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strangeaffliction

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How do educators adapt an instructional program for students with visual disabilities?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Jeanine, who is blind, needs to be taught the principle of concreteness. To do this, the teacher could
 
  a. give her an unplugged electric fan to touch and feel.
  b. play a recording of city sounds.
  c. show her a raised drawing of a doll's house. d. guide her in drawing a picture of a triangle.



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: Answers should emphasize the following points:
(1) The many needs of students with visual impairments demand a continuum of special services, beginning with a preschool program.
(2) The educational program should emphasize concrete learning, unifying experiences, and hands-on activities.
(3) It is important for parents and teachers to help visually impaired children develop their skills. It is also important to let the children do things for themselves as much as possible and experience the things that sighted children experience.
(4) Included in the curriculum would be social skills training.

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: a



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