Institute on Blindness at Louisiana Tech
As I reflect on last week’s Thanksgiving celebrations, I realize how thankful I am for being able to give my students the opportunity to give back to the community. Early last month, the students to whom I teach cane travel … Read More »
At Louisiana Tech, our master’s degree programs prepare teachers to work with blind and low-vision students. Because our research has shown a strong correlation between employment and braille literacy among the blind, we want our graduates to be fluent in … Read More »
When faced with a student who still has some residual vision, teachers always want to know if the student should be taught using braille, large print, or both. We have prepared this set of frequently asked questions about a reliable, … Read More »
Our rock climbing and horseback riding adventure was insane. Maybe I should back up. As I explained in my first dispatch to you, I am preparing to be a teacher of blind students, and the first part of the curriculum … Read More »
Structured Discovery Cane Travel (SDCT) and Structured Discovery Rehabilitation have been demonstrated to be among the most innovative and effective forms of rehabilitation training for individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Louisiana Tech University has operated its Orientation and … Read More »
Everyone understands the need for learning to touch-type (using the computer keyboard without a need to look at the keyboard), yet one method has dominated the software world: users learn where a few keys are located, see a word on … Read More »
From an early age, I’ve said there are two things I would never do: go into psychology or become a teacher. However, I am now getting my master’s in psychology and I’m going to be a teacher! Before I can … Read More »
Too many teacher-prep programs in the field of blindness, especially the fully online degrees, focus too heavily upon textbooks. In many cases, we know that students don’t shake the hand of a blind person until their internships or student teaching … Read More »
This summer at the AER International Conference, our team from Louisiana Tech University showed teachers of blind students how to move a first-grade student through the braille code in one year. The student with whom I developed this technique last … Read More »
My students who have low vision are not too fond of the massive, heavy schoolbooks they have to carry from class to class. The large print books are, well, so large that they are awkward for most desks and little … Read More »