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Collectively, these skills are referred to as the expanded core
curriculum and encompass a variety of:
• Sensory efficiency skills
• Compensatory access skills
• Assistive technology skills
• Independent living skills
• Orientation and mobility skills
• Social interaction skills
• Recreation and leisure skills
• Career and vocational skills
• Self-determination skills
One of the primary roles of teachers of students with visual
impairments is to ensure that they, other educators, and family
members provide opportunities for students to develop skills in the
areas of the expanded core curriculum. Assessment of students'
current level of functioning in these areas should be documented
and used to intentionally plan instruction, which should occur, as
often as possible, in the natural environments in which these
behaviors typically are performed. To facilitate the natural
acquisition of mastery in these skill areas, it is critically important
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