Subject Resources

General

• Do's And Don'ts For Teaching Social Skills
• A Hands-on Workshop to Help Elementary School Children Learn About Visual Impairments
• Accessible Instructional Resources - websites that are accessible for use in instruction
• Classroom strategies for students with visual impairments
• Creating Educational Toys And Activities For Children Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired
• CREATIVE ADAPTATIONS FOR LEARNING - Creators of innovative tactile (embossed) illustrations.
• E.X.P.L.O.R.E. The Possibilities! - An Approach to Transition
• Fun and Educational Web Links link to Peg Marston's site of accessible educational links
• Keyboarding Software - list of resources
• Let's Play - A Guide to Toys for Children with Special Needs
• Roughing It in the Bush: A Camp Experience
• Software for Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired
• SUMMER CAMPS
• Texas Student Attendance-Special Education
• Three C's to Greater Independence
• V I S I O N - A School Program for Grades 4-8 VISION's lesson plans and handouts will help you lead students in lively, interactive sessions on how the eye works, eye problems, and eye safety.
• VI Guide's Books with  visually impaired characters
• What Social Skills Enhance Integration

Career Education (see VOCATIONAL/CAREER Education below)

• AFB CareerConnect

Early Childhood Instruction (ECI)

• Alphabet Book - chart for creating alphabet books for kindergarten students
• ECI- Gross Motor Movement
• Infants and Toddlers with Visual Impairments
• Move, Touch, Read!
• Motor Activities To Encourage Pre-Braille Skills
• Preschool Children with Visual Impairments
• Texas- Early Childhood Intervention FAQ
• Texas Preschool Specialists List
• Orientation and Mobility- Preschool Style

Daily Living Skills

• Activity Routines for Daily Living
• Beyond Ms. Manners' Preferences- Improving Social Behavior Patterns
• Clothing Care & Sewing Techniques - the first in a series of upcoming DLS/Home Economics pages
• Home Economics- FOODS -common cooking abbreviations, equivalents, tips, and definitions.
• Pre-Packaged Meal Instructions and Recipes

Fine Arts/Math

• A Picture Is Worth 300 Words: VISUAL DESCRIPTIONS FOR AN ART MUSEUM WEB SITE -
• Art Beyond Sight
• Art for the Blind
• Art Ideas
• AWARE Publications - "New Independence! Craft Adaptations for Adults With Vision Impairments" -  by Stephanie Van. The book contains twelve adapted craft projects, useful resources, and adaptations for older adults with additional sensory and physical impairments.
• Chapter 117. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Fine Arts
• Creative Adaptations for Learning - creators of innovative tactile (embossed) illustrations.
• Glitter Crayons
• Music in the Key of Life- from the See/Hear Archives
  • NLS-Music Circular No. 4 Braille Music Transcribers, September 1997
  • Goodfeel Braille Music Translator by Dancing Dots
  • Opus Technologies Home Page braille music reference materials.
  • BrailleM The Braille Music Listserv
  • The National Resource Center for Blind Musicians
  • Toccata Braille Music Translator
• Stone Sculpting: An Open Window to the Arts for Children and Adults Who are Blind or Have Low Vision
• Tactual Art - art for blind and visually impaired students.
• Wikki Stix
• Duc's Sculpture - student
• art
• A Graphical Calculus Course For Blind Students
• Abacus Internet Site Packet by Janice Brown
• Teaching Math to Visually Impaired Students - a wealth of information

Orientation & Mobility

• APH Materials for O&M Instruction (excel spreadsheet) (45k)
• Association for Travel Instruction Formed! by Donna Sauerburger
• Benefits of Orientation and Mobility
• Electronic Travel Aids for the Blind
• Environmental Checklist for Developing Independence
• Eval Completed. . . ARD Completed. . .Time to Work. . .What Documentation Should I Maintain?
• Guiding blind people who are wheelchair users - RNIB Information and Practice Development Service on Multiple Disability (Word doc)
• Learn to Move: Orientation & Mobility brochure, written for parents (English and Spanish)
• NFB listing of Guide Dog Schools
• O&M Night Travel
• Orientation and Mobility- Preschool Style
• Sources of Long White Canes, AMDs, Adapted Canes, Tips & Accessories
• Teaching Orientation And Mobility Skills To Deaf-Blind Children Using Computer Generated Simulated Sound Environments
• Texas A.E.R. (TAER) O&M Home Page
• The Independent Airport Traveler
• The Miniguide, an ultrasonic mobility aid, electronic travel aid (ETA)
• TravelVision, Orientation and Mobility Services - Blindness Resources
• Veni, Non-Vidi, Vici - mental mapping and independent travel

ReadingInformation about Readers

• Braille Instruction Resources
• CHANGING CHANNELS - AudioAssisted Reading- Access to Curriculum for Students with Print Disabilities - by Carol Evans
• Color Contrast and Partial Sight from the New York Lighthouse
• Exceptional Teaching Aids - braille reading materials
• Help for College-bound Students
• IEP Objectives for Using Digital Talking Books
• Information About Color and Color Blindness
• Motor Activities To Encourage Pre-Braille Skills
• Move, Touch, Read!
• Print Legibility and Partial Sight from the New York Lighthouse
• Suggestions for Games to Use with BRAILLE FUNdamentals
• Teaching Emergent Literacy Skills To Kindergarten Students in a Braille/Print Program
• Three C's to Greater Independence
• Using Digital Talking Books (DTB) with
• Students
• NABS-INFO - The care and feeding of reader
• Using Readers Effectively

Science

• ACE - Adapted Curriculum Enhancement: Science Inquiry Materials for the Visually Impaired
• Biology Teaching Tips and Materials
  • Biology Teaching Tips
  • Cell Models for Biology
  • Using P-Squares for teaching genetics
• Barrier-Free Education: Laboratory Task Accommodations: Visual Impairments
• Best practice guidelines for the design, production and presentation of vacuum formed tactile maps
• Brief Guide to the Birds - audio guide to birds
• Download Teacher's Manual for Adapting Science Experiments for Blind and Visually Impaired Students (Word 2000 Doc - 550k)
• ON EDITING GRAPHICS FOR THE BLIND - A manual
• Tactile Graphics Resources
• Tactile Learning - home for visually impaired science education. Look under projects.
• The Space Exploration Experience (SEE) Project for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Touch the Universe: A NASA Braille Book of Astronomy

Sports

• Discovery Blind Sports
• International Blind Sports Association
• Major Sports and Recreation Resources
• Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision - Sports Resources
• Resources for Parents & Teachers of Blind Kids- Recreation
• Tandem -Bike information
• United State Association of Blind Athletes- USABA

Vision

• Classroom Adaptations ( Possible Accommodations for the Student With a Visual Impairment)
• Vision Ergonomics
• The Effects of Blue Light on Ocular Health
• Light and Low Vision
• Seven Lighting Tips for Better Vision
• The Effects of Fluorescent Light on the Ocular Health of Persons with Pre-Existing Eye Pathologies
• 50 Ways to Use a Lightbox
• BiOptic Driving Network - not a TSBVI page
• Colored Light and Low Vision
• CVI Notes - information about Cortical Visual Impairments
• Equivalences for Visual Acuities - Jaeger, Snellen, Metric, etc. 
• Eye Poking: Review of Literature
• Frequently Used Terms to Express Visual Acuity
• Helpful Websites for Eye, Low Vision, and Medical Information
• Journey to Driving with Low Vision
• Low Vision - Without Blindfolding
• Low Vision Clinic at The University of Houston's Optometry program also has  information about low vision rehabilitation as well as links.
• Low Vision Specialists in Texas
• Norrie's Syndrome Resources
• Project PAVE: Providing Access to the Visual Environment
• Questions To Ask The Occupational Or Physical Therapist Before Performing The FVA
• Selected Anomalies and Diseases of the Eye by Dr. Virginia Bishop
• Suggested Items For A Functional Vision Evaluation Kit
• The Joy of Visual Perception: A Web Book
• The Lighthouse  clinical low vision services, rehabilitation, and a store with lots of products.
• The Roles of Perception and Cognition in Controlling the Mobility Task by Emerson Foulke
• Use of Blindfolds for People with Low Vision

Vision Simulators (not TSBVI web pages)
Transition

• The Zimmerman Low Vision Simulation Kit
• Lighthouse International Vision Simulator Catalog Page
• VisionPlace_discover Vision Simulator, Animations, and Reference
• Ideas for Vision Simulation Activities
• Lighthouse International Simulations of common eye disorders
• Vision World Wide, serving the visually-impaired and their caregiving community.
• Voices of Experience: Making the Transition from High School to College

Vocational (Career Education)

• Ability Statement -an organized presentation of information that specifically addresses concerns an employer might have about hiring a person who is visually impaired
• Personal Data Sheet - a convenient way of organizing all the information that will be required to fully complete an application form
• TSBVI Career Education

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