Articles Related to Active Learning
Articles by Dr. Lilli Nielsen
Active Learning and the Blind, Multiply Disabled Child
Cortical Visual Impairment: Causes and Manifestations, Scottish Sensory Centre.
(This article was originally published in “Refsnaes-Nyt”, No 38, September 1993).
An article written for the Scottish Sensory Centre detailing Lilli’s thoughts about assessing children with cortical visual impairments. This article was written at a time when professionals were just beginning to learn about CVI.
Cortical Vision Impairment: Using the Sense of Sight as a Secondary Sensory Modality,
Active Learning and Educational Approaches By Other Authors
The Active Learning Approach: Using the Resonance Board and the Little Room with Young Blind and Multiply Disabled Children
ACTIVE LEARNING AND THE STANDARD CURRICULUM-ALBRAND
By Kate Moss Hurst, Deafblind Education Consultant, Texas Deafblind Outreach
This article explains how Active Learning, an educational approach developed by Dr. Lilli Nielsen, can be used to provide instruction for students with the most profound disabilities in both the standard curriculum and the expanded core curriculum.
Developing my Classroom for Secondary-Aged Students Who Aren’t Actively Engaging with People or Objects
Five Phases of Educational Treatment Used in Active Learning
Incorporating Active Learning Theory into Activity Routines
An Introduction to Dr. Lilli Nielsen’s Active Learning
Job One for Educators: Becoming a Good Playmate
Lilli Nielsen FIELA Curriculum in Action: The Skylands School Experience
In this article written for NFB Convention 2003, this group from Skylands School for the Exceptional shares their experience with the FIELA Curriculum.
Resonance Boards
Some Thoughts On What Makes “Little Rooms” Good Learning Environments
Tactual Skills for Students with Visual Impairments
Taking a Look at the FIELA Curriculum: 730 Learning Environments by Dr. Lilli Nielsen
Talking the Language of the Hands to the Hands
This factsheet explores the role that the hands play in typical development, and in the development of children who are blind, children who are deaf, and children who are deaf-blind. Strategies for facilitating hand development are discussed. The Full Article is also available. Miles, B. (2003, October). Talking the language of the hands to the hands. DB-Link: The National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who Are DeafBlind. Monmouth, Oregon. Retrieved: documents.nationaldb.org/products/ hands.pdf
Miles, B., Nelson, E., and Pellerin R., 2015. CDCI Research into Practice, Summary 3.
The Importance of Touch
Touch: A Critical Sense for Individuals with Visual Impairments
The Power of Play: A Pediatric Role in Enhancing Development in Young ChildrenPower of Play: A Pediatric Role in Enhancing Development in Young Children.
This article discusses the importance of play in developing the brains of young children.