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Goldstein, David – RE:view, 1998
Describes a three-week summer institute which provided seven blind students (grade 10 to college level) with musical training that included Braille music, keyboard and theory, computer skills, and independent college-living skills. (DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, College Bound Students, Computer Literacy

Johnson, L. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
This brief article outlines theories for the decrease in braille literacy among children with visual impairments. It stresses the need for braille instruction, the inability of itinerant teachers to adequately instruct many scattered visually impaired students, and resistance to using simplified Grade 1 braille. Special problems raised by…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education

Wolffe, Karen E. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2001
This article discusses the distance education program of the Hadley School for the Blind. The school provides correspondence courses free of charge to people with visual impairments and their families, as well as to professionals and paraprofessionals in the field of visual impairment. Programs and services are described. (Contains three…
Descriptors: Braille, Continuing Education, Correspondence Study, Distance Education

Wormsley, Diane P. – RE:view, 2001
This article describes development and delivery of Pennsylvania's Literary Braille Refresher Course, intended to both refresh literary Braille skills and teach instructional strategies to the 20 teachers enrolled. The article covers the course's goals and objectives, participants, structure, evaluation, and analysis of results. The course's…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Blindness, Braille, Education Courses

McCall, Steve; McLinden, Mike – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2001
This article describes an innovative action research project based at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom that involved the professional development of teachers and instruction using specially developed Moon tactile code materials to teach literacy to pupils who are blind and who have additional disabilities. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Action Research, Blindness, Braille, Elementary Education

Siligo, Wayne Roy – Music Educators Journal, 2005
This article will give music educators some practical tools and information for helping students with visual impairments enjoy the ensemble experience. The author has used these tools as music director at the California School for the Blind (CSB) and as a musician who is visually impaired. All observations and techniques mentioned here come out of…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Visual Impairments, Music Education, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2009
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Division of Special Education (DSE), per Section 162.1136 RSMo, conducts an annual study of the educational status of eligible blind/visually impaired students and reports the findings to the Missouri Legislature on December 1st each year. The information contained in this report…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Literacy, Special Education
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1992
This document is a guide to selected detective and mystery stories produced after the publication of the 1982 bibliography "Mysteries." All books listed are available on cassette or in braille in the network library collections provided by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiodisks, Audiotape Recordings, Authors
Martin, Thomas J.; And Others – 1992
This discussion paper identifies how the New England Facility could be established to offer service for the blind and physically handicapped. Following a premise which outlines typical library services, the New England Facility is described in terms of its approach to service; facility size (total square footage); staffing needs and…
Descriptors: Braille, Budgets, Federal Programs, Library Facilities
Spiers, Elizabeth T. – 1992
This paper is intended for entering college students who are blind or visually impaired, administrators, faculty and staff, family members, and counselors. First, characteristics of people with blindness and visual impairments are briefly summarized. Services such as translation of texts into braille or audiotaping, readers or assistants, and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Audiotape Recordings, Blindness, Braille
Craig, Margaret – National Braille Association Bulletin, 1984
Designed for braille transcribers and teachers of the visually handicapped, this document presents two articles about textbook braille. The first article presents information on the various methods available for transcribing tables--the stairstep method, the keying method, and the linear method. The second article provides further discussion of…
Descriptors: Braille, Charts, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Redmond, Linda, Comp.; Peaco, Freddie, Comp. – 1981
This circular lists contact organizations, possible volunteer activities, and related publications for individuals interested in volunteering their services on behalf of visually and physically handicapped readers and for libraries interested in starting or expanding volunteer programs. Descriptions of several national organizations concerned with…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Braille, Check Lists, Library Materials
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1986
This reference circular lists selected braille instructional materials and braille writing equipment and supplies currently available for purchase. A total of eight braille code books, seven instruction manuals for braille transcribing, and 17 instructional manuals for braille reading are listed. Suggestions are presented about braille instruction…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Blindness, Braille

Broward County Schools, Fort Lauderdale, FL. – 1982
Part of a series on special educaton procedures in Florida, the manual presents information for teachers of visually impaired students regarding the use of electronic communication devices. Each of four types of devices is profiled: closed circuit television (CCTV), compressed speech devices, typewriter attachments for the Optacon (a device that…
Descriptors: Braille, Closed Circuit Television, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Electromechanical Aids

Library of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1986
This bibliography lists selected fiction books for the enjoyment of visually or physically disabled sixth through ninth graders. The books extend the literary experience of young teens, while allowing them to glimpse life as it is lived by others and find greater understanding of themselves. The bibliography lists books available on disc, on…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Audiodisks, Audiotape Cassettes, Blindness