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The ECC
The nine areas of the ECC can be conceptualized as essential
to achieve two overarching goals: the development of those skills
that are directly necessary to access activities related to the
academic curriculum and those skills that are necessary to meet the
demands of functioning within school, home, and community
environments. These skill sets are complementary, and
development of skills in all areas is important at all ages and critical
for optimum functioning in both current and future environments.
Access to Activities Related to the Academic Curriculum
The development of sensory efficiency skills is essential for
the development of methods for obtaining information from the
environment and is the foundation for the development of all other
skills used in life (Smith, 2014). Students who have significant visual
impairment must learn to use alternate sensory systems that may
be more efficient for gathering information about the environments
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