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| Title | Advice for Teaching the Visually Impaired (Part 2) |
| Body | Here are some more tips for teachers who have blind or visually-impaired students. ---- The NFB (National Federation of the Blind) is now offering some films with videodescription on line, for FREE, in French and in English. Videodescription is a track, in the sound tracks, that carries a description of the visuals in a film. The description is read by an actor, so the tone conveys part of the message. The description is inserted between sounds of the film, so the blind person doesn't miss out on the audio environment of the film. Have a look at: http://www.nfb.ca/animation (in English) or www.onf.ca/animation (in French) http://www.nfb.ca/aboriginalperspectives (in English) or http://www.onf.ca/visionsautochtones (in French) Barker, S. Re: Visually impaired students. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (24 Aug. 2006). ---- I'm taking a class on special education to clear my credential right now, and last night the instructors were discussing IEPs. They said that if the IEP team (which includes us, the student's general ed teacher) decided that the student needed a textbook(s) in braille in order to succeed in a class, and the team put this in the IEP, then by law the district would have to provide textbooks in braille. They also mentioned that an IEP meeting can be requested at any time, even if the student's annual review has already happened and textbooks in braille wasn't included at the time. I assume this is accurate information, and that it applies to students throughout the country. Morales, K. Re: Visual Impairments in a Language Class. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (8 Sept. 2006). |
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