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Randall Rice (Randall)
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Username: Randall
Post Number: 1
Registered: 8-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 - 3:03 pm: |       |
Does anyone have any fun games for a visually impaired student. This is my first experience with a visually impaired student and I am looking for some exciting activities for the student to do while in class. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
Melissa Sopher (Mms0067sruedu)
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Username: Mms0067sruedu
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 11:29 am: | |
Include your whole class on the activity. Do not exclude them by any means. I am in the Adapted minor at Slippery Rock University and we just finished doing a few activities for the visually impaired. The whole class wore blindfolds and we did field events for track. (EX. the shot put and discus throw). Also you can do most any activity just have the person with the visual impairment have a "leader". Meaning have a "seeing" student be connected to the student with the impairment. this way they can be guided through the activity and still have just as much fun as the rest of the class. Anymore questions email me at mms0067@sru.edu! Hope this helps! |
Julie Lineman (Julie)
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Username: Julie
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 8:49 am: | |
A great game for visually impaired students is a game called Goal Ball. First you must have blindfolds or ducktaped googles for all students so they are all on the same playing field. You must also have a ball that makes some kind of noise.(They make specific balls for this game that have bells in them.) If you can get knee pads and elbow pads it seems to work well. There are three students on each team. The team who starts with the ball rolls it as hard as they can to the other side where the other team tries to block the goal. They continue this until the first team reaches 5 goals. To find more in depth information on Goal Ball you can goole it, but the students i have worked with seem to really enjoy this game. |
Paula Summit (Summit5)
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Username: Summit5
Post Number: 118
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 6:22 pm: | |
I had a visually impaired student. I asked her what colors were easier for her to see. I made sure I requested balls with bells inside and I sometimes borrowed the beeper ball from the PT in our district. Ask the student...they will tell you. Use the occupational therapist and physical therapist as a resource. |
Byron Thompson (Byron_thompson)
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Username: Byron_thompson
Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-2011
| | Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 - 6:39 pm: | |
I have volunteered with some visual impaired students at Slippery Rock University. One of the common and favorite games that the adapted program here likes to play is goal ball, like Julie is talking about. It is a very intense game. Depending on the age group you are dealing with, this could be a great game for you to play. |
