Teaching the ECC

Provides an overview of the Expanded Core Curriculum and the unique skills students with visual impairments need to access education, daily life, and future opportunities. Resources focus on understanding ECC instruction and embedding skill development into meaningful, everyday learning experiences.

Teaching in Thematic Units

Explains how thematic instruction creates meaningful connections between concepts, skills, and experiences. The resource demonstrates how organizing instruction around themes can support concept development, engagement, skill generalization, and efficient ECC instruction.

Incorporate IEP Goals

Provides practical strategies for aligning lessons, activities, and instructional units with student IEP goals. Resources help educators identify opportunities to address priority skills while maintaining meaningful and engaging instruction.

Unit Preparation Tips

Offers guidance for planning and organizing instructional units that support student learning and independence. Topics include gathering materials, identifying objectives, incorporating accommodations, and preparing for successful implementation.

Preparation

Focuses on the instructional planning process that occurs before teaching. Resources help educators identify learning targets, anticipate student needs, organize activities, and create lessons that support engagement and skill progression.

Material Preparation

Provides strategies for adapting, modifying, and organizing instructional materials to ensure accessibility for students with visual impairments. Topics include braille, tactile materials, large print, technology supports, and preparing materials in advance.

Lesson Delivery

Shares effective instructional strategies for presenting lessons and facilitating student learning. Resources focus on promoting active participation, fostering independence, supporting concept development, and adapting instruction based on student needs.​

Community-Based Experiences

Provides guidance for planning and implementing real-world learning opportunities that extend beyond the classroom. Resources focus on helping students apply skills in authentic environments, develop independence, build confidence, and generalize Expanded Core Curriculum skills across settings.

Resource Access

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