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CURRICULUM AND RELATED SERVICES
Core Curriculum
Academic Areas of Instruction - Kindergarten
through high school students are presented with courses in the academic areas.
Courses in English/language arts, math, social studies and consumer economics,
science, health and PE, and fine arts become the foundation for most learning.
Modified Academic Program - A modified curriculum
meets the needs of the students who are visually impaired who have one or more
additional disabilities which prevent them from functioning on grade level.
Expanded Core Curriculum
The Expanded Core Curriculum for students who are visually impaired, or visually
impaired and multiply disabled, is a set of eight skill areas which require
direct instruction from specialists. The areas of the expanded core curriculum
include:
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Compensatory
Academic Skills - including Braille skills, abacus and calculator
skills, study skills
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Orientation and
Mobility - awareness of the environment, independent travel
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Social Interaction
Skills - skills which the students who are blind and visually
impaired cant mirror from sighted peers so must be carefully, consciously,
and sequentially taught
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Independent Living
Skills - skills necessary for independent living in a supported
program including those skills taught within the Transitional Living Program
(see below)
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Recreation and
Leisure Skills - skills focusing on the development of life-long
needs for students who are blind and visually impaired.
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Career Education
- pre-vocational and job readiness skills, career awareness and work
experiences including STEP opportunities (see below)
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Assistive Technology
- use of any item, piece of equipment, or product system, that is used to
increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a child with a
disability.
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Visual Efficiency
- determination of aids and devices for students with low vision, use of
variety of low tech and high tech solutions including magnifiers,
telescopes, binoculars, lights, closed circuit television magnification
systems, and computer screen enlargement software.
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Self Determination
- The importance of believing in oneself, while understanding one's
abilities and limitations; the ability for the visually impaired to control
their lives, reach goals they have set and take part fully in the world
around them.
Related Services
Related services are provided as stated in the IEP, including, but not limited
to the following:
| Assistive
Technology |
Audiology |
Counseling |
| Health Services |
Occupational
Therapy |
Orientation & Mobility |
| Physical Therapy |
Psychiatric
Services |
Psychological Services |
| Social Work |
Speech and Language |
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From ISVI Curriculum Guide of August, 2007
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