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An audit-level price is also available for those who do not need professional development credits.
This course uses the text, Keys to Educational Success: Teaching Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities, which is available through APH Press.
Session I of this module discusses the impact of visual impairments and multiple disabilities on communication, how communication develops, the forms of communication, and other key components of communication.
Session 2 examines ways to support the development of communication, establishing communication goals for students with visual and multiple disabilities, and interpreting intended communication of behaviors that are challenging.
Sacks, S.Z. & Zatta, M. C., Eds. Keys to Educational Success: Teaching Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities. New York, AFB Press, 2016
Additional required readings are provided through the learning platform. Additional suggested reading is optional.
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Participants will learn about the Sensorimotor Stage of Development,the Van Dijk Approach,levels of learning in the Sensory Learning Kit and more.
Use the "What's the Complexity" Framework to design a visually accessible school day for for children with CVI.
Plan and administer individualized, age-appropriate, and culturally responsive assessments to develop appropriate activities