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What is the Expanded Core Curriculum? (Printable Brochure)
- Compensatory Skills
- Independent Living Skills & Personal Management
- Recreation and Leisure Skills (Resource List)
- Assistive Technology
- Social Skills
- Orientation and Mobility Skills
- Visual Efficiency Skills
- Career &Vocational Education Checklist Resources
- Self Determination
"In addition to all the core curricular areas included in the general educational curriculum, students with a visual impairment need to be assessed and receive instruction in very specific skills that have been demonstrated to be potential problem areas for persons with a visual disability" (Wisconsin National Agenda). These specific skills are divided into nine(9) areas that comprise the Expanded Core Curriculum.
It is critical that the visually impaired child not only hears about things within the world, but also has hands on experience to gain complete understanding.
Skills that children with visual impairments may need extra assistance in learning. Most children learn these skills incidentally by visually observing and imitating many basic concepts.
Basic concepts are a foundation for understanding content in core curriculum areas such as science, social studies and literature. Without these basic experiential concepts, students will have difficulty in the academic setting.
In addition, many of these skills and concepts are necessary for successful transition into post-secondary education and the workforce. To become independent, contributing members of society, the student needs to be able to negotiate the environment without assistance and to have the social skills required in the competitive world of work.