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Tactile Graphics Project Leader
E-mail: kpoppe@aph.org
Karen J. (Peters) Poppe is APH’s full-time Tactile Graphics Project Leader who joined the Educational Research Department in 1986. She graduated from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky with a B.A. in Psychology. She completed courses in the area of visual impairments/blindness at the University of Louisville, including Literary Braille, Nemeth Code, and Curriculum Adaptation. Her area of expertise is in the area of tactile graphics that “touches” on all skills and concepts addressed in the Core Curriculum and Expanded Core Curriculum. She is especially committed to developing products that are functional and attractive to all students so that students with visual impairments and blindness can share learning experiences with their sighted peers. She continually investigates new production methods for generating combined tactile/print materials. She initiated the Research Department’s Field Test Evaluator Database and has provided numerous tactile display designs for the Tactile Image Library. She is also responsible for the design of original board games and tactile recreational products long absent from APH’s product line. She enjoys navigating products from original concept to availability and encourages teachers, transcribers, parents, and students to contact her regarding any of the products listed below. Recommendations for additional tactile graphic materials are also welcomed.
Products Designed and/or Authored by Karen:
Early Tactile Graphic Instruction/Literacy
Setting the Stage for Tactile Understanding
Tactile Treasures: Math and Language Concept for Young Children with Visual Impairments
IntelliTactiles: Pre-Braille Concepts
Tactile Connections: Symbols for Communication
Recreational Materials/Accessories
Web Chase
Scattered Crowns
SQUID: Tactile Activities Magazine (Issues 1-6)
Score Card
Talking Glow Dice
Adaptation of Brain Quest ®: Science, American History, Geography, and English Editions
Pop-A-Cell
Science Materials
Sense of Science: Plants
Sense of Science: Animals
Sense of Science: Astronomy
Periodic Table of the Elements Reference Chart
Azer’s Interactive Periodic Table Study Set
Tactile Demonstration Thermometer
Math Materials
Beginner’s Abacus Guidebook
StackUps: Spatial Reasoning Using Cubes and Isometric Drawings
Textured Sorting Circles and Shapes
Stick-On Tactile Ruler
Geography Materials
U.S. Puzzle Map
Tactile World Globe
Tactile Storybooks/Concept Books
Rolling Into Place
Rolling Right Along Construction Kit
Flip-Over Concept Book Series
Orientation and Mobility Materials
Picture Maker: Wheatley Tactile Diagramming Kit
Picture Maker Accessories:
Textured Diagramming Strips
Geometric Textured Shapes
Storage Panel
Tactile Town: 3-D O&M Kit
Tactile Graphic Tools and Accessories
DRAFTSMAN: Tactile Drawing Board
Quick Draw Paper
Feel n’ Peel Stickers I & II: Point Symbols; Alphabet; Numbers; Reward Statements; Color Names
Tactile Graphics Kit (Re-Design)
Tactile Graphic Line Drawing Tools
Braillable Labels and Sheets
PermaBraille Sheets
Graphic Art Tape
Tactile Display Boards
All-In-One Board
Tri-Fold Board
Computer Literacy
IntelliTactiles: Standard Overlay Companions
IntelliTactiles: USB Overlay Companions
