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Tactile Cues for Blind/VI Children and Youth with Additional Disabilities Megan Mogan, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language PathologistDeafblind SpecialistThe Arizona Deafblind Project Outcomes By the end of this webinar, Participants will be able to: describe the purpose of tactile cues consider the correspondence between visual cues and tactile cues initiate a discussion on the potential use of a tactile cueing system with families and team members of blind/VI children and youth with combined vision and hearing loss AbstractConsider all of the information we gather through hearing and vision that informs our understanding of what is about to happen next. For children and youth who are Blind/VI with additional disabilities, the absence of one or more distance senses can significantly impact their ability to anticipate activities, people, and materials in their environments. This webinar will discuss the use of tactile cues to support receptive communication, concept development, and social-emotional wellbeing for these individuals. Participants will consider how they might implement tactile cueing systems in their own practice or when coaching team and family members. |
