Teaching Braille
Learner Opportunities
The Ohio State School for the Blind OSSB has summer camps providing opportunities for students in grades 3-12. Camp offerings change yearly.
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities provides adult braille learning opportunities as available throughout Ohio on an occasional basis. Contact OOD.OfficeOfCommunication@ood.ohio.gov for more information.
Aspire Adults Education services at the Ohio Department of Higher Education work with some vision service centers in the state to sponsor classes for groups of multiple adult learners who need braille for their independence or employment. Contact aspirestudents@highered.ohio.gov or 833-8Aspire (833-827-7473).
Braille Challenge The Braille Institute sponsors an annual braille reading and writing competition for students in grades 1-12 each January through March. Finals are held in Los Angeles each June.
Braille Curricula
Building on Patterns by APH Comprehensive literacy program available on Federal Quota Funds
Mangold Braille Program by Exceptional Teaching Reading program for teaching UEB, as well as both UEB and Nemeth number recognition.
Braille Too: The Next Generation Designed for secondary students who were formerly print readers.
Ducking Into UEB Comprehensive sequential series of reading and writing lessons for teaching both uncontracted and contracted UEB.
Actual Tactuals BrailleFor students and adults learning braille, UEB Practice Sentences and BrailleBlazer provide systematic practice with sequentially introduced contractions.
I-M-Able: Individualized Meaning-Centered Approach to Braille Literacy Education Paperback by Diane P. Wormsley, Ph.D., presents student centered method for teaching children who have difficulties learning braille. Federal Quota eligible kits using the I-M-Able curricula are available from APH in Hard Copy or Electronic versions.
The Queensland Braille Progression and Assessment Tool Extensive assessment inventory of sequential braille reading and writing skills.
Ann and Friends Series of stories for use by students learning the alphabet and alphabetic wordsigns to reinforce their braille curriculum.
I Can Do BrailleComprehensive braille curriculum directed at younger school aged students.
Professional Resources
AEROhio: The Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired of Ohio.
AER – Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Organization for professionals who provide services to persons with vision loss.
Paths to Literacy Joint project between the Perkins School for the Blind and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired to provide literacy information for blind and low vision learners.
Perkins School for the Blind eLearning Online professional development opportunities, videos, publications, and resource information.
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Online learning opportunities, publications, and resource information.
Council for Exceptional Children Division on Visual Impairments and Deafblindness Organization for professionals in the field of special education offering webinars, resources, and conventions.
Perkins School for the Blind Resources include articles, webinars, and courses.
Dual Media Learners: Using Print and Braille
Paths to Literacy: Overview of Dual Media
Integrating Print and Braille: A Recipe for Literacy Editor Sharon Maneki
Learning and Using Print and Braille: A Study of Dual-media Learners, Part 1; Learning and Using Print and Braille: A Study of Dual-media Learners, Part 2