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Videos for visually impaired children and youth on: sighted guide techniques, dressing skills, eating skills, physical education, working. Book Promoting Acceptance of Children with Disabilities: From Tolerance to Inclusion.

Bartiméus Zeist
internet: http://www.bartimeus.nl

ITVIC: Intelligence Test for Visually Impaired Children.  (This is a nonverbal intelligence test series by Dr. Riet Dekker which has ten haptic subtests.  It is geared for ages 6 to 15 and is available in English, Dutch, and German.)  Also for sale is the video cassette See You, about low vision and social development.  In development is the English translation of the book Kindren die slecht zien (Children with Low Vision).

C I L Publications and Audio Books
internet: http://visionsvcb.org/cil_publications.html

Curriculum packages for indoor orientation and mobility, personal management, and sensory development.  There are audio tapes for the students with visual impairments and accompanying lesson plans for teachers.  These were adapted for use with older adults, but may be suitable for instruction of some young adults.

Evansville Association for the Blind
location: Evansville, IN  U.S.A.
internet: http://eab.evansville.edu/college.htm

They conduct a summer program in which high school students with visual impairments (who are going into or coming out of their senior year of high school) spend six weeks living in a college dormitory and attending classes.  They accept students from all over.

Foreign Language Braille
internet: http://knol.google.com/k/eric-vasiliauskas-md-drv/enriching-your-blind-childs-life-via/2fo8us37li3cv/1#

An article that addresses the issues of helping a braille reader to be more proficient, and the general issues of education for braille readers. Written by a doctor living in Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Jason & Nordic Publishers
internet: http://www.jasonandnordic.com/

Sells: a series of books to teach young children awareness and tolerance of persons with special needs; Sensitivity and Awareness Guide and leader's manual.

Kids on the Block
internet: http://www.kotb.com

Puppet programs representing various challenges for public awareness and education.  The puppets and accompanying scripts need to be purchased (are rather expensive).

National Academy for Child Development [NACD]
internet: http://www.nacd.org

Provides evaluation of a student's educational, developmental, and neurological/medical status, and prescribes programs for enhancement of learning potential and improvement of behavior, where appropriate.  This institute serves many families who homeschool and need assistance developing an I.E.P. for their home instruction.

Overbrook School for the Blind
mail: 6333 Malvern Avenue, Philadelphia, PA  19151-2597 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.obs.org/page.php?ITEM=150

Conducts an early intervention summer workshop for parents of children aged birth to three years with visual impairments.  It is called TEAMS.  Has free materials The Overbrook Early Childhood Parent Education Series.

P C I Educational Publications
internet: http://www.pcieducation.com/

Curricula, reference books, and manipulatives for all special education programs.

Perfectly Safe
internet: http://perfectlysafe.stores.yahoo.net/info.html

Their "CPR Prompt Home Learning System" enables families to learn CPR at home.  Kit includes manikins and video cassette.

Phillip Roy, Inc.
internet: http://www.philliproy.com/

Curricula on audio Cd or online to develop survival/lifestyle and critical thinking skills.  Career exploration and job readiness curricula.

Pop-Up I.E.P. for Parents/Advocates
internet: http://www.unco.edu/ncssd/bviIEP/index.shtml

This site provides information for parents and advocates to help them when they attend I.E.P. meetings.

Stoelting
internet: http://www.stoeltingco.com

Publisher of testing materials for professionals, including: vision and O&M assessments; the Haptic Intelligence Test; developmental scales for infants/toddlers and for the developmentally delayed.  Catalog.

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
internet: http://www.tsbvi.edu

This state residential school publishes some good teaching materials and curricula on reading media assessment, low vision, O&M, multiple impairments, living skills, and other V.I. issues.

Vision Associates
internet:  http://www.visionkits.com

Vision assessment materials, educational consulting, and assessment workshops.

Visually Impaired Preschool Services [VIPS]
internet: http://www.vips.org

Video tape series Can Do! (11 tapes) for parents and teachers of visually impaired preschoolers, each on a different topic, including: play, braille, O&M, social skills, gross motor development, etc.  Call for prices.  Also, a bimonthly newsletter.

Washington State School for the Blind
location: Vancouver, WA  U.S.A.
internet: http://www.wssb.org

Their staff have written software programs to allow blind students access to software packages by EdMark. The programs are available here for downloading.  They are for computers with Windows operating systems.

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This page was last updated July, 2008.