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I-M-ABLE: Individualized Meaning-Centered Approach to Braille Literacy Education(EPUB)
$34.95
I-M-ABLE is a teaching method for braille literacy that is built around each student's own interests and needs. It is meant for children who find learning braille hard, and it aims to make braille lessons more engaging. This version is a digital EPUB book, so you will need an EPUB reader app or program to open it, and it is written as a guide for the adults who teach rather than as a workbook for the child.
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Building on Patterns: Primary Braille Literacy Program: Second Grade: Unit 4 Teacher's Edition, Print
$33.00
This is the print teacher's edition for Unit 4 of the second grade level of the Building on Patterns braille literacy program. It is written for the teacher who guides a young student through the unit's lessons, such as a teacher of students with visual impairments or a classroom teacher working with one. The manual is sold on its own, so you'll also need the Second Grade Unit 4 Student Kit in UEB (Unified English Braille) for the student to use.
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Tactile Graphics Kit: Case
$28.90
This is a replacement storage case for the Tactile Graphics Kit (item 1-08851-00), made for APH's tactile learning materials. It measures about 13.5 × 12.5 × 3.45 inches and weighs just under a pound. Only the case is sold here, so you'll need the original kit it's meant to hold.
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Building on Patterns: Primary Braille Literacy Program: First Grade: Unit 3 Teacher's Edition, Print
$98.00
This is the print Teacher's Edition for Unit 3 of the first grade level of Building on Patterns, a primary braille literacy program. It's written for the teacher who guides lessons, not for the student to read. It is sold separately from the First Grade Unit 3 Student Kit (UEB), so you'll need that kit for the student's materials.
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Collaborative Assessment: Working with Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, Including Those with Additional Disabilities (Print)
$71.95
This print book is written for the professionals who work with students who are blind or visually impaired, including students with additional disabilities. It explains how a visual impairment affects the way a student's learning potential is assessed, so evaluators can choose and read assessments with that in mind. It is a reference for teachers and clinicians, not something a student uses directly.
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Self-Esteem and Adjusting with Blindness
$381.00
This book looks at how self-esteem develops, how people feel about blindness, and how they adapt to it. It is a long-standing title in the field. It is a reading resource, not a device or a program, so it works best as background for the professionals and families who support someone adjusting to vision loss.
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When You Have a Visually Impaired Student in Your Classroom: A Guide for Paraeducators(Print)
$29.95
This print guide is written for paraeducators, the classroom aides, teaching assistants, and paraprofessionals who work alongside students with visual impairments. It explains what their role looks like and how they fit in with the rest of the student's educational team. If you support a student with low vision or blindness in a school setting, it gives you a starting point for understanding your part in their day.
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Building on Patterns: Kindergarten, Print Teacher Kit
$309.00
This is the print teacher kit for the second edition of Building on Patterns, a kindergarten program that teaches beginning braille users reading, writing, and spelling. It's the teacher's half of the program, so each braille learner will also need their own student kit. The teacher kit comes in print or braille, and this is the print version, which suits a teacher or aide who reads print and guides the lessons.
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Physical Education and Sports for People With Visual Impairments and Deafblindness: Foundations of Instruction(EPUB)
$65.95
This second-edition guide helps teachers and other instructors plan physical education, recreation, and lifelong fitness for people who are blind, have low vision, or are deafblind. It covers how to adapt physical skills instruction and sports or other activities, and it stresses self-advocacy. It covers instruction for all ages. This is a digital book file, so you'll need an EPUB reader app or device to open it.
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Foundations of Rehabilitation Counseling with Persons Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
$74.95
This is a professional textbook on rehabilitation counseling for people who are blind or have low vision, with chapters written by more than 25 experts. It covers functional, medical, vocational, and psychological assessments, along with cultural and demographic issues, job placement and employment, and how the rehabilitation team works together. It's written for counselors, students, and other professionals in the field, not for someone looking for a device to use day to day. It's a reference to read and study, so it won't do anything on its own.
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Building on Patterns: Primary Braille Literacy Program: Kindergarten: Teacher's Edition, Print
$84.00
This is the printed teacher's guide for the kindergarten level of the Building on Patterns primary braille literacy program. It's written for the person teaching a young student to read, write, and spell in Unified English Braille (UEB). The program is meant to be used in an inclusive setting, and you'll want the kindergarten student materials as well, since this book is the teacher's side of the program.
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Burns Braille Guide: A Quick Reference to Unified English Braille(Print)
$31.95
The Burns Braille Guide is a quick-reference book for Unified English Braille (UEB), the current braille code for English. It updates the older Burns Braille Transcription Dictionary and is aimed at teachers and transcribers who need to look up how to write things in UEB. This is a printed reference for the person doing the transcribing, not a braille book for a student to read. It is made to order, so expect it to ship in about 10-14 business days.
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Building on Patterns: Primary Braille Literacy Program: First Grade Posttest Teacher's Manual, Braille - UEB
$13.00
This is the teacher's manual for the first grade posttest in the Building on Patterns primary braille literacy program, printed in braille using Unified English Braille (UEB). It is an optional add-on to the program's first grade level, meant for the teacher who gives and scores the posttest. It is not a student workbook and does not teach on its own. You will need the first grade materials from the Building on Patterns program to use it.
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Tactile Strategies for Children Who Have Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities: Promoting Communication and Learning Skills
$27.95
This book covers alternative communication strategies for young children who have visual impairments along with other disabilities. It is written as a guide for the adults who work with these children, offering ways to build communication and learning skills through touch. The page lists an EPUB electronic file, so you would need an EPUB reader app or program to open it, and it is made to order or digital.
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Building on Patterns: Primary Braille Literacy Program: Second Grade: Unit 6 Teacher's Edition, Braille
$87.00
This is the braille teacher's edition for Unit 6 of the second grade level in the Building on Patterns primary braille literacy program. It is written for the teacher who guides a young student through the unit. It is sold on its own, so you also need the separate Second Grade Unit 6 Student Kit (UEB) to teach from it.
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A Parents' Guide to Special Education for Children with Visual Impairments (EPUB)
$24.95
This handbook walks parents, family members, and caregivers through the special education services that children with visual impairments are likely to need and are entitled to receive. It also explains how to make sure those services actually happen. This is the digital EPUB edition, so you'll read it on a phone, tablet, or computer with an EPUB reader app.
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Legal Rights- The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
$32.50
Legal Rights is a reference book from Gallaudet University Press that explains, in plain language, the laws and procedures protecting deaf and hard of hearing people from discrimination. It covers topics like hearing-aid-compatible phones, access to electronic and information technology, interpreters in federal courts, relay services, building access, and school classroom acoustics. It also points out which states do the most to protect access and equal rights. Because the laws are described as of this edition, check current rules before acting on a specific legal question.
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Wilson Reading System IV, Teacher Guide (Braille)
$17.00
This is the braille edition of the teacher guide for the Wilson Reading System, a structured, multisensory reading program for struggling readers. It's meant for an instructor who reads braille and will be teaching the program.
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Vision and the Brain: Understanding Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children(Print)
$91.95
Vision and the Brain is a print sourcebook on cerebral visual impairment (CVI), a vision difference that comes from how the brain processes what the eyes see. It gathers current knowledge about CVI and best practices for working with children who have it. Teachers of students with visual impairments, therapists, and family members can use it as a reference. Because it is a large reference book rather than a hands-on tool, it works best when someone with experience in CVI helps you apply what it says to one child's needs. It is made to order, so expect a wait before it ships.
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Building on Patterns: Primary Braille Literacy Program: Second Grade: Reference Volume, Braille
$57.00
This braille reference volume is the teacher's guide for the second-grade level of the Building on Patterns primary braille literacy program. It is written to help an educator understand how the program works and how to teach it to young braille readers. It is a resource for the adult doing the teaching, not a book for the child to read, and it is part of a larger program rather than a complete course on its own.
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Reading Connections: Strategies for Teaching Students with Visual Impairments(EPUB)
$34.95
This is a digital guide on reading instruction for students who are visually impaired, written for teachers and other professionals. It covers strategies for building reading skills and is meant to be used as a reference when planning how to teach. It comes as an EPUB file, so you'll read it in an EPUB reader app or program rather than on paper.
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Macular Degeneration: The Complete Guide
$16.95
This book by Lylas Mogk, MD, is a plain-language reference for families who are facing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) for the first time. It starts by explaining what AMD is in everyday terms, then turns to practical ideas for living well with the vision loss. It also includes recipes meant to support eye health. It's a printed book, so it's reading and reference material, not a device or tool.
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Barraga Visual Efficiency Program Book Set
$269.00
This set holds two print books from the Barraga Visual Efficiency Program: the Program Book and the Perceptual Skills Evaluation Book. They are replacement pieces for the full Barraga kit, which is used to evaluate and build visual skills in children with low vision. You'd use them with a teacher of students with visual impairments or a similar specialist, not on your own at home. It's a set of books only, so it doesn't replace the complete kit.
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Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments: From Theory to Practice(EPUB)
$34.95
This is a digital book, in EPUB format, about teaching social skills to students who have visual impairments. It is written for the teachers and specialists who plan that instruction, and it connects theory to classroom practice. The book comes as an electronic file, so you need an EPUB reader app or program to open it. It is not a program a student uses on their own.
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