Expanded Core Curriculum

Tactile Experiences for All: Supporting Students with CVI

Recent research supports the benefits of tactile development activities for all children, including those with cortical/cerebral visual impairment.

Educational Needs of Students with Visual Impairments: An Introduction

CATIS: Assistive Technology and the Expanded Core

Essential Assessments for Students with Visual Impairments

Gain understanding of the three assessments included in the essential assessments (EA): functional vision assessment (FVA), learning media assessment (LMA), and screening and assessment in the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) content areas.

Effective and Accurate FVAs and LMAs for All Students with Visual Impairments that Help Drive Instruction Programming

CVI: The IEP and Educational Program Development

Children with CVI can achieve significant progress in visual functioning – given the appropriate supports and meaningful interventions.

CVI and AT

A TVI/COMS discusses how to assess and implement assistive technology that will remove barriers to access for students with CVI.

Navigating the IEP Process

Curriculum-Universal Design

This tutorial examines three principles of Universal Design for Living, strategies for incorporating all the senses into an activity, and more.

Social Skills

This training module discusses social situations, sexual education, self-esteem and incidental learning for children with visual impairments.

Independent Living Skills

This self-guided tutorial provides approaches for instruction on clothing care, cooking and mealtime skills to students with visual impairments.

Person-Centered Planning – self-paced