Elementary Reading Skills Continuum

by TSBVI Elementary Teachers
© TSBVI 1996 - 24 pages FREE!

Pre-reading skills and reading skills for print and braille readers in grades K-5

• Motor development, body image, and perceptive skills
• Comprehension
• Word attack skills
• Language arts

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Ain't Misbehavin'

Strategies for Improving the Lives of Students who are Deafblind and Present Challenging Behavior

by Craig Axelrod, Ray Condon, Jim Durkel, & David Wiley (1993)

16 min. open-captioned - Order #59420V1 - (13 oz.)

• Practical strategies for proactively avoiding interactions which challenge relationships
• Designed for anyone who regularly interacts with a student who is deafblind
• Examines crucial links between behavior and the issues of communication, control, and quality of life
• Includes script

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A Lifetime of Patience

by Dale Rudin & Annie Wade (1987)

45 min. close-captioned - Order #59420V2 - (13 oz.)

A panel of parents discuss the challenges and joys of parenting a child with deafblindness.  

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Power of the Heart

A Parent Involvement Story

by Martha Boethel & Dale Rudin (1987)

44 min. close-captioned - Order #59420V3 - (13 oz.)

• Awareness and training tool for parents, service providers, and students
• Designed to find effective ways of working with one another
• Includes facilitator manual
• Also available in Spanish

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Routines: All Dressed Up and Somewhere to Go

by the Outreach Program of TSBVI (1998)

17 min. close-captioned - Order #59420V4 - (13 oz.)

• Introduction on how to use routines as a teaching strategy
• Useful for VI teachers when helping teams design activities

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