How should teachers physically arrange their classrooms when teaching a student with a visual impairment and other disabilities?
Teachers need to organize and structure their classrooms to accommodate the unique visual, auditory, tactile, and physical needs of the student. First, seat the student where he or she will not be facing a window in order to avoid glare. The teacher should never face the class with his or her back to the window. Teachers need to reduce classroom distractions by providing an uncluttered learning space. Second, regulate noise level by seating students with visual impairments away from noisy areas or busy traffic patterns. Background noises can be extremely distracting and prevent students with multiple disabilities from participating appropriately in an activity. Third, organize the classroom so that the student who is blind and multiply impaired has numerous opportunities throughout the day to have hands-on experiences with materials. Braille and tactile symbols should be used, along with print, to label areas of the room such as cabinets, coat hooks, students’ desks, and learning cente
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