Figure 1 Kneeling with good posture
Siddharth is 9 years and 6 months and has Retinopathy of Prematurity. He requires both physical assistance and verbal prompts to complete daily activites.
Sue Radford, his classroom teacher describes how the education team have worked collaboratively to support Siddharth as he develops his independent physical skills to perform daily tasks.
Siddharth is enrolled in the Homai Campus School and his education team work alongside Siddharth and his family to achieve his IEP goals: To practise movement skills and demonstrate the ability to link them in order to perform movement sequences.
In figure 1 Siddharth is kneeling with good posture. Continue Reading →
Figure 1 Arama sings and moves to the music his electronic drum plays
Arama is a four year old student who is blind. He is learning to communicate with others through music. He is using a drum as this is a familiar and motivating instrument for him.
Dolina Butler (BLENNZ Resource Teacher for Vision) describes how she has used the drum to support Arama’s communication skills. In figure 1 Arama is singing and moving to the music his electronic drum plays Continue Reading →
Figure 1 Ashley at the computer
Ashley is a 16 year old blind student who attends a unit at his local high school.
He is working with his Resource Teacher Vision, Virginia Ashby, learning to make use of the keys on the computer keyboard so that he can make choices after listening to the instruction on the Dolphin Guide computer programme.
Figure 1 shows Ashley at the computer. Continue Reading →
Figure 1 Phonebook exploration
Loa is a 16 year old learner with low vision who is in Year 12 at her local High School and at times she has needed to rely on friends to assist her with phone communication.
Renee Jones describes how Loa has been exploring ways to access communication and information sources independently through the use of a mobile phone. In figure 1 Loa is exploring the phonebook using a Ruby Electronic Magnifier. Continue Reading →