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DESCRIPTION:Date/Time: Starts on April 30 – June 10\, 2018 and runs fo
 r 6 weeks\n\nLocation: Online\n\nDescription: This course emphasizes th
 e importance of accessible literacy for children who are blind\, visually 
 impaired or deafblind. Participants will become familiar with different st
 rategies and tools that can be used to create and modify literacy material
 s for early readers that will support a love for literacy. Participants wi
 ll also create accessible books for their student/child as part of their a
 ssignments.\n\nThis course is designed for anyone who works with a child w
 ho is blind\, visually impaired or deafblind including (but not limited to
 ) TVI's\, Classroom teachers\, speech therapist\, interveners and family m
 embers.\n\nThe course will consist of the following 6 sessions:\n\n\n	\n	I
 ntroduction — Need for Accessibility\n	\n	\n	Experience books\n	\n	\n	St
 ory Boxes\, Story Bags\, and Conversation Boxes\n	\n	\n	Story Boxes and Co
 nversation Boxes\, Part 2\n	\n	\n	Concept Books and Adapting Children's Li
 terature: Creating Accessible Books\n	\n	\n	Thematic Unit: Tying it All To
 gether\n	\n\n\nRequired Text\n\nRequired Texts may be purchased through AF
 B Press using the links below.\n\nBraille Literacy: A Functional Approach.
  Diane P. Wormsley. AFB Press. pps. 17–25.\nList price: $39.95 Paperbac
 k\, $24.00 Online\, $10.95 By Online Chapter. Also available in e-book fo
 rmats.\n\nBeginning with Braille: Firsthand Experiences with a Balanced Ap
 proach to Literacy. Second Edition. Anna M. Swenson. AFB Press. Chapter 5
  pps. 71–81\; Chapter 15 pps. 332–347.\nList price: $59.95 Paperback\,
  $35.95 Online\, $10.95 By Online Chapter. Also available in e-book forma
 ts.\n\nCredits\n\n\n	\n	ACVREP - 30\n	\n	\n	PDPs - 30\n	\n	\n	ASHA CEUs - 
 2.8\n	\n	\n	CEs - 30\n	\n\n\n​Cost\n\n\n	\n	Early Bird Price - $299.00\n
 	\n	\n	Regular Price - $325.00​\n	\n\n\nCourse Objectives\n\nParticipant
 s will:\n\n\n	\n	Identify possible ways to create an accessible environmen
 t for a child with vision impairments in the classroom or home setting.\n	
 \n	\n	Create/design an experience book and list possible uses for an exper
 ience book.\n	\n	\n	Create/design a story box and list possible uses for s
 tory boxes\, story bags\, and conversation boxes.\n	\n	\n	Adapt classroom 
 readers.\n	\n	\n	Identify what concept book is and list possible ideas for
  its use.\n	\n	\n	Create adapted materials to support specific IEP goals.\
 n	\n\n
SUMMARY:Accessible Literacy for Early Readers: Students Who Are Blind\, Vis
 ually Impaired or Deafblind
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