About Us

This project is the result of an international, collaborative effort among educators in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, who work with students with vision or hearing impairments. Our mission is to provide a resource for professionals, parents, and university students involved in fully including students with sensory impairments in our educational systems.

Vision Impairment

• Chapter 1: The Spirit of Inclusion
  • Karen Waldron
  • Michael Steer
• Chapter 2: Definitions, Identification, and Professionals
  • Dolly Bhargava
  • Elmwood Visual Resource Centre
• Chapter 3: Technological and Medical Interventions
  • Margaret Griffin
• Chapter 4: Teaching Strategies and Accommodations
  • Wendy Montgomery, with supportive information from the Elmwood Visual Resource Centre and from Faculty, TSBVI
• Chapter 5: Activities
  • Elmwood Visual Resource Centre, with supportive information in Mathematics from Susan Osterhaus and in Science from Matthew Dion, Karen Hoffman, and Amy Matter
• Chapter 6: Social Skills
  • Dolly Bhargava
• Chapter 7: Counseling Students with Vision Impairment
  • Eleanor T. Robertson
• Chapter 8: Working with Families
  • Sylvie Kashdan
• Chapter 9: Research and Reflections
  • Michael Steer
  • Gillian Gale

Hearing Impairment

• Chapter 1: Inclusion
  • Karen Waldron
• Chapter 2: Definitions, Identification, and Professionals
  • Dolly Bhargava
• Chapter 3: Technological and Medical Interventions
  • Dolly Bhargava
• Chapter 4: Teaching Strategies and Accommodations
  • Ellen Tacchi
  • Angela Peake
• Chapter 5: Activities
  • Tina Harper, Kacy Brown, and Megan Werner, with supportive information from Faculty, St. Joseph's Institute for the Deaf and from Graduate Students, Trinity University
• Chapter 6: Social Skills
  • Laura Hemberger
  • Kathryn Morrow
• Chapter 7: Counseling Students with Hearing Impairment
  • Eleanor T. Robertson
• Chapter 8: Working with Families
  • Katharine Edwards