Effective Classroom Adaptations for Students with Visual ...

68 THECOUNCIL FOREXCEPTIONALCHILDRENTEACHING Exceptional Children, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 68-74. Copyright 2001 Classroom Adaptations for Students with Visual ImpairmentsPenny R. CoxMary K. Dykes Basic traffic safety Playground boundaries Cafeteria use Computer use in library or media cen-ter Readable maps and charts Verbal (auditory) alternatives Emergency proceduresHow does your school or classroommeasure up in these categories when itcomes to making Adaptations for youngpeople with Visual impairments? Youneed to answer many questions: Caneverybody exit the building quickly inthe event of an emergency? Can all stu-dents locate and use water fountains?

or failure of visual stimuli to be sent to or processed by the brain. The condi-tion may or may not be correctable. Visual Perception.Visual perception is the ability to gain meaning from stim-uli received visually (Barraga & Erin, 1992). Students with visual impairments can have visual perception even if their visual acuity is low. Visual ...

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