Teaching+Students+With+Sesory+Impairments

=__**Teaching Students With Sensory Impairments**__=

It is almost inevitable that a teacher will at some point encounter a student with a sensory impairment in their classroom. Students with sensory impairments usually have hearing or vision impairments. It is necessary for teachers to have knowledge and strategies in place to accommodate and support the additional needs of these students. This website has been established through a partnership between Trinity University and The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children. It is aimed specifically at teachers and provides some simple, effective and practical strategies which will allow students with sensory impairments to be included and involved in the classroom. The website contains information about Hearing and Visual impairment including what it is, the different types,how learning can be hindered with this disability and learning styles of children with this disability. It is essential for the teacher to understand the basic components and characteristics of this impairment in order to understand it's effects on the child and also to understand the purpose/importance of the recommended teaching strategies. The website offers a number of valuable strategies which have been tested and proven to be effective in accommodating the needs of sensory impaired students in the classroom. Teachers can use simple strategies to make reasonable adjustments through things like using appropriate greetings and interactions, making the environment safe, making adjustments to light and colour, making text legible, using organizational skills and other general teaching strategies. The website also includes detailed recommendations about how to teach subjects such as science, maths, english, art and physical education to students with a sensory impairment. Lesson plans and activities which are modified for students with sensory impairments are also included and could be a practical as well as a valuable resource for all teachers. The website acknowledges the importance of technology and new medical improvements through including information about the technologies available to aid sensory impaired learners (braille machines, induction loops, hearing aids etc.). Information is provided as to where to access these technologies and why they are effective. This is such a rich and valuable resource. It has ample information about all of the different aspects of teaching children with sensory impairments as well as providing teachers with simple, practical and effective strategies which they can implement in their own classrooms.

Teaching Students With Sensory Impairments

By Monika Burzynski - u3041658