Targeting Expanded Core Curriculum skills
The program targets several ECC skills with particular focus on the following:
March 14, 2025 | 5:00 PM
Kitchen Showdown Weekend
Students with visual impairments ages 14 -22 will engage in exciting cooking competitions and skill-based games, blending hands-on learning with a healthy dose of friendly competition.
Overview
Join us for Kitchen Showdown Weekend
A fun and dynamic weekend filled with team and individual cooking challenges designed to sharpen kitchen and cooking skills and spark creativity! Participants will engage in exciting cooking competitions and skill-based games, blending hands-on learning with a healthy dose of friendly competition.
The art of cooking
The art of cooking is increasingly being lost as young people find themselves with less time, and more options to “eat on the go”. However, there are several tricks that blind and visually impaired young adults can use in the kitchen.
“Getting kids involved in the kitchen can help change behaviors early and empower children to develop good life-long eating habits. Kids who learn how to cook tend to eat more nutritious foods and they’re learning a skill that is very important.”
-Eric Meredith, Med, MS, RD, CHES
Creator of Health Heroes Comics
- Independent Living Skills
- Career Education
- Use of Assistive Technology
- Recreation & Leisure Skills
- Social Interaction Skills
- Self-determination
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