The pack contains:
An Introduction
Guidelines for Psychology Staff - advice about:
- Level of visual impairment
- How to present diagrammatic information to students with sight problems
- Domains of psychology where tactile diagrams would be useful
- How to choose diagrams suitable for tactile production
- How to support a student using tactile diagrams
- Summary
- Where to get help
- References
Guidelines for Blind and Partially Sighted Students - advice about:
- Core tactile diagrams for psychology
- Guidelines for students using NCTD tactile diagrams in this pack
- How to use a tactile diagram (in general terms)
- Where to get help
33 Core Tactile and Large Print Diagrams for Psychology
33 core diagrams (view the full list of accessible diagrams) provided as hard-copy swell paper tactile images with braille labels, and as PDF large print files on CD, covering the 6 BPS core domains:
- Biological Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Individual Differences
- Research Methods in Psychology
Verbal Descriptions of the Tactile and Large Print Diagrams
These give information about how each diagram is laid out, where the important features are and what it generally looks like. These descriptions aid orientation and comprehension, and are provided in print for lecturers, and on CD ready for students to read electronically, to print in any size, or to braille.
21 Further Core Diagrams Conveyed Through Words Alone
21 further common diagrams are conveyed through words alone (view the full list of accessible diagrams). There are many diagrams that are common to the majority of psychology course, however not all are complex enough to warrant the production of a tactile diagram. Therefore we have provided some written descriptions of some common visual diagrams, which will explain what the diagram shows, and will also give some examples of how to describe future diagrams. These descriptions are provided in print for lecturers, and on CD ready for the student to read electronically, to print in any size, or to braille.
The CGP: Psychology – a Fully Accessible Resource
The CGP: Psychology is presented in an A4 slimline box file to keep its components together and protected both in use and while in storage.
Inside the box you’ll find a fully accessible resource for students and lecturers:
- Print booklet for HE staff and sighted assistants. Contains all guidelines, descriptions, and large print diagrams
- A ring-binder containing 33 core braille-based tactile graphics ready for use in lectures, seminars and private study
- CD containing:
- all textual materials (guidelines, 33 diagram descriptions, plus 21 diagrams as description-only) ready to read electronically, to print out in any print size, or to braille
- 33 large print diagrams as PDF ready to print out in the required size
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