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Title	Author	Domain	Category	Problem?
50 Ways to Use a Lightbox	M. Clyne	MIVI, Sensory Efficiency	Development of Vision, Instructional Strategies, Vision Efficiency Training	Report a problem!
Description: This author provides ideas for ways to incorporate a light box into functional routines in order to ensure the student's skills are generalized beyond time with the TVI.
A Paraprofessional's Handbook for Working with Students Who Are Visually Impaired (1997) (Cost)	C. Miller & N. Levack	MIVI, Professional Resources	Paraprofessional Support	Report a problem!
Description: This book defines the paraprofessional's unique role in providing educational programming to students with visual impairments.
A Standard Tactile Symbol System: Graphic Language for Individuals Who Are Blind and Unable to Learn Braille (1992)	L. Hagood	Compensatory/Access, Deafblind, MIVI	Communication, Tactual Related	Report a problem!
Description: Using a tactile system is explained for increasing students choice making, communication, expanding vocabulary and the understanding of concepts.
AbleData	N/A	MIVI, Technology	Adapted PE, Adaptive Tools/Technology, Instructional Aids/Materials, Low Vision Devices, Products	Report a problem!
Description: This website is devoted to providing objective, unbiased information on all types of assistive technology for all types of people with disabilities.
Ablenet (Cost)	N/A	MIVI, Technology	Communication, Products	Report a problem!
Description: This catalog provides technology solutions for all students with disabilities, includes hardware, software and teacher resources.
ACC Intervention	N/A	MIVI, Technology	Accessible Books, Adaptive Tools/Technology, Communication	Report a problem!
Description: AAC Intervention is a website created by two speech and language pathologists who provide many useful tips about using augmentative communication and assistive technology. (Not VI specific)
Active Learning Resources	N/A	Deafblind, MIVI	Active Learning	Report a problem!
Description: Numerous resources are given regarding the implementation of Active Learning with students who are MIVI.
Adapted World of a Special Child	N/A	Family Resources, MIVI	Active Learning, Cortical Visual Impairment, Play	Report a problem!
Description: A website created by a parent of a child with multiple impairments including CVI. Ideas for play and instruction are given.
Adapting Literacy Materials for Students with CVI and Multiple Disabilities (2016)	T. Wilks	Compensatory/Access, MIVI	Cortical Visual Impairment	Report a problem!
Description: The author, a TVI, presents how to make books for those with CVI who also have additional disabilities. Techniques on what types of materials to use, contrast consideration, etc. are given.
Adaptivation, Inc. (Cost)	N/A	MIVI, Technology	Adaptive Tools/Technology, Communication, Products	Report a problem!
Description: Manufacturer of hardware for the physically disabled including switches and communication devices. (Not VI Specific)
An Introduction to Dr. Lilli Nielsen's Active Learning (1995)	S. Shaffer	Early Childhood, MIVI	Active Learning	Report a problem!
Description: The author, an early childhood specialist, explains Active Learning and provides recommendations for creating an Active Learning environment for a student.
An Overview of Literacy for Children with CVI (2017)	D. Sheline	Compensatory/Access, MIVI	Cortical Visual Impairment	Report a problem!
Description: An expert in the field of working with students with CVI explains how the different levels of severity of CVI can effect literacy and provides tips for making early books for these learners.
Are You Blind? (Cost)	L. Nielsen	MIVI	Active Learning	Report a problem!
Description: This book addresses teaching individuals with visual impairments and autism.
Attainment Company (Cost)	N/A	MIVI, Professional Resources	Choice and Decision Making, Communication, Functional Skills, Products	Report a problem!
Description: Catalog of products, including assistive technology, for those with mild to severe cognitive impairments. (Not VI specific)
Basic Skills for Community Living: A Curriculum for Students with Visual Impairments & Multiple Disabilities (1996) (Cost)	N. Levack, S. Hauser, L. Newton & P. Stephenson	MIVI	Curricula, Functional Skills, Instruction of Adventitiously Blind, Instruction of Personal Management, Instructional Strategies, Personal Control and Individual Performance, Resources, Tactile Symbols for Functional Learners	Report a problem!
Description: This curriculum is particularly designed for students who learn best within highly structured routines and who have great difficulty generalizing what they learn to new situations.
Basic Skills for Community Living:Activity Routines (1996)(Cost)	P. Stephenson	MIVI	Functional Skills, Instruction of Personal Management, Instructional Strategies, Routines, Tactile Symbols for Functional Learners	Report a problem!
Description: A companion book to Basic Skills for Community Living for the domestic, recreation/leisure, and vocational domains, including activity routine discrepancy analysis forms, preprinted with routine steps with permission to copy. Step by step activity routines are listed for the domestic, recreation/leisure, and vocational routines.
Beginning to Use An Object Calendar	S. Shafer	MIVI	Choice and Decision Making, Communication	Report a problem!
Description: This is a great one-page flyer for team members that provide an introduction to using object calendars.
Better Together: Building Relationships with People who have Visual Impairments and Autism Spectrum Disorder (or Atypical Social Disorder)(2008)(Cost)	L. Hagood	Compensatory/Access, MIVI	Concept Development, Instructional Planning, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: From the website: "The goal of this manual is to provide practical suggestions for teachers and parents who want to build important foundational relationships and teach social skills to children with visual impairments and autism or other types of atypical social development. Better Together provides a systematic scope and sequence of relationship-based goals and objectives, as well as examples of activities and strategies for teaching the objectives."
Beyond the Stares, a Personal Journal for Siblings of Children with Disabilities (2004) (Cost)	T. Adolphson	Family Resources, MIVI	Family Resources, Siblings	Report a problem!
Description: A collection of stories written by children who have siblings who have visual impairments and multiple impairments.
Calendars for Students with Multiple Impairments Including Deafblindness . . .(2001) (Cost)	R. Blaha	Deafblind, MIVI	Choice and Decision Making, Communication, Development-Communication, Personal Control and Individual Performance	Report a problem!
Description: This book is written for students who need help understanding, structuring and organizing their time and activities.
Career Education For Applied Academics (Cost)	N/A	Career Education and Transition, MIVI	Choice and Decision Making, Instructional Strategies, Resources, Self-Awareness	Report a problem!
Description: This booklet includes the philosophy, policies, and procedures for the career education program at TSBVI.
Child-Guided Strategies for Assessing Children Who Are Deaf-Blind or Have Multiple Disabilities (APH Quota)	C. Nelson & J. van Dijk	Assessment, Deafblind, MIVI	Instructional Aids/Materials, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: This book and interactive CD (sold separately) provides information which the participant can perform assessments on and plan out intervention strategies. It also includes a bibliography of Van Dijk's literature.
Children with Disabilities, 7th Edition (2012) (Cost)	Batshaw, Perret & Roisen	MIVI, Professional Resources	Professional Books	Report a problem!
Description: Children with Disabilities is a reference book written to provide individuals who care for children with developmental disabilities information about etiologies, treatments, and outcomes of many conditions.
Communication for Students with Deafblindness, or Visual and Multiple Impairments	N/A	Compensatory/Access, MIVI	Communication, Concept Development, Instructional Strategies, Instructional Support	Report a problem!
Description: TSBVI houses this informative website on the topic of teaching communication to those with deafblindness and visual and multiple impairments. Included are videos in the area of calendars and routines, educating those who work with students with visual impairments in areas such as building a calendar system, implementation and sample videos of actual students using calendars to bring meaning to their day.
Communication Matrix	N/A	Assessment, MIVI	Communication	Report a problem!
Description: From the website, "The Communication Matrix has created a free assessment tool to help families and professionals easily understand the communication status, progress, and unique needs of anyone functioning at the early stages of communication or using forms of communication other than speaking or writing."
Communication: A Guide for Teaching Students with Visual and Multiple Impairments (1998) (Cost)	L. Hagood	Deafblind, MIVI	Choice and Decision Making, Communication, Development-Communication, Instructional Strategies, Resources	Report a problem!
Description: This resource guide compiles communication teaching methods and strategies. It is intended as a general resource for students who are deafblind or visually and multiply impaired.
Cortical Visual Impairment in Young Children (Cost)	N/A	MIVI	Cortical Visual Impairment	Report a problem!
Description: This video shows different children with different levels of CVI and intervention strategies for those who instruct them.
Cortical Visual Impairment in Young Children with Multiple Disabilities (1990)	M. T. Morse	MIVI	Cortical Visual Impairment	Report a problem!
Description: The paper discusses terminology and probable causes of cortical visual impairment, normal visual development, and visual dysfunctioning. Also considered are educational implications for this population such as the importance of clarifying activity goals and utilizing persons, objects, and events that are intrinsically important and rewarding to the child. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness 84(5) pp. 200-203.Ã??Ã?Â (May 1990)
Cortical Visual Impairment: An Approach to Assessment & Intervention (2007) (Cost)	C. Roman	MIVI	Cortical Visual Impairment	Report a problem!
Description: From the website, "...On the basis of more than 30 years experience in working with hundreds of children of all ages with CVI, Christine Roman-Lantzy has developed a set of unique assessment tools and systematic, targeted principles whose use has helped children learn to use their vision more effectively. This one-of-a-kind resource provides readers with both a conceptual framework with which to understand working with CVI and concrete strategies to apply directly in their work."
Cortical Visual Impairment: An Overview of Current Knowledge	Tanni L. Anthony	MIVI	Cortical Visual Impairment	Report a problem!
Description: A historical perspective is given regarding cortical visual impairment.
Creative Communication	N/A	MIVI	Communication, Instructional Aids/Materials, Instructional Planning, Instructional Support, Products	Report a problem!
Description: Creative Communication is a website created by Patti King-DeBaun, a certified speech language pathologist who specializes in early literacy instruction and communication for children with multiple disabilities. The website includes a catalog, tips, featured products, apps, and information about workshops. (Not VI specific)
CVI (page found at the) American Printing House for the Blind	N/A	MIVI	Cortical Visual Impairment	Report a problem!
Description: A plethora of information regarding the education of students with cortical visual impairment.
CVI Web Exercise	N/A	MIVI	Cortical Visual Impairment	Report a problem!
Description: TSBVI's CVI web exercise includes three sections: First is introductory materials about what CVI is, examples of visual behaviors to look for, an introduction to Christine Roman-Lantzy's CVI Range. Second is real-life intervention ideas for students at each phase of resolution. And third, there are three case studies which include a walk-through of the assessment process for each student.
Dancing Cheek to Cheek (1991) (Cost)	N/A	Family Resources, MIVI	Communication, Family Resources, Play	Report a problem!
Description: For parents of infant children with visual impairments, this book discusses how one can encourage play and language.
Design to Learn	N/A	Assessment, Compensatory/Access, MIVI	Communication, Concept Development, Development-Communication, Instructional Strategies, Routines	Report a problem!
Description: This is a website from a small staff of researchers and special educators who work for the Oregon Institute on Disability and Development, a program of the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. They specialize in developing effective assessment and teaching strategies for children and adults with low-incidence disabilities. Various teaching guides are available for free download plus others are for purchase.
Early Learning: Step by Step (Cost)	L. Nielsen	Early Childhood, MIVI	Active Learning, Development, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: This book reviews certain sequences of learning to help identify 'the next step' in development and to determine 'missing links' in sequences. Approaches and environmental adaptations that may facilitate learning are suggested.
Educational Approaches for Visually Impaired Children (Cost)	L. Nielsen	MIVI	Active Learning	Report a problem!
Description: This book is a collection of the author's research outlining her approached to teaching infants and young children with visual impairments.
Essential Elements in Early Intervention: Visual Impairment and Multiple Disabilities (2014) (Cost)	D. Chen	Early Childhood, MIVI	Concept Development, Development, Development of Vision, Instructional Planning, Instructional Strategies, Routines	Report a problem!
Description: A comprehensive resource from an early childhood specialist, this book provides a range of information on effective early intervention with young children who are visually impaired and have other disabilities.
Every Move Counts: Sensory Based Communication Techniques (1993) (Cost)	J. Korsten	Assessment, MIVI	Communication, Sensory Training	Report a problem!
Description: The author, an OTR, provides ways to assess, evaluate and increase communication with students with the most severe disabilities through all sensory channels. (Not VI Specific)
Expansion of the Role of the Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments: Providing for Students Who Also Have Severe/Multiple Disabilities (2007)	R. Silberman & S. Sacks	MIVI, Professional Resources	CEC	Report a problem!
Description: Position Paper from the Division on Visual Impairments of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) explaining the role of the TVI who instructs the MIVI student.
Feelin' Groovy: Functional Tactual Skills (1998)	M. Smith & R. Toy	Deafblind, MIVI	Active Learning, Communication, Functional Skills	Report a problem!
Description: This article provides an excellent overview of the importance of student agency when learning new information. The appropriate way to use hand-over-hand guidance and hand-under-hand guidance are discussed in an example about brushing teeth. The role of the TVI is also discussed in teaching tactual skills.
Functional Academic Curriculum for Exceptional Students (F.A.C.E.S.)	N/A	MIVI	Curricula, Functional Math, Functional Skills, Instruction of Adventitiously Blind, Instruction of Personal Management, Instructional Planning, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: This curriculum, based on Texas TEKS, covers math, science, social studies, physical health and vocational skills (elementary to high school) for students with moderate to severe disabilities. (Not VI specific)
Functional Academics: A Curriculum for Students with Visual Impairments (1999) (Cost)	S. Hauser, N. Levack & L. Newton	MIVI	Functional Braille, Functional Math, Functional Skills, Instruction of Adventitiously Blind, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: This curriculum is designed for students in which a developmental or academic approach to learning is inappropriate.Ã?Â It includes activities and teaching strategies.
Functional Skills Screening Inventory (FSSI) (Cost)	H. Becker, S. Schur, M. Paoletti-Schelp & E. Hammer	Assessment, MIVI	Curricula, Functional Skills, Instructional Aids/Materials	Report a problem!
Description: The FSSI assesses critical living and working skills in persons with moderate to severe impairments.
Hand-Over-Hand Guidance: What Lesson Do We Teach? (1998)	A. Story	Early Childhood, MIVI	Communication, Development-Communication, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: The teaching philosophy of hand-over-hand instruction strategies is challenged and discussed.
Handwriting Without Tears: Wet-Dry-Try Capital Letters & Numbers App (Cost)	N/A	Early Childhood, MIVI	Instructional Support, Writing Skills	Report a problem!
Description: From the website, "Goodbye to boring handwriting practice! With our Wet-Dry-Try App, your children can learn and practice correct formation habits for writing capital letters and numbers on our virtual Slate Chalkboard. (Not VI specific)
Imagining the Possibilities: Creative Approaches to O&M for Persons Who Are VI (2001) (Cost)	D. Fazzi & B. Petersmeyer	MIVI, O&M	Instructional Strategies, Orientation Systems	Report a problem!
Description: This books is a hands-on teaching resource for pre-service and practicing O&M specialists. It offers materials, samples, and creative teaching strategies that will help you effectively work with your students, including students with multiple impairments.
Impact of Sensory Integrative Dysfunction	L. Ricketts	MIVI, Sensory Efficiency	Instructional Strategies, Motor Involvement, Play	Report a problem!
Description: An Occupational Therapist from TSBVI explains sensory integration and problems that can manifest in the tactile, vestibular and proprioceptive systems.
Impact of Vision Loss on Motor Development (1998) (Cost)	C. Strickling	Early Childhood, MIVI	Motor Involvement, Positioning	Report a problem!
Description: This book provides information for occupational and physical therapists working with students with visual impairments.
Incorporating Active Learning Theory into Activity Routines (2006)	K. Moss & S. Shafer	Deafblind, MIVI	Active Learning, Routines	Report a problem!
Description: Abstract: "This article focuses on Phase IV and V of Lilli Nielsen's five educational phases of educational treatment outlined in her book, Are You Blind?, and how the Active Learning principles can be incorporated into activity routines."
Independent Living Activity Routines Companion (2009) (Cost)	R. Loumiet & N. Levack	Independent Living, MIVI	Instructional Strategies, Routines	Report a problem!
Description: This book provides routines for the following goals from the Independent Living Curriculum: personal hygiene, eating, food management, housekeeping, and money management.
Infants and Toddlers with Visual Impairments (1998)	V. Bishop	Early Childhood, MIVI	Concept Development, Development, Development of Vision, Development-Communication, Eye Conditions and Diseases	Report a problem!
Description: This downloadable book written by a leading early childhood specialiist, provides a wealth of information for those working with visually impaired infants and toddlers.
INSITE Developmental Checklists (Cost)	N/A	Assessment, MIVI	Instructional Aids/Materials, Professional Contacts	Report a problem!
Description: INSITE promotes 3 different types of developmental checklists to use according to age. Protocols can be used with children who have severe developmental delays and multiple impairments.
Joseph's Coat: People Teaming in Transdisciplinary Ways (1998)	M. Smith	MIVI	Teaming	Report a problem!
Description: The author, a leader in the area of teaching students with multiple impairments, discusses the importance of teaming among different service providers to better serve the student population.
Judy Lynn Software, Inc. (Cost)	N/A	MIVI, Technology	Instructional Aids/Materials, Products	Report a problem!
Description: Judy Lynn Software manufactures switch software for use with Windows, iPads, Android tablets, and the Kindle Fire. (Not VI specific)
Let Me Check My Calendar (1997)	R. Blaha & K. Moss	Deafblind, MIVI	Communication	Report a problem!
Description: An overview of anticipation and daily calendars used with students with deafblindness.
Let's Eat: Feeding a Child with a Visual Impairment (1994) (Cost)	J. Brody & L. Webber	Family Resources, MIVI	Development, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: Book and/or video for the instruction of appropriate eating skills for the young child with visual impairments.
Let's Talk Limbic DVD (2017) (APH Quota)	J. van Dijk, C. Nelson, et. al.	Family Resources, MIVI	Parent Resources	Report a problem!
Description: From the APH website: "This DVD-ROM focuses on a major part of the human emotional brain, the Limbic System. Video clips show how sensory deprivation effects a person's emotional well being and can influence attachment, anxiety, and stress. Examples are given of effective intervention by parents and significant caregivers. The role of mirror neurons is demonstrated in "the resonance phenomenon" and as a precursor for imitation."
LilliWorks Active Learning Foundation	N/A	Early Childhood, MIVI	Active Learning, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: The official North American website of Lilli Nielsen, selling her Active Learning products and providing tips and resources.
Literacy for Students with Intellectual or Multiple Disabilities, Part 1: Components (2016)	T. Fitch	Compensatory/Access, MIVI	Functional Braille	Report a problem!
Description: The author provides information on 9 different components of a successful literacy program instructing those with MIVI that are learning braille.
Make It Routine (1991)	R. Blaha & K. Moss	Deafblind, Family Resources, MIVI	Routines	Report a problem!
Description: The authors, both deafblind specialists, discuss the importance of routines for those even with the most profound disabilities.
Making the Most of Early Communication (1995) (Cost)	P. H. Schacht & D. Chen	Deafblind, MIVI	Communication, Development-Communication	Report a problem!
Description: Demonstration video of intervention practices to use with multi-impaired infants and toddlers to enhance communication.
Mayer-Johnson Co. (Cost)	N/A	MIVI, Technology	Communication, Products	Report a problem!
Description: This company sells materials in promoting language with those who are speech and language impaired. Some items are symbol systems, PCS and materials for Boardmaker. (Not VI specific)
National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc. (NORD)	N/A	MIVI, Vision and Visual Impairments	Eye Conditions and Diseases	Report a problem!
Description: This site provides a searchable database containing information about rare disorders and conditions.
New Teacher Series: Getting Started with Activity Routines	A. Rash & N. Toelle	MIVI	Routines	Report a problem!
Description: This is a quick, step by step process for creating activity routines for the MIVI student.
Non-Verbal Communication: Cues, Signals and Symbols	J. Durkel	MIVI	Communication, Routines	Report a problem!
Description: Cues, signal and symbols are defined and discussed as how they can be used with children with multi-impairments.
Observations on the Habilitation of Children with Cortical Visual Impairment (1990)	M. Groenveld, J. E. Jan & P. Leader	MIVI	Cortical Visual Impairment	Report a problem!
Description: This article discusses the increasing incidence of cortical visual impairments, resulting from medical advancements making possible the survival of critically ill children with severe brain damage. Discussed are the prevalence of multiple handicaps, formation of visual concepts, foreground/background distinction, potential for mainstreaming, use of common objects, and color perception. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness.Ã?Â 84(1) pp.11-15.
Orientation & Mobility/Community-Based Instruction Infusion Scope and Sequence Chart	K. Moore	MIVI, O&M	Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: This serves as a reference guide of scope and sequence O&M skills for lifeskill teachers to use when working with students out in the community.
Perkins Activity and Resource Guide:A Handbook for Teachers and Parents of Students with Visual and Multiple Impairments (Cost)	C. Cuchman, K. Heydt, S. Edwards, M.J. Clark & M. Allon	Family Resources, MIVI	Family Resources, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: These books are a resource for a range of professional, parents and other caregivers who work with children with visual and multiple impairments. Areas of instruction include daily living skills, functional academics and orientation and mobility.
PLAI: Promoting Learning Through Active Interaction: A Guide to Early Communication with Young Children Who Have Multiple Disabilities (Cost)	M. Diane Klein, D. Chen & M. Haney	Early Childhood, MIVI	Communication, Professional Books	Report a problem!
Description: This program provides professionals with a step by step approach to intervening with infants with multiple impairments who do not have a functional communication system. It also provides handouts in English and Spanish. (Not VI specific).
Pre-Feeding Skills: A Comprehensive Resource for Mealtime Development (2000) (Cost)	S. Morris & M. Klein	Family Resources, MIVI	Development, Instructional Strategies, Intervention	Report a problem!
Description: Two experts in the field discuss skills necessary for the development of feeding skills.
Q&A: Functionally Blind	M. Murrell	MIVI, Professional Resources	Eligibility	Report a problem!
Description: Marty Murrell, TEA's former Vision Consultant, answers a teacher's question regarding the use of the term with MIVI students. (Texas Only)
Reach Out and Teach: Meeting the Training Needs of Parents of Visually and Multiply Handicapped Young Children (2011) (Cost)	K. Ferrell	Family Resources, MIVI	Family Resources	Report a problem!
Description: Written to give parents the information they need to raise their children with visual or multiple impairments. It includes a training manual, slide presentation and workbook for parents.
Repetitive Behaviors in Blind Children: What Are They?	N/A	Family Resources, MIVI	Parent Resources	Report a problem!
Description: This article is written to help explain some of the types of repetitive behaviors that some visually impaired children exhibit. Characteristics and explanations are given.
RJ Cooper, Inc. (Cost)	N/A	MIVI	Adaptive Tools/Technology, Inservice for Teachers and Administrators, Internet and Accessibility, Products, Technology	Report a problem!
Description: RJ Cooper sells assistive technology products for students with multiple impairments. (Not VI specific)
Routines	M. Smith	Deafblind, MIVI	Routines	Report a problem!
Description: Routines for the multi-impaired are explained in simple terms. A sample activity is also listed and discussed.
Routines, All Dressed Up and Somewhere to Go (1998) (Cost)	Outreach Program of TSBVI	Deafblind, MIVI	Communication, Routines	Report a problem!
Description: This video provides a useful introduction on how to use routines as a teaching strategy. It is helpful for VI teachers when asking teams to design activities.
SAM: Symbols and Meaning (APH Quota)	N/A	Compensatory/Access, Early Childhood, MIVI	Communication, Concept Development, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: A kit for students with visual and multiple impairments and pre-school children with visual impairments who are just beginning to use symbols -- the late sensorimotor, early preoperational stage of cognitive development.
School to Work: Developing Transition Portfolios for Students with Signficant Disabilities (Cost)	W. Bridgeo, C. Gicklhorn & M. Zatta	Career Education and Transition, MIVI	Transition/Future Planning	Report a problem!
Description: School to Work is a manual that provides a framework for developing meaningful vocation activities. It also helps teachers develop transition portfolios for adolescent age students with visual and multiple impairments.
Sensory Integration and Motor Control	L. Ricketts	MIVI, Sensory Efficiency	Instructional Support, Motor Involvement	Report a problem!
Description: The author, an OT at TSBVI, discusses problem areas with sensory integration in three different areas.
Sensory Integration and Sensory Motor Activities	L. Ricketts	MIVI, Sensory Efficiency	Instructional Aids/Materials, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: An Occupational Therapist gives suggestions and lists activities for tactual stimulation.
Sensory Learning Kit (SLK) (APH Quota)	M. Smith	MIVI	Adaptive Tools/Technology, Concept Development, Instructional Aids/Materials, Sensory Training	Report a problem!
Description: This kit, designed for those students with significant disabilities, provides an extensive arrays of tools and toys to help students develop basic skills. It also includes a guidebook with assessment forms on a CD and a book of routines.
Sensory Learning Kit (SLK) (APH Quota)	M. Smith	Assessment, Compensatory/Access, MIVI, Self Determination	Choice and Decision Making, Concept Development, Routines	Report a problem!
Description: From the website, "This kit is for use in the development of skills for learners with the most significant challenges. Is an extensive set of sensory items and written materials that help the most significantly challenged learners increase their curiosity and develop specific skills. Tools in this kit may be used to help create daily schedules, lesson plans, and alternative assessments for play or functional routines."
Space and Self (Cost)	L. Nielsen	Early Childhood, MIVI	Active Learning, Choice and Decision Making, Concept Development	Report a problem!
Description: This book addresses the use of Active Learning and 'The Little Room'.
Spatial Relations in Congenitally Blind Infants (Cost)	L. Nielsen	MIVI	Active Learning, Concept Development	Report a problem!
Description: This book is Dr. Nielsen's dissertation addressing if the environment or 'Little Room' can help spatial concept development with visually impaired infants.
STACS: Standardized Tactile Augmentative Communication Symbols Kit (APH Quota)	N/A	Compensatory/Access, MIVI	Communication, Comprehensive Assessment	Report a problem!
Description: From the APH website, "STACS . . .helps learning partners (teachers, parents, peers, etc.) teach a beginning standardized vocabulary. Teachers then introduce additional individualized symbols as needed. The STACS instruction manual and included online videos show learning partners how to implement symbols effectively as a part of their learner's communication system.
Starting Points (1995) (Cost)	D. Chen & J. Dote-Kwan	MIVI	Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: Instructional practices for young children whose multiple disabilities include visual impairments.
Strategies for Assessing and Teaching Students with Visual and Multiple Disabilities (Webcast with Millie Smith) (2016)	C. Cushman	MIVI	Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: From the website, "In this video, Millie Smith explores how learners at the sensorimotor level acquire information and progress through the learning stages."
Strategy to See (Cost)	D. Sheline	MIVI	Cortical Visual Impairment	Report a problem!
Description: Sheline, CTVI and CLVT, presents a great collection of research and practice techniques that helps promote better visual functioning in students with Cortical Visual Impairment.
Tactile Strategies for Children Who Have Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities: Promoting Communication and Learning Skills (2006) (Cost)	D. Chen & J. E. Downing	Compensatory/Access, Early Childhood, MIVI	Concept Development, Routines, Tactual Related	Report a problem!
Description: For teachers and parents to help promote growth, development, and communication of children with visual impairments and multiple disabilities to plan interventions.
Tactile Symbols (Videos) from the TSBVI Media Library	N/A	Compensatory/Access, MIVI	Concept Development, Instructional Development, Instructional Planning, Tactile Symbols for Functional Learners	Report a problem!
Description: TSBVI houses numerous videos in the area of tactile symbol systems educating those who work with students with visual impairments in areas such as making tactile symbols, creating a calendar system, and implementation and videos of actual students using tactile symbols to bring meaning to their day.
Tactile Symbols, Directory to Tactile Symbols List	Functional Academics and Basic Skills Dept., TSBVI	MIVI	Tactile Symbols for Functional Learners	Report a problem!
Description: This is a directory listing of the tactile symbol system used at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired's Functional Academics/Basic Skills Department.
Tap N See Now	N/A	Early Childhood, MIVI	Cortical Visual Impairment	Report a problem!
Description: From the website: "Tap-n-See Now is the first app for iPad and iPhone created specifically for children with cortical visual impairment (CVI)! The simple cause and effect app will also appeal to children without CVI."
Tar Heel Reader	N/A	Early Childhood, MIVI	Accessible Books, Recreational Reading	Report a problem!
Description: A website that provides a collection of on-line, accessible books for students who are beginning to read. Books can be also written.
Teaching Braille Mechanics to Students with CP or Decreased Tactile Sensitivity (2017)	C. Cushman	Compensatory/Access, MIVI	Beginning Reading, Braille Writing	Report a problem!
Description: Great suggestions on how to increase dexterity and hand strength, two important factors that impact braille reading and writing.
Teaching Students with Visual and Multiple Impairments (MIVI)	N/A	MIVI	Instructional Aids/Materials, Instructional Development, Instructional Planning, Instructional Strategies, Instructional Support	Report a problem!
Description: Current and up-to date information and resources regarding instruction of those with vision and multiple impairments.
Teaching Students with Visual and Multiple Impairments: A Resource Guide (1997) (Cost)	M. Smith & N. Levack	MIVI, Professional Resources	Anatomy, Education the General Public	Report a problem!
Description: This book offers best practices for VI certified teachers serving students with visual and multiple impairments.
The Active Learning Group	N/A	MIVI	Active Learning	Report a problem!
Description: The Active Learning Group is a Yahoo email group that is hosted by Lilliworks Foundation, the American company selling authentic Lillie Nielsen products.
The Comprehending Hand (Cost)	L. Nielsen	Early Childhood, MIVI	Active Learning, Development, Development of Vision, Instructional Strategies	Report a problem!
Description: This book reviews the importance of using the hands to grasp and explore and how parents and teachers can enhance this skill with visually impaired children.
Travel Tales: A Mobility Storybook (1988) (Cost)	J. Hapern-Gold, R. Adler & S. Faust-Jones	MIVI, O&M	Instructional Aids/Materials, Instructional Strategies, Resources	Report a problem!
Description: This is a book of short stories featuring Elliot, a blind boy. Each story includes some type of mobility techniques. Each chapter has games, songs and worksheets.
Understanding the Complexity of Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment (C/CVI) (2005)	L. Halvarinen, et. al.	MIVI, Vision and Visual Impairments	Cortical Visual Impairment	Report a problem!
Description: This article, written by many leaders in the area of CVI, gives a broad explanation to the understand and dealings with students with CVI and the complexity of the diagnosis.
Vineland II: Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (2005) (Cost)	N/A	Assessment, MIVI	Comprehensive Assessment, Program Planning	Report a problem!
Description: Assessment tool used with young multi-impaired children. (Not VI Specific)
Vision and the Brain: Understanding Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children (2015) (Cost)	A. Hall Leuck & G. Dutton	MIVI	Cortical Visual Impairment	Report a problem!
Description: From the publisher's website, "Vision and the Brain is a unique and comprehensive sourcebook geared especially to professionals in the field of visual impairment, educators, and families who need to know more about the causes and types of CVI and the best practices for working with affected children. Expert contributors from many countries represent education, occupational therapy, orientation and mobility, ophthalmology, optometry, neuropsychology, psychology ..."
Visual Stimulation: A Personal Reflection on Its Role and Benefit (2002)	M. Smith	MIVI, Sensory Efficiency	Vision Efficiency Training, Visual Efficiency and Functioning	Report a problem!
Description: A veteran professional shares her thoughts on vision stimulation and its importance with young children with multiple impairments.
What Can Baby See?: Vision Tests & Intervention Strategies for Infants with Multiple Disabilities (1997) (Cost)	D. Chen	Assessment, MIVI	Functional Vision Evaluation	Report a problem!
Description: A discussion of the functional vision tests used by early interventionists in testing the vision of infants and toddlers with multiple impairments.
What My Daughter Taught Me About Active Learning or Whose Goal Is It? (2006)	J. Bugbee	MIVI	Active Learning	Report a problem!
Description: A mother describes the activities that she did with her daughter throughout her early life that were not traditional learning activities but Active Learning in nature.
wonderbaby.org	N/A	Early Childhood, Family Resources, MIVI	Development, Early Intervention, Intervention, Parent Resources, Play, Programming	Report a problem!
Description: This website, created by parents of a young visually impaired child, brings insight and tips for those living and raising infants and children with visual disabilities as well as those with multiple disabilities.