Happy Friday everyone! Megan, our resident tech expert, usually updates our website, but she is taking a few days off because she just got married! She's entrusted me to update the blog; please be patient with me as I attempt to figure this out.
It's been unseasonably warm, and I wanted to post a video on travel without sidewalk in hopes that everyone is getting outside for some fresh air and exercise. Travel without sidewalks is an advanced skill that incorporates a lot of smaller skills and concepts, but it's so fun to be able to expand your travel environments beyond areas with sidewalks. My kids have been outside running around a lot, so they're constantly asking for drinks. This got me thinking about you guys at home, and I'm sure you're in the same situation. My son and I did a quick video on pouring. This is a great skill for kids to be able to do for themselves as it increases their independence and confidence, and it frees up parents to do other things. I hear win-win! As many of you know, I drink a lot of coffee and tea, so I did a quick video on pouring hot beverages. If you have a student who is ready to move on to more advanced pouring, here's a video on how to support that skill. How great would it be if your child could bring you your morning coffee?!?!? As always, our team is here to help and support you. Please feel free to reach out to any of us with questions, concerns, or if we can help in anyway, especially with these more advanced skills. Have a great weekend! -Anne Travel Without Sidewalks Pouring Cold Beverages Pouring Hot Beverages
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Here are our updated Independent Living Skill videos for today, courtesy of Anne Zanger and her son! What a star! The first goes through some tips of kitchen equipment that Anne has found helpful when teaching students, and the second follows Anne's son making a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, with teaching tips along the way! As always, we hope you are all staying safe & healthy!
Adaptive Kitchen Equipment Teaching Spreading Good morning all, we hope everyone continues to stay home and stay safe and well! Our very own Anne Zanger created a few videos with tips for some independent living skills you can try with your students at home! They are very clear, and go into detail with how to help your student who is blind or has low vision to be successful with three tasks: getting the appropriate amount of soap from a pump-action dispenser, cutting up a banana, and hand washing the dishes!
Follow these links to watch the videos: And hot off the presses, there is a new app from HumanWare to help teachers, students, and parents learn and teach HumanWare devices, including the BrailleNote Touch! We haven't gotten to really look at the app yet, but it sounds neat. User guides, videos, and support for devices all in one place!
Learn more here: www.humanware.ca/web/en/newsletter/170120201345.htm Hello and welcome to the GISD VI website!
We created this site in order to help parents with resources while schools are closed due to the COVID-19 virus emergency. We have various pages with links to resources we believe will be helpful. Please feel free to view any pages that you think will have helpful resources for your child! Just because a resource is under a different age level than your child, does not mean that it is inappropriate or that it will not be helpful, we just had to organize the site somehow! This blog will be updated as we find new resources, or to describe some of the resources we are particularly excited about. That leads me into ExCEL (Virtual Expanded Core Curriculum Academy). This is such an exciting new resource that has us all geeking out! They are offering free, daily online lessons for students with visual impairments! Qualified teachers from around the country are presenting a range of lessons on various topics directly related to students with visual impairments. All classes are at 2:00 PM Eastern Time, via Zoom, which allows for either calling in or connecting via the internet. These classes are open to all students, although you may find that some are more applicable to your child than others. This is a new, developing resource, so keep checking back! Follow this link to read more information and to see the schedule: www.pathstoliteracy.org/resources/virtual-learning-academy. Follow this link to join the webinars: https://aph.zoom.us/j/211970785 We hope you are all safe and healthy at this time. Please, if you need any support, feel free to reach out to your TC or O&M Specialist; all emails are on the home page. We are all working from home following our regular schedule, and are checking emails regularly throughout the day! |
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