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Mealtime Skills for Children with Visual Impairments


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Hello!  Welcome to Perkins e-Learning to-go!  Today's podcast is an audio version of one of our classic webcasts - a reboot.  We will be learning about Mealtime Skills for Children with Visual Impairments today.

Sue Shannon, an occupational therapist, describes some of the challenges faced by students who are blind in learning mealtime skills. It focuses on and  provides video demonstrations of effective strategies for teaching the skills of pouring, serving, utensil use and cutting.

The presentation shows different techniques for each skill and the adaptations for students at different levels of learning.

 

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