Description
Teach academic, social, and life skills to preschool-aged children who are blind or have visual impairments by adapting curriculum and environments for safe, accessible learning. Provide specialized instruction in braille and tactile/auditory learning, integrate assistive technology, and collaborate with families and teams to develop and implement IEPs.
- • Arrange classrooms and play areas with tactile markers, high contrast, and controlled lighting to support safe mobility.
- • Attend to children's basic needs, building independence in feeding, dressing, and toileting routines.
- • Use tactile, auditory, and object cues to provide comfort, encouragement, and positive reinforcement.
- • Confer with parents, guardians, teachers, counselors, or administrators to address vision-related behavioral or academic concerns.
- • Develop IEPs with vision-specific goals for communication, access, orientation, and independence.
- • Implement strategies tailored to students with visual impairments and additional disabilities.
- • Teach pre-braille and braille literacy, tactile discrimination, listening skills, and concept development.
- • Encourage students to explore safely and persist with tactile or auditory learning tasks to prepare for later grades.
- • Establish and communicate clear lesson objectives in accessible formats (braille, large print, audio, symbols).
- • Establish and enforce rules and routines using consistent tactile and auditory signals.
- • Instruct and monitor safe use and care of low vision devices, braillewriters, and other materials.
- • Adapt the preschool curriculum into braille, tactile graphics, large print, or audio formats.
- • Monitor teacher assistants to ensure fidelity to accommodations and VI best practices.
- • Observe and evaluate visual behaviors, access needs, and students' performance, social development, and health.
- • Organize and supervise adapted games and movement activities using tactile and sound cues.
- • Plan and supervise multisensory experiential learning, such as tactile field trips, community walks, or demonstrations.
- • Prepare classrooms with tactile books, object symbols, labeled materials, and accessible play resources.
- • Prepare lesson plans and unit outlines embedding accessibility and accommodations.
- • Present information using descriptive language, tactile materials, and accessible technologies.
- • Read tactile, braille, or large-print books to classes or small groups with rich verbal description.
- • Serve meals or snacks while teaching self-feeding, spatial orientation, and table routines.
- • Teach basic concepts (shape, color, number, letters), personal hygiene, and social skills using tactile and auditory methods.
- • Teach socially appropriate behavior with strategies such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
- • Teach personal development skills, including device care, goal setting, independence, and self-advocacy for access.
- • Conduct functional vision and learning media assessments and other screenings to inform instruction.
- • Attend professional meetings, VI conferences, or training to maintain or improve competence.
- • Collaborate with teachers and administrators to design, evaluate, or revise accessible preschool programs.
- • Collaborate with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or O&M specialists to develop IEPs.
- • Manage inventory and distribution of braillers, slates and styluses, magnifiers, and tactile materials.
- • Coordinate inclusion and placement with appropriate accommodations, paraprofessional support, and material access.
- • Maintain accurate and complete student records, service logs, and progress notes per policies and regulations.
- • Meet with families to discuss progress, share home adaptation strategies, and connect them to community resources.
- • Display and share students' work in tactile or large-print formats suited to individual access needs.
- • Prepare assignments and training for teacher assistants or volunteers producing accessible materials.
- • Prepare required reports on students, services, assessments, and activities for administration.
- • Provide and teach use of assistive technology, and support students in safely accessing school facilities.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
