Updated as of September 14, 2024. Overview Please find below information about the tactile drawing board and some math resources. There are also many science resources available in the Bridges Resource Library’s Resources For Secondary Science Classes Reading Room entry. Scenarios and Strategies Scenario: Blind/low vision students resisting use of accessible tools and techniques Everyone […]
Category: Crossing Bridges Together: Secondary Transition In the Field, A Reading Room For Educators
Updated as of September 7, 2024. In one-on-one instruction with the Teacher of Students with Blindness/Visual Impairments, when utilizing a computer with the screen reader JAWS, STUDENT will score a minimum total of 216 (average of 4.8 per task) in three out of four consecutive bi-weekly running records on the following rubric using keyboard commands […]
Updated as of September 7, 2024. Scenario: School has said that FAPE (free appropriate public education) includes only the core academic curriculum and does not include instruction in the expanded core curriculum (ECC). Additional scenario issues: Strategy: Know the Law That Governs ALL IEPs Initial and Reevaluations As an initial matter, the Individuals with Disabilities […]
Updated as of September 7, 2024. Scenario: Student cannot access print music efficiently. In this case, the student is a talented musician who began losing her central vision rapidly at the end of her junior year in high school. Strategies to empower student to enlarge sheet music in real-time Scan and magnify Depending on the […]
Updated as of September 14, 2024. Scenario: Student cannot visually access music notation, even when that notation is enlarged. Strategy: Advocate for access to music notation for all students, including braille readers Why is it important to read music? Beginning in elementary school, sighted students learn and use print musical notation, and this is done […]