Intervention Specialist: Student Analysis

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I am an Intervention Specialist in a classroom with students in middle and high school grades. I teach a class with eight students each with severe multiple disabilities. Many students are functioning at a pre-school level or lower and are pre-readers. Each student receives small group and individual instruction, along with intense pull-out therapy sessions. All materials
I have three students who have visual impairments, and two students that have no usable vision. Two students have a Cortical Visual Impairments and one student has upper visual field loss due to Coloboma. I continue to educate myself on visual impairments along with collaborating with colleagues. I want to ensure that I present materials to my students that help them understand

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