Vision and Orientation & Mobility
Resources

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The teachers in our program have compiled a list of resources that have been helpful to other teachers, therapists, and parents who work with or have a child with a vision impairment.

  Assessment

• Assessent of Developmental Skills for Young Multi-handicapped Sensory Impaired Children
  (SKI-Hi)

• Assessment of Ongoing Evaluation Independent Living Curriculum (TSBVI)

• Brigance (Pre-K)

• Every Move Counts

• INSITE Developmental Checklist

• ISAVE

• Oregon

• Teller Acuity Cards - http://www.eyes.arizona.edu/Research/VisualDevelopment/IVLab/tellers.html

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  Audio and Digital Book Sources

• Audible.com - www.audible.com

• AudioForBooks - www.audioforbooks.com

• Book Share – www.bookshare.org

• Illinois Kids Zone – www.ilkidszone.info features information about the talking book program especially for young readers including booklists, activities, summer reading club announcements, news about special projects and programs and information for teachers

• Local libraries

• National Library Service/Voices of Vision - 630.208.0398 - www.loc.gov/nls/

• OPAL: Online Programming for All Libraries http://www.opal-online.com a collaborative effort by libraries of all types to provide cooperative web-based programming and training for library users

• Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) – www.rfbd.org (Provides books on tape and CD)

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  Braille

• Books - www.braille.org/braillebooks/bytitle.html  (high school)

• Downloadable Braille Materials - www.tsbvi.edu/braille/index.htm

• National Braille Press – www.nbp.org

• Resources for obtaining braille materials - www.everythingbraille.com

• Seedlings – www.seedlings.org

• Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired - http://www.tsbvi.edu/braille/index.htm

• Web-Braille - www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/webbraille.html an internet, web-based service that provides, in electronic format, many braille books and other braille materials

• Your name in braille - http://www.afb.org/braillebug/thenamegame.asp

  Eye Conditions

• http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/anomalies/index.htm

• http://www.tsbvi.edu/othersites.htm#Disorders

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  Instruction

• Blind Children's Resource Center - www.blindchildren.org 

• Curricula - http://www.tsbvi.edu/publications/index.htm

• Early Childhood Curricula and Resources - http://www.tsbvi.edu/bib/early.htm

• Early Childhood and Visual Impairment - http://www.tsbvi.edu/recc/ec.htm

• Math - http://www.tsbvi.edu/math/index.htm

• PreBraille and Literacy - http://www.morgan.k12.il.us/isd/hvc/resources/2006_Spring.pdf

• The Core Curriculum for Blind and Visually Impaired Students - http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/corecurric.htm

• The Expanded Core Curriculum for Blind and Visually Impaired Students - http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/corecurric.htm#Expanded

• The Expanded Core Curriculum: Finding the Time - http://www.tsbvi.edu/agenda/core-ppt.htm

• VI Goals and Objectives (Expanded Core Curriculum) - http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/objectives/index.htm

• VI & Multiple Impairments - http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/vmi/index.htm

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  Large Print

• Huge Print Press – www.hugeprint.com (source for large print books)

  National Organizations

• American Blind Skiing Foundation

• American Council of the Blind

• American Foundation for the Blind

• The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.

• Blind Children's Center

• The Lighthouse National Center for Vision and Child Development

• National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired

• National Braille Press

• The National Federation of the Blind

• National Federation of the Blind Parents and Blind Children

• The National Organization for Albinism and Hyperpigmentation (NOAH)

• National Organization of Parents of Blind Children

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  Orientation and Mobility

• Blind Children's Resource Center - www.blindchildren.org 

  Resources for Families

• Blind Children's Resource Center - www.blindchildren.org

• Early Childhood Family Resources (scroll down to Family Resources) - http://www.tsbvi.edu/recc/ec.htm

• Foundation Fighting Blindness - www.blindness.org (includes message boards and chat  rooms for kids, parents, and teens)

• Hearing and Vision Connections Newsletter - provides families with children with visually impaired with stories of other families, ways to connect with other families/parents, provides lists of current resources, training offerings, etc. http://www.morgan.k12.il.us/isd/hvc/resources/newsletters.aspx

• Toys for Children with Special Needs - http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1045826

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  Scholarships

• American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults - www.actionfund.org

• American Council for the Blind - www.acb.org

• American Federation for the Blind – www.afb.org 

• American Foundation for the Blind - www.afb.org

• Association of Blind Citizens - www.blindcitizens.org

• Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER) - www.aerbvi.org

• Chicago Lighthouse Scholarships

• Guild for the Blind – http://www.guildfortheblind.org

• HEATH Resource Center - www.heath.gwu.edu

• Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic – www.rfbd.org

• The Guild Scholar Program - www.jgb.org/guildscholar.asp

  Schools for the Visually Impaired in the US

• http://www.tsbvi.edu/othersites.htm#Schools

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  Science 

• National Center for Blind Youth in Science - http://www.blindscience.org/ncbys/Default.asp

  Support/Informational Organizations

• American Foundation for the Blind – www.afb.org (Braille Bug, Career Connect, Access World, information about ocular conditions, much more)

• Blind Children's Resource Center - www.blindchildren.org 

• The Deicke Center – www.deicke.org

• Foundation Fighting Blindness - www.blindness.org (includes message boards and chat rooms for kids, parents, and teens)

• Guild for the Blind – www.guildfortheblind

• Hadley School – www.Hadley-school.org

• Links for Parents and Families - http://www.tsbvi.edu/othersites.htm#Parents

• National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments – www.spedex.com/napvi

• National Federation of the Blind – www.nfb.org

• Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired - http://www.tsbvi.edu/othersites.htm#Organizations

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 Technology

• Ai Squared – www.aisquared.com

• Free, downloadable toolbar for use with Internet Explorer web browsers - www.big.com/toolbar

• Freedom Scientific – www.freedomscientific.com

• Optelec – www.optelec.com 

• Overview of technology for the visually impaired - http://www.tsbvi.edu/technology/index.htm

• Pulse Data – www.pulsedata.com

• Skills Students Need to Operate Specific Technology Equipment http://www.tsbvi.edu/technology/skills.htm

• Student's Computer Abilities - http://www.tsbvi.edu/technology/computer-abilities.htm (suggests abilities or skills that students should be working on at various grade levels)

• Technology Assessments - http://www.tsbvi.edu/technology/tech-assess.htm

  Vocational

• JAN – http://jan.wvu.edu/media/sight.html (worksite accommodation ideas for individuals with visual impairments)

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