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Strategies to promote literacy for children with blindness or visual impairment: Provide a variety of hands-on, meaningful experiences. Children learn best through real-world experiences in which they can have a direct, first-hand understanding of something and not just a verbal explanation.
- Always use names. Always use a visually impaired student’s first name when addressing them. This way they will know you are talking to them and not someone else.
- It’s okay to use words that reference sight. Don’t avoid words like “see” and “look.” Just like their sighted peers, these words should be part of a blind or visually impaired student’s vocabulary to connote how they see, whether by touch, bringing things close or in normal conversation, like saying “see you later!”
- Don’t gesture, always verbalize. When writing on the board, always verbalize what you are writing so the student has access to that information and can follow along.
- Avoid asking if a student can see something. Don’t ask a student, “Can you see this?” They often can see it, but that does not mean that they can access it or read it.
Nov 19, 2022 · We'll give you some tips on how to teach sighted children about blindness so they can interact with their blind classmates.
May 28, 2024 · Social bonds between children who are blind or visually impaired and their caregivers can be affected when there is lack of eye contact, possible lack of smiling, and frequent passivity or constant tactual exploration in less than ideal locations.
Teach sighted children in the classroom simple lessons about techniques to guide blind children. Whenever possible, ask the child who is blind to select their guide. Let the child who is blind self-navigate through the room, even if it takes him or her a bit longer to join the activity.
A fluent blind student can help a weaker sighted student to read. A blind student may be able to explain something in a different way so that another student understands. A blind student may be able to take more comprehensive notes on an electronic device than their counterparts can by hand.
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Good social skills lead to peer acceptance and inclusion, and greater personal satisfaction. This webcast explains the importance of including social skills instruction when teaching children who are blind or visually impaired.
