Perkins Publications

Over the past several years Perkins has made a concerted effort to encourage and assist our staff and people with whom we work, to share their knowledge and expertise with professionals, families and others beyond the Perkins campus. This has resulted in many new and exciting trainings, webcasts and publications. Here are just a few examples of some recent Perkins publications.

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Drawing With Your Perkins Brailler Written by Braille & Talking Book Library Director, Kim Charlson, Drawing With Your Perkins Brailler contains step-by-step directions for creating 36 different drawings ranging from basic to highly intricate. Drawings include shapes, various animals, and pictures with holiday and transportation themes. The actual braille pictures are included to show what the drawings will look and feel like when completed. This book shows both sighted and blind readers that braille can be used to create visual pictures. Available in large print and braille editions. Buy this book.
Clean to the Touch Clean to the Touch is a manual designed to present easy-to-use, step-by-step techniques that enable people with visual impairments to undertake housecleaning tasks with ease and effectiveness. This systematic approach designed specifically for students who are blind and visually impaired ensures success in these very important independent living skills. Areas of the home included are: the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and floors along with information on room arrangement, cleaner safety and storage and other useful tips. Though designed for adolescents, these techniques are helpful for people of all ages, including younger children and adults experiencing vision loss. Buy this book.
Beyond Pegboards - A Guide for Teaching Adolescent Students with Multiple Disabilities Beyond Pegboards is a practical guide that uses a theme-based approach to help teachers create meaningful learning opportunities for students with multiple disabilities. It is filled with very easy to replicate activities that can become a springboard for more activities and ideas. All activities are referenced in a critical skills chart that ties them to the skills and concepts that they address. Examples of how activities relate theme-based teaching to the educational standards are also included. Buy this book.
Deafblindness: Educational Service Guidelines Deafblindness: Education Service Guidelines was developed as a collaborative efforts among leaders in the field of deafblindness, the National Family Association for the Deafblind, State Deafblind project and the National Association of State Directors of Special Education. This publication is a best practice guide that educational administrators at the state, local and program levels can use to understand the implications of combined vision and hearing losses on learning; and to recognize the need for specialized assessment, program planning and service delivery. Buy this book.
School to Work School to Work is a manual that provides both a framework for developing meaningful vocation activities as well as a template from which to develop transition portfolios for adolescent age students with significant disabilities. The manual is divided into three sections representing the major categories of the portfolio: The Individual's Perspective; Personal Information; and Vocational Experiences. Each section contains a description of the form and a sample of one that has been completed. Also included is a sample of a complete portfolio and a set of blank forms that can be used by the reader to develop personal portfolios for his or her students. Buy this book.

For a complete list of Perkins Publications and to order books on line, visit the Perkins store.