Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) Hub

If your child is blind, visually impaired or deafblind, academics are not enough to prepare him or her for an independent, engaged, happy future.

The Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) is a disability-specific set of skills that compensates for vision loss and is foundational to all other learning. It focuses on independence, assistive technology, vocational training, social engagement and more to prepare your child for his or her fullest life possible.

ECC Wheel Compensatory Access Sensory Efficiency Assistive Technology Orientation and Mobility Social Interaction Self Determination Independent Living Recreation and Leasure Career Education

If your child is blind, visually impaired or deafblind, academics are not enough to prepare him or her for an independent, engaged, happy future.

The Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) is a disability-specific set of skills that compensates for vision loss and is foundational to all other learning. It focuses on independence, assistive technology, vocational training, social engagement and more to prepare your child for his or her fullest life possible.

ECC at Perkins

Two students with visual impairment conduct a science experiment. Understanding the world through STEM

How Perkins adapts math and science education to give students practical, real-world tools both on and off campus.

A teacher hands a student an award for her science project. Annual science fair provides dual learning opportunity for students

Perkins students of all ages practice social and communication skills while presenting science projects.

Students sitting and standing around a large orange owl sculpture Perkins students visit Google campus

Participants in the Pre-Employment Program heard from “Googlers” with disabilities about how they chose a career.

Learning with Blindness Webinars

Join us each month for our free webinar series as we explore the ECC and discuss the skills critical to your child's independence and academic success. Each webinar will focus on a different aspect of the ECC and provide you with actionable steps to advocate for your child's best education possible. Register today!

An image of an O&M specialist letting his student navigate a school hallway without any assistance. The boy smiles as he finds his classroom. Understanding and advocating for the Expanded Core Curriculum
Image of a young girl in ponytails walking down a series of steps with her white cane. Her orientation and mobility teacher looks on with a smile. Access to independence through orientation and mobility
A student who is blind pushes a cart inside a grocery store with a teacher guiding him. Independence begins at home
Girl with mother washing dishes at a kitchen sink. Jobs & Chores
A teenage boy with headphones uses an iPad close to his face. Tech from iPhones to Notetakers
A young girl uses a switch as she sits in an adaptive chair while her mother looks on Tech for Everyday Tasks
A teacher walks alongside a young student using a white cane. Raising a Confident Child
A child throws a basketball toward a hoop. Sports, Games & Hobbies
Four students with visual impairments stand side by side Skills for Social Success
A student feeling a soft scarf Using all the senses to explore
A student uses a large print keyboard to type an email. Understanding and connecting with the world