SPED 606

Name : KRISTEN ANN L. PRADO

Professor: : GENARA PACAÑA

Task 2: Inclusive Classroom Design for Learners with Visual Impairment

Intended Learning Outcome: Propose an inclusive classroom environment that accommodates
learners
with special educational needs including those with visual impairments.
Instructions:
1. Read about the specific needs and challenges faced by students with visual impairments in a
classroom setting.
2. Make a classroom layout based on the principle of access and easy mobility on the part of the
learners with visual impairments. Consider the placement of furniture, teaching aids, and
technology.
3. Identify and describe specific assistive technologies that can be incorporated into the
classroom to support students with visual impairments. Discuss how these technologies
enhance the learning of children with visual impairments.

Classroom Layout for Visually Impaired Learners

Television Teacher’s Table

Assistive Technologies

Cabinet
play area
 Cabinet

Simple, high contrast, no clutter or patterns, and less items in a room. For our students who are blind,
careful consideration must also be in place for arranging and organizing the room.
Some few considerations:
 Protruding objects limit - it gives a person with limited vision sufficient time to detect the
element with the cane before there is body contact.
 Descriptive language- Words like “there”, “this”, and “that”, which are commonly paired with a
gesture, do not provide blind people with sufficient information.
Instead of saying,’’ The trashcan is over there.’’ say ‘’ The trashcan is to the left of the door’’.

Assistive technologies that can be incorporated into the classroom to support students with visual
impairments.
 Braille displays- consist a row of cells with smalls pins that can be raised or lowered to form
Braille characters. These cells are controlled electronically and can be used to display text from a
computer, tablet or smartphone.
 Audio books- it allow the students hear the written words.
 Braile books, tape recorder, talking calculators and computer equipment- give the pupils an
access to required course material. In addition, some pupils may also use large print books
and electronic visual aids to make teaching and learning process more effective and
memorable for them.
The primary purpose of these assistive technology is to maintain and improve the pupil who
are visually impaired to be independent.