Teaching Students

● Preferential seating with his/her back to

windows. Reduce glare!
● Black contrast print on white paper
with Visual ● do not laminate
● more time to complete assignments.
Impairments ● Word games, puzzles and graphs may be
inappropriate for low vision students.
Children General Ed Classroom ● Give the student the grade he/she earns.
Mainstreaming and Parent Tips ● The rules of discipline should be the same for
a low vision student, as for any other

Strategies for Students who are Blind

● It's okay to say "look" and "see."
● Provide verbal explanations. Allow the student
time to handle tactually adapted materials.
● Spatial directions must be given from the
STUDENT'S perspective.
● Preferential seating
● Additional time to order Classroom handouts,
in braille, tactile formats and/or verbal
descriptions. USe electronic textbooks.
● Expect the student with visual impairments to
complete the same assignments as the rest of
the class.
● Independence is of primary importance!
● Avoid leaving doors and drawers ajar or chairs
“According to VisionAware, it is estimated that the sense out from under tables and desks
of sight provides approximately 80% of all the information ● Address all students by name so that the
we receive about the world.” student with visual impairments can learn to
associate names with voices of classmates.
● Always treat the student with visual
Changes in the medium used: impairments equally as other students
● braille
● large print
Resources
● audiotape
● electronic text
● oral testing/scribing
● Teaching Students with Visual Impairments by Elizabeth Wallace

● Teaching Students with Visual Impairments by Carmen Willings

● Making the Learning Environment Accessible to Students with Visual

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Strategies for Students with Low Vision 1Oksana Mozgina, Soumya Basavaraj, Keith Vann