Transition
A high school student at Perkins School for the Blind shares her thoughts about moving out of her parents' house.
A college student who is deafblind due to Usher Syndrome discusses his experience with his first phone interview.
McGowan, parent of teenager who is deafblind describes the transition planning process for her son as he began preparing to go from high school to college.
A worker who is blind discusses his experience of being promoted in his job, including the obstacles and successes.
A successful college student shares her tools and tricks on how to start the semester off right - How to Pick Housing.
A high school student with a visual impairment shares her personal experience of being in a school for sighted students.
A college student with deafblindness shares his thoughts on preparing to meet employers.
This interactive activity allows students who are blind or visually impaired to practice interview skills and better understand the employment process.
Use MadLibs to build social skills with students who are blind or visually impaired.
A student in the Secondary Program at Perkins School for the Blind shares his experiences of moving from a mainstream setting to a school for the blind.
High School transition goals and activities for the college-bound student with visual impairments and blindness.
It can be challenging to find social or recreational services for individuals with visual impairments, including those who have multiple disabilities or deafblindness.
This activity is designed to help students with visual impairments learn about options for watching accessible movies and television.
In this activity, students learn about some of the entry-level jobs that exist in their communities and what these jobs involve.
A successful college student shares her tools and tricks on how to start the semester off right - navigating the college campus.
The mother of a young adult with deafblindness shares tips for families to get organized in the new year.
A successful college student shares her tools and ticks on how to start the semester off right - creating a Disability Services File.
A successful college student shares her tools and tricks on how to start the semester off right - explaining accommodations to professors.
A successful college student shares her tools and tricks on how to start the semester off right - finding accessible digital textbooks.
A successful college student shares her tools and tricks on how to start the semester off right - beginning with class scheduling.
Blind and visually impaired students practice skills necessary to schedule a medical appointment in this hands-on activity.
This activity uses a trip to a business in the student’s community to learn about jobs.
Personal reflections on the value of braille in the workplace and independence
An activity that encourages students who are blind or visually impaired to participate in their IEP goal development.
Career Development & Self-Determination to Achieve Transition Success: Expanding the Core Curriculum
Learn how to support children with visual impairments through the career education model (career awareness, exploration, preparation, and placement).
A teenager with visual impairments reflects on her first college experience.
A hands-on activity that encourages social skill development as students who are blind or visually impaired use the phone to order a pizza.
Playing games can be a fun way to develop social skills for individuals who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities.
Dr. Wolffe describes the importance of starting very early in a child’s development for the student to develop the necessary skills to achieve success.
Learning about the roles of the members of the IEP team are an important step towards self-determination, which is part of the ECC (Expanded Core Curriculum).
These tips for working with clients with low vision will help to optimize visual efficiency and independence.
A student in the Secondary program at Perkins School for the Blind reflects on facing the challenge of mobility.
This activity is designed to help students with vision impairments develop increasing practice and comfort with requesting assistance, in progressively more challenging situations.
The mother of a child who is deafblind reflects on the need to adapt information to one's own child and specific circumstances.
This activity encourages students with special needs to become aware of and think critically about the accommodations they receive at school.
This activity encourages individuals to learn about and describe their vision impairments and any additional disabilities, as a step toward self-determination.
A young man who is blind shares strategies for individuals with visual impairments to promote the development of advocacy skills.
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.
Tips for working with students and clients who are blind, visually impaired with multiple disabilities
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.
An activity that provides an opportunity for students who are visually impaired to articulate who they are and what matters to them.
Learning to take care of plants is a good way to practice independent living skills, such as planning, organization, problem solving and taking responsibility.
Learning to change batteries is an important independent living skill for youth with visual impairments.
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
Tips to promote independent living skills for students with visual impairments by clearing the table, cleaning and organizing.
Reflections on the challenges of growing up blind and tips for others on becoming independent and creating a social network
Teaching youth who are blind or visually impaired to put away and store their clothes is an essential independent living skill, and relates to the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC).
Meal preparation incorporates various areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC), including independent living, compensatory, and assistive technology skills. There is also room to practice social skills, recreation and leisure and more.
Bagging groceries is a functional activity that can address many skills at the same time, including independent living skills, cognitive concepts, spatial awareness, and motor skills.