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interact with others, and make decisions in the best interest of
oneself are among the "soft skills" (Lipman, Ryberg, Carney, &
Moore, 2015) that have been found to be associated with workforce
participation. Because these skills are not learned incidentally by
children with visual impairments, it is important that they be the
focus of instruction while in school.
Finally, skills associated with career and vocational skills are
specifically designed to lead to meaningful workforce participation of
students. Without direct instruction, students with visual
impairments are not likely to be familiar with a variety of
employment options, how to identify employment that matches
one's aptitude and interests, and acquire and maintain employment.
One develops many of the prerequisite skills related to career
development through the acquisition of and integrated use of all
other ECC skills.
The development of competence in most ECC skills depends
on their being practiced frequently until they are naturally integrated
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