - American Printing House for the Blind at (502)899-2306, or sbush@aph.org
CREDIT TYPES |
EARLY BIRD PRICE |
REGULAR PRICE |
Graduate Credits |
$670.00 |
$695.00 |
PDPs, CEs, ACVREP, CTLEs, ASHA |
$375.00 |
$399.00 |
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this class, participant will be able to:
- Identify strategies for teaching social skills to students with visual impairments.
- Identify types of social skills interventions and strategies to promote friendships.
- Describe the importance of teaching social skills and the obstacles face by students with visual impairments.
- Describe the role of the teacher and the family in teaching social skills.
- Identify why assessment is essential and describe the different types of social skills assessments.
- Describe the differences in social development for children & adolescents with visual impairments.
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