TITLE:
Braille Material Production for Special Education Teachers
AUTHORS:
Thiago Ribeiro Duarte, Lisânia Cardoso Tederixe, Tânia Maria Moratelli Pinho, Cristina Maria Carvalho Delou, Edicléa Mascarenhas Fernandes, Neuza Rejane Wille Lima
KEYWORDS:
Assistive Technology, Debrailization, Tactile Reading, Visual Impairment
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.11 No.5,
May
12,
2020
ABSTRACT: The lack of didactic materials printed in Braille impairs the learning of the visually impaired students regarding obtaining knowledge through reading. This panorama stems mainly from the ineffective use of the resources offered for Braille printing, more specifically, in relation to the inappropriate use ofexisting printers. The purpose of the present study was to report the effectiveness of three workshops offered to train professionals in the field of Special Education in the use of Braille Basic-D v4 and Enabling Juliet pro 60 printers. After each workshop, a questionnaire was applied to the participants to evaluate teacher didactics; accessibility to printers; the capacity for autonomous production of materials; and the time available to carry out the activities. Theobtained responses about the teacher’s didactics and the content of the workshops were approved by the participants. The methodology developed by the present study served to elaborate a workshop that has been offered regularlyat Instituto Benjamin Constant. This workshop contributes to reduce the critical process of Braille disuse (debrailization) that involves the education process of visually impaired students.