Slide 1:
GIVING YOUR CHILD THE HOME TEAM ADVANTAGE
Dawn Wilkinson, Early Childhood Project Leader
American Printing House for the Blind
CTEBVI 2015
Slide 2:
Objectives
Participants will become familiar with methods and materials to enhance concept development in children with visual impairments.
Attendees will explore materials to further support the role of parents as part of the educational team.
Participants will understand the sequence of braille introduction and how to meet the expectations for kindergarten and beyond.
Slide 3:
Starting Fun and Simple
Mini Rib-It-Ball (7-inch)
Playing ball encourages the team effort between you and your little one.
Image – Mini rib-it-ball
Slide 4:
Keep The Fun Going…
Sound Adapted Tangle Ball Kit
- Recommended ages: 6 months and older
Image – Three tangle balls
Slide 5:
Reading With Your Child
Braille Tales Print/Braille Book Program
APH/Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Partnership
Images – three storybooks provided in Braille Tales collection (All of Baby Nose to Toes, Corduroy Goes to the Doctor, Llama Llama Home With Mama); Screen shot of
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Parents and Their Infants With Visual Impairments (PAIVI)
Second Edition
Designed to help parents and teachers of infants who are visually impaired work together as primary members of the intervention team.
Available soon from APH!
Image – Front cover of PAIVI practitioner’s manual
Slide 7:
PAIVI
Parent Assessment of Needs (PAN)
Parents and early intervention service providers work together to identify home-based goals
Image – Three sample pages from PAN: pg 11, 16, 17
Slide 8:
PAIVI
Parent Observation Protocol (POP)
Uses video as a tool for parents to observe themselves and their child during teachable moments
Images – Two sample pages from POP: pg 37, 40
Slide 9:
PAIVI
Assessment Checklists
Developmental Vision
Functional Hearing
Functional Communication
Interaction With Objects
Image – Four sample pages from Screening Checklist for Interaction With Objects: pgs 148, 150-152
Slide 10:
PAIVI
Parent Booklets
Learning Together: A Parent Guide to Socially Based Routines for Very Young Children With Visual Impairments
Getting Ready for Preschool: A Parent Guide to Transition
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Learning Together
PAIVI Parent Booklet
Offers strategies for parents to embed learning opportunities within everyday activities: mealtime, bathtime, bedtime, playtime, story time, and going out.
Image – Front cover of Learning Together
Slide 12:
Getting Ready for Preschool
PAIVI – Parent Booklet
Addresses concerns parents may have about transition from early intervention to preschool services
Image – Front cover of Getting Ready for Preschool
Slide 13:
Coloring for Conceptual Development
APH Tactile Marking Mat
17 x 13 ½-inch plastic mat with texture that causes wax crayon marks to be tactile
Image – Girl using a crayon and tactile marking mat; teacher sits beside girl
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Coloring
Lots of Dots Series
Learning about pictures in braille can become as natural as learning print.
Learning My ABC’s
Counting 1, 2, 3
Coloring the Garden
Images: Front covers of all three Lots of Dots books
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Pictures: An Essential Component of Literacy
Colors, pictures, and print words are everywhere!
Paint Pot Palette
Images: Front cover of Paint Pot Palette book; the Paint Pot Palette product; child using Paint Pot Palette
Slide 16:
Indestructible Braille?
Perma-Braille Sheets
The perfect size for little ones
Works with permanent markers and tactile drawing tools
Spill proof
And on sale until March 31!
5 x 3
6 x 4
Image – PermaBraille product binder
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Indestructible Braille?
Braillable Labels and Sheets
Perfect for adding braille to print board books
Labeling household items for word exposure
Placing names on personal items
Image – Braillable Labels & Sheets product
Slide 18:
Indestructible Braille?
Feel ‘n Peel Stickers
Smiley/Frowny Face (over 200 stickers): 1-08847-00.....$24.00
Reward Statements (200 stickers): 1-08848-00.....$24.00
Braille/Print Alphabet Letters (over 600 stickers): 1-08849-00.....$24.00
Numbers (over 650 stickers): 1-08865-00.....$24.00
Rewards Statements II (over 100 stickers): 1-08866-00.....$24.00
Stars (over 300 stickers): 1-08867-00.....$24.00
Color Names (over 100 stickers): 1-08869-00.....$24.00
Image – Sticker pages from Feel ‘n Peel
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Indestructible Braille?
Animal Shapes and Pages Set
YUM!
Inedible animals in the shape of the Stauffer’s® animal crackers
Understanding same and different
Page orientation
Object orientation and perspective
Solving puzzles
Beginning tactile graphics
Image – Animal Shapes product taken from brochure
Slide 20: Note – All occurrences of word “print” are highlighted in yellow on this slide.
California Preschool Learning Foundations
Reading
1.0: Concepts About Print
Children develop concepts about print through seeing print in the environment and observing people using print for various purposes. Central to an understanding of the nature and role of reading and writing is a child’s understanding of “intentionality,” i.e., that intentional meaning is encoded in print and print conveys a message.
Children’s understanding that print carries meaning often begins earlier than at preschool age, but the concept becomes increasingly sophisticated during the preschool years, and it depends largely on exposure to print and interaction with it in preschool. Preschoolers begin to use print to communicate, to understand the way print is organized in text and in books, to recite the alphabet, and to recognize some letters and words in print. They develop sophisticated knowledge about print conventions—how print is organized and how this organization changes to fit various purposes and genres.
Quoted material from pages 51-52 as retrieved from California Department of Education Web site: http://
Slide 21: Note – All occurrences of word “print” are highlighted in yellow on this slide.
California Learning Preschool Foundations
1.1 Begin to display appropriate book-handling behaviors and begin to recognize print conventions.
Examples
When holding a book, the child orients it as if to read.
The child can point to where the title is shown on the cover of a book.
The child opens a book and turns the pages in a single direction, although not necessarily one page at a time.
While looking through a book, the child says, “the end” after reaching the last page.
Quoted material from page 63 as retrieved from California Department of Education Web site:
Slide 22:
Reach for the Stars: Planning for the Future
This guidebook helps families to plan positive transitions for young children with disabilities.
Aids families in working with school personnel to create educational plans that will lead to inclusive educational programs.
Image – front cover of Reach for the Stars guidebook
Slide 23:
Reach for the Stars …
Maps and Forms Included in the Guidebook
Map 1 – My Gifts and Contributions to the World
Map 2 – Images for My Future
Map 3 – What Does and Does Not Work for Me
Map 4 – All About Me
Map 5 – Skills I Want and Need to Learn
Map 6 – My Education Plan
Intervention Plan
Performance Monitoring Form
Slide 24:
Experiential Learning: Activities for Concept Development
Activities in this guidebook are designed to help children learn through experience in a meaningful and fun way.
Development areas:
Cause and effect
Hand-eye coordination and/or Auditory-hand coordination
Motor development
Object permanence
Sensory awareness
Spatial awareness
Images: front cover of Experiential Learning guidebook; cute image from guidebook of child’s hand reaching for sound-making bell
Slide 25:
Giving Your Child The Home Team Advantage
Who is the most valuable player?
Although we have talked about lots of different options, it’s all about providing your child with numerous experiences and opportunities so that he or she can participate alongside sighted peers. Most importantly, make choices that will offer FUN for you and your child, while accessing any early intervention support and services available.
Image: Two children, one blind and one sighted, sliding down two slides that are side by side.
Slide 26:
Thank You
On behalf of APH, we hope that something you have seen during this presentation will help you give your child the home team advantage.
Dawn Wilkinson, M.Ed.
Early Childhood Project Leader
American Printing House for the Blind
Educational Products Research Department
502-899-2320
Image – APH Logo