Total Literacy Experience: Using The Learning Media Assessment With Young Children
Perkins School For The Blind 175 North Beacon St.Watertown, MA Saturday, December 5th, 2009 Phone: 617.972.7712
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Description:
Teachers of students with visual impairments are mandated to annually assess using the Learning Media Assessment (LMA) by age three. We will explore using the Learning Media Assessment with young children and children with multiple disabilities. As teachers of these young minds, it is especially important that we provide children with skill experiences for all types of educational access using both vision and all compensatory skills: a Total Literary Experience. Since literary starts at birth, we will explore the roots of these skills and discuss ways to build competencies across available media and how the LMA provides us structure for defining educational goals.
Learner Outcomes: After completing this workshop, participants will have increased knowledge in:- Assessment strategies using the Learning Media Assessment with young children and multiply involved children.
- Increasing skills needed to encourage use of all senses to access various media.
- Specific literacy considerations for children with CVI.
- Skills for report writing after completing a LMA
