Accessing the Curriculum
When trying to address unmet educational need many find they cannot draw upon the same professional resources as the opposition.
Consequently, this book contains,
- An introduction to accessing the curriculum
- Early years
- Primary school 5 -10 years
- A fully sighted child’s growth miles stones 5 – 10 years
- The low vision teacher in primary school
- Education, development and support 11 - 19 years
- The low vision teacher at transition
- Secondary school low vision support
- Developmental mile stones of a fully sighted learner at 12, 14 and 16 years old
- Adolescence and low vision
- Education, training and employability
- Disabilities, characteristics and special educational needs
- Dual sensory impairment and learning
- Studying with low vision
- Teaching assistants and supporting a disabled learner
- The role of a low vision teacher
- What to expect from a low vision support service
- Reading and writing with low vision
- Independent living skills
- Social skills, inclusion and making friends
- The built environment and suitable space for learning
- Choosing a placement
- Four types of placement under consideration
- Considering a placement’s suitability