Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBEQ.61.2.Spring.2016

A quarterly newsletter from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Visual Impairments containing practitioner tips for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and other professionals.

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; Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2016 14 school environments. As much as possible, the same learning circumstances should be created for students who are blind or who have low vision. With instruction that is delivered throughout the developmental period, students are more likely to gain fluency in these skills and integrate them into their naturally occurring behaviors. The development of orientation and mobility skills facilitates movement within the environment and access to the interactions with objects and people that are important for healthy growth. Students with age-appropriate orientation and mobility skills have increased opportunities to socialize, make decisions, learn concepts, and to engage in recreation and leisure activities. As students mature, this area of the ECC becomes critical for accessing work, social, and community activities. Also needed for functioning within society are independent living skills, including the skills to care for oneself and others with whom one lives. Students who acquire the wide variety of skills in 129

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