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STUDENTS TELLING STORIES THROUGH
TOUCH
Chris van der Molen
Miranda van Niel
October 2013
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CONTENT PRESENTATION
• Introduction
• Aims
• OT education Amsterdam School of Health Professions (ASHP)
• Co-operation ASHP and Visio
• Typhlo / Tactus design contest
• Module OT: Tactile illustrated books • Aims
• Assignment
• Process
• Results
• Discussion
• Showcase examples
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INTRODUCTION
• Chris van der Molen, lecturer ASHP dep. Occupational therapy
Subjects: Occupational therapy, mental health, global health (int.), activities
• Miranda van Niel, lecturer ASHP dep. Occupational therapy
Subjects: Occupational therapy, elderly, (ambient) assistive technology,
activities
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AIMS
• To inspire teachers and occupational therapy students about tactile
illustrated books
• To share knowledge on the development of a new module in co-
operation with professionals in the field
• To discuss opportunities in other curricula for this module
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OT EDUCATION AMSTERDAM
Bachelor degree, 4 years, 240 ECTS in total
Three semesters module ‘Activities’ (3 x 2 ECTS), core themes are:
• Experimenting and creating
• Experiencing
• Analysis
• Adapting
• Creativity
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CO-OPERATION ASHP AND VISIO
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Royal Dutch Visio, centre of expertise for blind and partially sighted people in The Netherlands
Occupational therapists work with teachers and students:
• Internships
• Bachelor thesis
• Specialist education (OT for visual problems)
• Typhlo-Tactus design contest
DESIGN CONTEST?
TACTILE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS!
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TYPHLO & TACTUS DESIGN CONTEST
The Typhlo & Tactus organisation was created to increase the quantity, quality and availability of books with tactile illustrations for young children with little or no sight. Members share the following aims :
• To increase awareness of the need for tactile books
• To share ideas, resources and information
• To participate in relevant research
• To promote excellence in this field through national and international competitions
• To publish guidelines on the production of tactile books and on their use with visually-impaired children.
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TYPHLO & TACTUS DESIGN CONTEST
The T&T group consists of representatives from the following countries:
Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland and the UK TYPHLO & TACTUS is now open to any country in the world and partner of ICEVI.
Each country is eligible to submit five entries (tactile illustrated books)
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TYPHLO & TACTUS DESIGN CONTEST
The next T&T competition will happen in October 2013, next week!
The international jury will work in Helsinki the 24th ,25th, 26th of October in Helsinki (Finland).
The jury consists of professionals as well as visually impaired and blind children.
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MODULE: TACTILE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
“Design a tactile illustrated book for visual impaired or blind children in the
age between 3 and 12 years old”
Programme: 1 semester (20 weeks)
VISIO lecture: 1 hour
Consultancy hours with lecturer: 8 hours
Process:
Brainstorm Elevator pitch Feedback Design
Evaluation Presentation Professional judgement
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RESULTS
In the end:
50 books were designed and fabricated
Jury in the Netherlands by VISIO (OT and
children)
Selected 4 books from first year OT students for
entry in the competition!
2 books were nominated for a special program
for younger children
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LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENTS
Experiences:
• Creative, out-of-the-box, creating, experimenting
• Learn about tactual development and the demands for illustrations
and braille
• Learn about visual impairment and blindness in children
• Working with other OT students
• Experience pleasure in doing activities (together)
• REAL assignment with a benefit and stakeholder (VISIO)
• Thrill of getting selected
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DISCUSSION
I see opportunities for inclusion of this
module in my curriculum
Yes? No?
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLES
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MORE INFORMATION
http://www.tactus.org/Typhlo&Tactus2011.pdf
Websites:
-http://www.tactus.org
-http://www.visio.org
-http://www.tactielprofiel.org
Background and guidelines:
http://www.tactus.org/guide_lines_typhlo_anglais.pdf
“The Typhlo and Tactus Guide for Children’s books with tactile illustrations”
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HAVE A LOOK AT THE BOOKS
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THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND
CONTRIBUTION!
CONTACT DETAILS:
CHRIS VAN DER MOLEN [email protected]
MIRANDA VAN NIEL [email protected]