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This presentation highlights the importance of partnerships between parents and teachers of students with visual impairments and/or deafblindness. Several tools will be shared to provide concrete ways for facilitating this partnership. These resources are cumulative over time, a way of building the relationship and being responsive to student needs. Using a case study spanning from age two to eighteen, this presentation will highlight relevant and cumulative collaborative techniques that can be used at different stages of education in response to the changing needs at each point. These strategies are introduced in a step-by-step fashion representing the order in which they would first be used, but they can be repeated and/or maintained throughout the student s educational career resulting in an additive model of collaborative tools.Learning Objectives:1.Participants will understand the unique dynamics that make collaboration between itinerant teachers of students with sensory impairments and their families so crucial.2.Learners will be exposed to a case study scenario illustrating how student, family, and teachercharacteristics change throughout the educational journey and how mutual respect and trust can be facilitated at each point.3.Participants will learn how to implement five data-based tools to foster collaboration and informationsharing between itinerant teachers and families. |
