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- Home
-
Guide
-
Tools
-
Plan
- Referral & Eligibility >
- Medical Vision Information >
-
FVLMA
>
- Functional Vision Learning Media Assessment (FVLMA)
- Environmental Observations
- Student Observations
- Interviews
- Assessment Kit Materials
- Oculomotor Skills
- Near Visual Acuities
- Print Comparisons
- Distance Acuity
- Test Visual Fields
- Vision Skills
- Learning Media Assessment
- Reading Rates
- Accommodations & Modifications
- Writing the FVE Report
- Low Vision Eval & Devices >
- Additional Evals & Considerations >
- IEP Development >
- ECC Goal Bank >
-
Collaboration
>
- Role of the Classroom Teacher
- Collaboration Strategies
- Collaborative Teaming
- Communication Strategies
- Family Resources
- Early Intervention Services
- Guiding Principles of Concept Development
- Modeling and Demonstration
- Simulation Activities
- Peer Interaction Tips
- State SpEd Agencies
- US Government Agencies
- Support Networks
- Financial Assistance
- Parent Resource Books
- VI Consumer Organizations
- Accessible Materials >
- Classroom Access >
- Instructional Access >
- Technology Access >
- Additional Supports >
-
Teach
- ECC Resources
-
Compensatory Skills
>
-
Concept Development
>
- Developing Concepts
- Body Awareness
- Identify Body Parts & Relationships
- Action and Motion Concepts
- Environmental Awareness
- Spatial Awareness
- Spatial Understanding
- Object Awareness
- Object Exploration
- Object Identification
- Object Comparison
- Match Objects
- Object Characteristics
- Time Concepts
- Quantity and Number Concepts
- Color Concepts
- Weather Concepts
- Identification Apps
- Alternative Communication >
- Emergent Literacy >
-
Braille Code
>
- Techniques to Read Braille
- Alphabet Object Books
- Early Braille Literacy
- Braille Cell Instruction
- Sequential Braille Instruction
- Braille Awareness
- Braille Apps
- Reading Fluency
- Reading Comprehension
- Using the Braillewriter
- Braillewriter Repair
- Writing Activities
- Braille Formatting
- Slate & Stylus Basics
- Nemeth Code Instruction
- Braille Music Code
- Tactile Graphics >
- Print Concepts >
- Abacus >
- Organization Skills >
- Study Skills >
- Time Management >
-
Concept Development
>
-
Sensory Efficiency Skills
>
- Auditory & Listening Skills >
-
Visual Efficiency Skills
>
- Visual Efficiency Instruction
- Encourage Use of Vision
- DIY Vision Materials for Complex Needs
- Lightbox Use
- CVI Activities
- Visually Attend
- Shift Gaze
- Visual Tracking
- Visual Discrimination
- Visual Search & Scan
- Sequence Activities
- Visual Motor Activities
- Visual Association
- Visual Memory
- Figure Ground
- Visual Closure
- Vision Skills Apps
- Visual Matching Activities
- Optical Device Use >
- Tactile Readiness >
-
Assistive Technology Skills
>
-
Social Skills
>
-
Self Determination
>
-
Independent Living
>
- Personal Care >
- Hygiene and Grooming >
- Personal Health >
- Mealtime Skills >
-
Food Preparation
>
- Opening Containers
- Pour from Containers
- Prepare Fruits and Vegetables
- Prepare Snacks
- Prepare Cold Drinks
- Prepare Hot Drinks
- Prepare Cold Cereal
- Prepare Toast
- Make a Sandwich
- Plan a Simple Meal
- Store & Label Groceries
- Oven, Stove, & Microwave Cooking
- Measure & Pour
- Cut, Slice & Peel
- Meal Preparation
- Lunch Container Use
- Planning a Menu
- Recipe Activities
- Determine if Food is Done
- Household Skills >
- Clothing Management >
- Money & Budget >
- Shopping & Consumerism >
- Phone Use >
- Safety & Emergency Preparedness >
- Service & Community Resources >
-
Orientation & Mobility
>
-
Recreation & Leisure
>
-
Career & Vocational
>
-
Learn
- Teaching Strategies >
- Lesson Planning >
-
Instructional Units
>
- Beginning of School Year Units >
-
Fall Units
>
- Autumn & Trees Unit
- Stay Safe Unit
- Home Maintenance & Repair Unit
- Root to Fruit
- Vegetables, Crops, and Farms Unit
- Evening and Night
- Fall Traditions, Choice, & Safety Unit
- Citizenship & Advocacy Unit
- Grocery Store Unit
- Meal Preparation and Hosting Unit
- Shopping & Consumerism Unit
- Seasonal Celebrations Unit
- Winter Units >
- Spring Units >
- Anytime Units >
- Complete Set Bonus
- Interactive Activities >
-
Recorded Presentations
>
- Itinerant Teaching Strategies
- Tips for Being a "Physically Fit" TVI
- Developing SMARTER Goals
- Determining Service Intensity Using the VISSIT
- Accommodations for VI
- Selecting the Right AT
- Conducting a FVLMA
- Foundations of Teaching the ECC in the Age of Virtual Instruction
- The Art of Teaching the ECC
- Using Themes to Teach the ECC
- MIMO Strategies & Activities
- Activities to Teach the ECC
- SIDPID Strategies & Activities
- Standard Course of Study Strategies & Activities
- Job Tasks for Job, Career & Life
-
Printables
- Free Resources >
- Premium Resource Library
- Teaching Strategy Printables
- Premium Program Printables
- Premium FVLMA Printables
-
Compensatory Skills Printables
>
- Body, Spatial & Environmental Awareness Printables
- Object Awareness & Exploration Printables
- Object Characteristics Printables
- Quantity Concept Printables
- Alternative Communication Printables
- Emergent Literacy Printables
- Braille Instruction Printables
- Tactile Graphics Printables
- Taste Test Charts
- Caseload Polls
- Print Concept Printables
- Abacus Printables
- Organization Skills Printables
- Study Skills Printables
- Time Management Printables
- Sensory Efficiency Printables >
- Assistive Technology Printables >
- Social Skills Printables >
- Self Determination Skills Printables >
-
Independent Living Printables
>
- Personal Care & Hygiene Printables
- Bathroom Adaptations & Safety Printables
- Medical & First Aid Printables
- Grooming & Shaving Printables
- Eating & Mealtime Printables
- Food Prep Printables
- Household Skills Printables
- Clothing Management Printables
- Money & Budget Printables
- Shopping & Consumerism Printables
- Phone, Safety & Emergency Printables
- Service & Resources Printables
- Recreation & Leisure Printables
- Career & Vocation Printables >
- Evelyn Jane Stories
-
Shop
- Subscription Plans
-
ECC Instructional Resources
>
- 2024 TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC Complete Set
- Second Edition TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC
- Thematic Keyboarding & Braille Fluency Worksheets
- More Visual Efficiency & Magnifier Fluency Grab & Go ECC Supplements
- Visual Efficiency & Magnifier Fluency
- Task Box Activities
- Vocabulary Cards & Checklists
- Interactive Sensory Stories
- Interactive Matching Activities
- Evelyn Jane Short Stories
- Just Joking Around
- Job Postings
- Recorded Presentations
-
Purchase Recorded Presentations
>
- Foundations of Teaching the ECC
- Itinerant Teaching Strategies & Tips
- Strategies & Activities for SIDPID
- Strategies & Activities for MIMO
- Job Tasks for Jobs, Career & Life
- Strategies & Activities for Standard Course of Study
- Accommodations for BLVI
- Accessible Content for BLVI
- Using Themes to Teach the ECC
- Tips for Being a Physically Fit TVI
- Conducting a FVLMA
- Developing SMARTER Goals
- Determining Service Intensity Using the VISSIT
- Selecting the Right AT
- The Art of Teaching the ECC
- Activities to Teach the ECC
- Jobs