Sensory Activities: Experiences to Improve Communication and Literacy for Children with Visual and Multiple Disabilities

Presented by Faye Gonzalez, TVI & COMS

This tutorial explains the importance of pairing sensory activities and communication skills for more effective learning for children with visual and multiple disabilities. It also covers strategies to infuse these sensory experiences directly with communication and literacy development as well as discuss ideas for effective team implementation. Sensory activities are commonly used to help children with visual and multiple disabilities to use all of their available senses to process environmental information and develop compensatory skills. Sensory activities can also be used to strengthen skill building in other critical areas, such as communication and literacy.

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Participants will earn 1.5 Professional Development Points, ACVREP, CTLE, or Continuing Education credits by completing an online quiz. By registering for Professional Development Points, ACVREP, CTLE, or Continuing Education credits, you will be provided with a self-paced tutorial using video clips and other resources related to this topic, as well as an online test to assess your knowledge.

This is a web-based, self-guided professional development activity for TVIs, VRTs, O&Ms, Parents, Teachers of the Deafblind or Severely Impaired, and Rehabilitation Specialists.

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Learning Goals and Objectives

Participants will:

  • Explore activities and lessons that combine sensory, communication and literacy skills.
  • Understand the role of sensory experiences for children with visual and multiple impairments.
  • Learn how to maximize effective skill development and the use of available materials with a series of learning activities.

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The video content below will be presented within your tutorial module.

Total Viewing Time: 1 hour

Webinar on Sensory Activities. Sensory Activities: Experiences to Improve Communication and Literacy for Children with Visual and Multiple Disabilities

by: Faye Gonzalez, TVI & COMS

  • Upon successful completion of the test, you will earn 1.5 Professional Development Points, ACVREP, CTLE, or Continuing Education credits (your choice). You will be able to print a signed Perkins certificate demonstrating that you earned the credits.
  • Instructions on how to enroll in the tutorial and take the online test will be emailed to you after you have successfully registered. Perkins eLearning profiles are unique to the learning platform, and separate from any other username/password you have with Perkins. If you already have a user profile for the learning platform, you will use that existing profile to access the tutorial.

 

PRESENTERS SUMMARY:
Faye Gonzalez has been an itinerant TVI and COMS since 1997 and currently works for the Madison School District in Arizona. She specializes in using Assistive Technology with children with visual and multiple disabilities. Her passion is helping these extra-special children to be more independent and better able to communicate with their friends and family.

 

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