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 16 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 131

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