This course uses the text, Keys to Educational Success: Teaching Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities, which is available on Amazon.com
Communication Skills (Keys 7)
Learning Goals and Objectives
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.
Readings
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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Related Courses
This course will provide content related to students who have cortical visual impairment (CVI) and who are considered to be in Phase III CVI.
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.