CHARGE Syndrome: Teaching Strategies for Children

Sharon Stelzer, a long-timeteacher in the Perkins Deafblind Program, discusses teaching students with CHARGE Syndrome and implementation strategies needed to help teachers create a positive learning environment. She emphasizes the need to establish schedules and structure while enabling students to make choices. Stelzer also talks about the benefits of learning how to negotiate with students with CHARGE Syndrome. Chapters: 1 — Teaching Strategies for Children with CHARGE; 2 — Introducing A Child with CHARGE to the Classroom Community; 3 — Gathering Information and Observing; 4 — Adapting Teaching Techniques for CHARGE: Calendars; 5 — Adapting Teaching Techniques for CHARGE: Sensory Breaks; 6 — Incorporating Functional Skills into the Curriculum.