Distance Magnifier InstructionBy: Carmen Willings
teachingvisuallyimpaired.com Updated June 9, 2019 Students who have been prescribed a monocular for distance viewing need to learn to use the device properly in order to participate in activities across a variety of environments.
Skills the students will need to learn include:
The following are some possible activities the student can use the monocular for:
![]() ENVISION Distance Magnification Devices
This training program and kit, available from APH, teaches students to use distance optical devices and practice the skills of tracing, tracking and scanning with distance magnification devices. By providing a variety of tools to gain access to print materials, the teacher is applying the principle of filling a student's toolbox with a variety of tools." Holbrook & Koenig, Foundations of Education 2nd Ed., Vol. II p. 181 |
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