- Before school begins, it is helpful to arrange a time for the student to work with the orientation and mobility instructor or myself on orientation to the new classroom. Doing this without other students in the room will allow the student to better process the layout of his or her new classroom.
- When assigning a cubby or mailbox, consider giving the student the first cubby so that he or she can easily find it.
- The student's orientation and mobility instructor) will come by to put up a cane hook by the door). She will also show you how to safely give sighted guide to your student and will go over the emergency plan with you. Here's an instructional video about the sighted guide technique as well.
- Additional storage will be required in the classroom. This usually means having two desks since he or she will have more tools (ex. adapted math tools, paper, Braille Writer, etc.). An extra drawer or half of a cabinet in the classroom is also useful for the vision staff so that we can pull out materials to make tactile graphics on the fly, etc.
- If you do rearrange the classroom, just make sure that you warn us so that we can find a time to reorient him or her to the new setup when other students are not in the room.
- We will bring a carpet square for any carpet sitting time that you may have. This will help the student locate a good location to sit with the class.