CHAT - Low Vision and the ECC - Compensatory Access Skills Ð 3/15/24 From Dorothy Vetrano to Everyone: Houston From Veronica Flores to Everyone: Mission, TX From Jennifer Paltjon to Host and Panelists: Waco From Rita Phillips Dunn to Host and Panelists: Georgia From Lisa Garza to Everyone: Mission, TX From Rebecca Weber to Host and Panelists: Pennsylvania From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: San Antonio, TX From Linda Jordan to Everyone: Hi All! Boerne, TX From Dorothy Vetrano to Everyone: Hi - good to see you both. Hi Chrissy -! From Emilie McConnell to Everyone: Magnolia, TX From Amanda Perez to Everyone: Weatherford, TX From Callie Sanders to Everyone: Amarillo From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: Hope you are all doing well. From Linda Thurmond to Everyone: El Campo, TX From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: Yes it is! From Erica Moore to Everyone: Cuero, TX From Amanda Weisman to Host and Panelists: Austin Tx! From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: STAAR tomorrow! From Tyler Hamilton to Everyone: Garland TX From Rosalba Wisner to Everyone: Hi all! Kerrville,TX From Andrea Bill Reyna to Everyone: Hi, Odessa Tx From Andrea Bill Reyna to Everyone: Andrea Bill Reyna From linda brown to Everyone: New Caney, TX HI From Shay Utley to Everyone: Shay Utley, Mansfield Tx From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: Info and registration for the Low Vision Conference on May 10th: https://txtsbvi.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=40970 From Krystle Kisosondi to Everyone: Hi, Tyler TX From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: ItÕs overwhelming! From ragan vancampen to Everyone: Cut the glare from windows by asking team to close blinds. From Veronica Flores to Everyone: Reduce wall clutter From Amanda Weisman to Host and Panelists: Tactile high contrast tape outlining a cubby From Linda Jordan to Everyone: Ask teacher not to stand in front of windows during instruction From Dorothy Vetrano to Everyone: For a student with albinism I suggested to one school to place blue filters over the ceiling lights. From Emilie McConnell to Host and Panelists: Zoom meeting opened up to show the board while math problems were solved. From Veronica Flores to Everyone: Minimizing posters and decorations From Rita Phillips Dunn to Everyone: Add color to steps for travel Add black background From ragan vancampen to Everyone: If student cannot reposition themselves, some teachers will cover light fixtures with translucent materials to help diffuse the light intensity. From Callie Sanders to Everyone: Add tactile markers to help students find classrooms From ragan vancampen to Everyone: aph tactile tape is very handy for glassware From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: Large print room #s above the classroom door to help HS and middle school find their classroom From Dorothy Vetrano to Everyone: I'm not sure if anyone runs into this problem, but I adapt the environment or suggest to teachers how to and then following week it's still the same. From Sue Kimbrough to Everyone: use hi-marks to mark beakers From Dorothy Vetrano to Everyone: Yes From Dorothy Vetrano to Everyone: Well not take it all away they just need to buy into this From Dorothy Vetrano to Everyone: great idea! From Sue Kimbrough to Everyone: write it in the IEP as an accommodation From Dorothy Vetrano to Everyone: I totally agree. From Dorothy Vetrano to Everyone: Love it. Thank you From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: ThatÕs such a good reminder. I think that we sometimes forget about real objects for kiddos with low vision. From ragan vancampen to Everyone: tactile drawing tools for quick charts and grids, color coding visual materials and bold lining From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: Taking a Dr. Seuss book and adding braille for a stuent From Linda Jordan to Everyone: symbol calendar system From Lisa Garza to Host and Panelists: For a class schedule, I added real objects From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: Adapting a 100 chart From linda brown to Everyone: RECC... LIKE THE RESOURCE! From Margaret Howell to Everyone: Monocular training from Learning to Listen From Brittany Smith to Host and Panelists: Learning their tools and when/why to use them. From ragan vancampen to Everyone: teaching programs like how to efficiently use the customization tools on bookshare etc. From ragan vancampen to Everyone: Having the kids tell you...I got this From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: Info and registration for the Low Vision Conference on May 10th: https://txtsbvi.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=40970 From Dorothy Vetrano to Everyone: My 3rd grade student is speaking out more about what he needs and works for him and he tells me. Great self-advocacy. We dpn From Dorothy Vetrano to Everyone: Oops I hit send before I finished From Dorothy Vetrano to Everyone: We don't have the eyes of these kiddos so we really need to listen to what they are telling works From ragan vancampen to Everyone: Simple adaptation to PE games to allow LV students to participate as independently as possible- Having classmates say they like some of the adaptations too. Universal design for universal access From Jennifer D'Alessandro to Host and Panelists: So I had this showing on my calendar for the wrong time. Is there any way to access the presentation slides? Thanks so much. From Lisa Garza to Host and Panelists: I have used Allied learning materials for the ECC. I let my High school students pick the tools that work for them From Andrea Bill Reyna to Everyone: Thank you From Lisa Garza to Host and Panelists: Thank you From ragan vancampen to Everyone: Thank you very much - great presentation and resources! From Elizabeth Brown to Host and Panelists: Thank you! From Shelley Moreno to Everyone: Very helpful thank you! From Erica Moore to Everyone: Thank you so much! From Margaret Howell to Everyone: Thank you for the great information and resources.