Overview

The Resource Centre supports the on-site programs and provides resources to assist the support teachers in service delivery to other schools, centres and homes.

The Kilparrin Resource Centre is a shared facility with the South Australian School for the Vision Impaired, although the collections are entirely separate.

The professional collection comprises a comprehensive range of texts reflecting Kilparrin's specific areas of focus. These are:

• the education and functional assessment of students with sensory impairment (vision and/or hearing) and additional disabilities
• Deafblind education
• Orientation and Mobility
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication
• Lilli Nielsen's Active Learning approach 

As well as maintaining an up-to-date collection of books on these subjects, Kilparrin also subscribes to relevant journals and associations.

A range of children’s books have been adapted using:

• large print
• Braille
• Auslan
• Auslan signs in English word order
• picture symbols
• a range of electronic formats
• book boxes

Book boxes contain a range of items to augment the text e.g. Grandpa and Thomas (Pamela Allen, Penguin Australia, 2005) - spray bottle of water, towelling, sunblock, umbrella, feather, shells, textured sand on cardboard.

Borrowers include all Kilparrin staff and enrolled students.