Transition
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This activity encourages students with special needs to become aware of and think critically about the accommodations they receive at school.
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This activity encourages individuals to learn about and describe their vision impairments and any additional disabilities, as a step toward self-determination.
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A young man who is blind shares strategies for individuals with visual impairments to promote the development of advocacy skills.
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This activity introduces students with visual impairments to personal task management, which includes skills in a variety of areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC), such as self-determination, independent living, and compensatory skills.
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10 Tips for Working with Individuals with Visual Impairments & Additional Disabilities
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In this activity, students who are blind or visually impaired develop self-determination skills by making choices about participating in an activity and then taking responsibility for planning the actual activity.
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An activity that provides an opportunity for students who are visually impaired to articulate who they are and what matters to them.
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Learning to take care of plants is a good way to practice independent living skills, such as planning, organization, problem solving and taking responsibility.
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Learning to change batteries is an important independent living skill for youth with visual impairments.
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Tips to teach individuals with visual impairments, including those with deafblindness or multiple disabilities, to do laundry and to develop concepts to promote independent living skills