As National Family Literacy Month winds down, Change Makers is discussing tactile literacy. Listen as we learn more about how tactile images are created, recent upgrades to APH’s Tactile Graphic Image Library, what APH products encourage tactile literacy and the process of teaching students tactile literacy.

Participants (In Order of Appearance)

• Sara Brown, APH Public Relations Manager
• Sally Hart, APH Tactile Graphics Designer
• Karen Poppe, APH Tactile Literacy Product Manager
• Donna McClure-Rogers, APH Early Childhood Product Manager
• Elizabeth McCann, Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, CPD Coordinator for Visual Impairment at Scottish Sensory Center

Additional Links:

• The Tactile Graphics Image Library: Helping Students Succeed
• tgfeedback@aph.org
• APHB - Login for APH Tactile Graphic Image Library
• Setting the Stage for Tactile Understanding, Guidebook, Braille
• Flip-Over Concept Books: TEXTURES
• Quick-Draw Paper
• PixBlaster embosser
• Giant Textured Beads with Pattern Matching Cards
• Tactile Treasures Kit, Tactile-Color Edition
• Picture Maker Wheatley Tactile Diagramming Kit
• Textured Sorting Circles and Shapes
• All-In-One Board
• Web Chase
• TactileDoodle
• DRAFTSMAN Tactile Drawing Board
• Color-by-Texture Marking Mats
• APH - Tactile Skills Matrix
• Tactile Book Builder Kit
• CVI Book Builder Kit
• Scottish Sensory Centre website
• Scottish Sensory Centre Twitter
• Elizabeth McCann Twitter