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Supporting Children with Visual Impairments

Supporting Children with Visual Impairments

Update: 2025-08-18

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In this podcast, we will speak with Allyssa Harpist, a teacher for students with visual impairments in the Urbana School District 116, and Hong Phangia Dewald, PhD, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist, about strategies that can be implemented for children with visual impairments in inclusive early childhood classrooms.

Resources:

Teaching Students with Visual Impairments

ISVI Opening Doors

Perkins School for the Blind

Paths to Literacy

American Foundation for the Blind

Exceptional Teaching Aids

Independent Living Aids

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Supporting Children with Visual Impairments

Supporting Children with Visual Impairments

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