Institute on Blindness at Louisiana Tech
My daughter, Lindsay, and I had a wonderful time at the Spring Festival and Art/Talent Show at the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired (LSVI) on April 16. Lindsay hopped in the bounce house, jumped on the bungee trampoline, rode … Read More »
T-Base Communications—a Canadian producer of accessible materials and member of the Braille Authority of North America—asked me to write a piece about why braille is important to me. Here’s just an excerpt, and you can read the full post on … Read More »
One of our current students, Treva Olivero, is working as a paraprofessional alongside a teacher of blind students in a public school. We recently discussed her position and experiences in the hopes that you may be better equipped to work … Read More »
Teachers, The Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness at Louisiana Tech University invites you to participate in a study to evaluate the services and to understand the educational experiences of blind and/or visually impaired youth in grades K through … Read More »
One month ago, we reported that the accessibility of field tests associated with the Common Core State Standards was in question. Today, we received the following press release from the National Federation of the Blind: New Milford, New Jersey (February … Read More »
Forty-five states, plus the District of Columbia, have adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and along with the standards come new assessments. The Partnership for Assessment of College and Career Readiness (PARCC) will field test its CCSS-derived assessments with … Read More »
At T-Base Communications, we are leaders in tactile graphics at some of the largest educational institutions in the world, spanning across Canada and the U.S. We are very fortunate to have the Chair of the BANA (Braille Authority of North … Read More »
In our ongoing effort to make professional development and master’s degree programs available to as many future teachers of blind students as possible, the Institute on Blindness at Louisiana Tech is offering both an Assistive Technology and Braille II course … Read More »
When it comes to adapting classroom materials, one of the most hotly-questioned subject areas is math. Thanks to Dr. Al Maneki of Maryland and a partnership with the National Center for Blind Youth & Science, answers to the most common … Read More »
Too often, teachers for the blind are faced with a problem: they need to assess their legally blind students to determine what services they need. However, the braille assessments that exist are cumbersome, biased, unreliable, or expensive. Fortunately, there is … Read More »