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Unit 9: Visually Impaired: Preventions and Teaching Strategies

Self Assessment Notes
2. State whether the following statements are 'True' or 'False':
(i) Personal interactions are important for effective teaching of visually impaired students.
(ii) Classroom modification for students with visual impairments is not vital for their success.
(iii) Writing in large print on a chalk board or overhead can be helpful to some visually impaired
students.
(iv) It is not important to supplement verbal instruction with large print texts and handouts.
(v) As a teacher, fostering a good relationship with the parents of a visually impaired student is
imperative to student learning and communication.

9.3 Summary

• In the unit we have discussed about prevention and teaching strategies of visually impaired
children.
• First prevention of visual impairment is to take vitamin A rich diet, pre birth and post birth of
child is very critical in case of visual impairment.
• Great care for child from early childhood diseases, burns, and other accidents should be done
by parents.
• Government also made policies for the prevention of visual impairment.
• National eye health and prevention of blindness committees plans whose strategies for
prevention of blindness and visual impairment are implied for the prevention of avoidable
blindness and visual impairment.
• Teaching of visual impaired children is very complicated.
• Teaching by personal Interaction -personal interaction are important for effective teaching.
The first step in this type of teaching is to create routine.
• Modifying the learning environment-some modifications are complication of visual impairment
to be sued according to classroom should be safe leave doors fully open or fully closed for
unnecessary clutter.
• There should be a strong relationship between teacher and parent, so that teacher could be able
to know about every activity of impaired child after school.
• Playing with toys (specially auditory clues, vibrations) is important strategies, musical and
noise making toys (Rattles seen say, push pull toys) (boats,, trucks, cars) are also should use for
visually impaired children.
• Toys with feelings, five motor toys, books, bubble blowing ball games are also good options for
teach the visual impaired children efficiently.

9.4 Keywords

• Prevention : The act of stopping something bad from happening.
• Adequate : Enough in quantity, or good enough in quality for a particular purpose or
need.
• Blind : Not able to see.
• Comprehensive : Including all, or almost all the items, details, facts information etc. that may
be concerned.

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