BLENNZ

Blind and Low Vision Education Network NZ

PLD workshops for working with visually impaired akonga

It was great to be able to host PLD in March in the Christchurch VRC. A variety of teachers, teacher-aides, LSC’s and SENCO were invited to participate and learn more about how to support our visually impaired akonga. A choice of six workshops were available for attendees to select from:  

Low tech – suggestions/strategies to use in the classroom 

iPad – useful iPad apps, inbuilt accessible features  

Laptop – inbuilt accessible features  

DOM – Orientation and Mobility and Sighted Guide 

Braille devices – Abacus/Braille Sense/Braille Note 

Accessibility – How to adapt curriculum material 

The workshops included opportunities to see things from the perspective of a visually impaired learner, how this might affect their development and learning, and offered many different strategies and suggestions for support. 

Figure 2 - RTV is sitting on a chair and is giving a presentation on exploring vision from the perspective of the visually impaired learner
Figure 2 – RTV is sitting and giving a presentation on exploring vision from the perspective of the visually impaired learner
Figure 1 - RTV is standing talking to a group of attendees at a workshop about adapting resources for visually impaired learners
Figure 1 – RTV is standing talking to a group of attendees at a workshop about adapting resources for visually impaired learners

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