Expanded Core
Curriculum (ECC):
Evaluations,
Teaching Materials
And
Selected Resources
Developed by
Ann Adkins and Debra Sewell,
TSBVI
July 2014
(Modified December 2014)
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What is the Expanded Core Curriculum?
The term expanded core curriculum (ECC) is used to define concepts and
skills that often require specialized instruction with students who are blind or
visually impaired in order to compensate for decreased opportunities to
learn incidentally by observing others. In addition to the general education
core curriculum that all students are taught, students with visual
impairments, starting at birth, also need instruction in the ECC. The ECC
areas include (A) needs that result from the visual impairment that enable
the student “to be involved in and make progress in the general education
curriculum; and (B) other educational needs that result from the child’s
disability” as required by IDEA (34 CFR 300.320 (a)(2)(A)(B)). Texas
Education Code (TEC) 30.002(c)(5) and (e)(5) require the flexibility of
school districts to make arrangements for services to occur “beyond regular
school hours to ensure the student learns the skills and receives the
instruction” in the ECC.
With the passage of Senate Bill 39 in 2013 (Texas 83rd Legislative
Session), evaluation in all areas of the ECC is required for students
with visual impairments. Priority needs must be identified by the IEP
team and instruction provided in these areas.
Nine Areas of the ECC
Assistive Technology
Assistive technology is an umbrella term that includes assistive and
adaptive tools as well as instructional services that can enhance
communication, access, and learning. It can include electronic
equipment such as switches, mobile devices, and portable notetakers;
computer access such as magnification software, screen readers, and
keyboarding; and low-tech devices such as an abacus, a brailler,
Active Learning materials (e.g., Little Room®), and optical devices.
Career Education
Career education will provide students with visual impairments of all
ages the opportunity to learn through hands-on experiences about
jobs that they may not otherwise be aware of without the ability to
observe people working. They also learn work-related skills such as
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assuming responsibility, punctuality, and staying on task. Career
education provides opportunities for students to explore and discover
strengths and interests and plan for transition to adult life.
Compensatory Skills
Compensatory skills include skills necessary for accessing the core
curriculum including concept development; communication modes;
organization and study skills; access to print materials; and the use of
braille/Nemeth, tactile graphics, object and/or tactile symbols, sign
language, and audio materials.
Independent Living Skills
Independent living skills include the tasks and functions people
perform in daily life to increase their independence and contribute to
the family structure. These skills include personal hygiene, eating
skills, food preparation, time and money management, clothing care,
and household tasks. People with vision typically learn such daily
routines through observation, whereas individuals with visual
impairments often need systematic instruction and frequent practice in
these daily tasks.
Orientation and Mobility (O&M)
O&M instruction enables students of all ages and motor abilities to be
oriented to their surroundings and to move as independently and
safely as possible. Students learn about themselves and their
environments, including home, school, and community. O&M lessons
incorporate skills ranging from basic body image, spatial relationships,
and purposeful movement to cane usage, travel in the community,
and use of public transportation. Having O&M skills enables students
to acquire independence to the greatest extent possible, based on
their individual needs and abilities.
Recreation and Leisure
Being unable to observe others reduces awareness of recreation and
leisure options. Instruction in recreation and leisure skills will ensure
that students with visual impairments will have opportunities to
explore, experience, and choose physical and leisure-time activities,
both organized and individual, that they enjoy. This instruction should
focus on the development of life-long skills.
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Self-Determination
Self-determination includes choice-making, decision-making, problem
solving, personal advocacy, assertiveness, and goal setting. Students
with visual impairments often have fewer opportunities to develop and
practice the specific skills that lead to self-determination. Students
who know and value who they are and who have self-determination
skills become effective advocates for themselves and therefore have
more control over their lives.
Sensory Efficiency
Sensory efficiency includes instruction in the use of vision, hearing,
touch, smell, and taste. It also addresses the development of the
proprioceptive, kinesthetic, and vestibular systems. Learning to use
their senses efficiently, including the use of optical devices, will enable
students with visual impairments to access and participate in activities
in school, home, and community environments.
Social Interaction Skills
Social interaction skills include awareness of body language,
gestures, facial expressions, and personal space. Instruction also
includes learning about interpersonal relationships, self-control, and
human sexuality. Almost all social skills are learned by visually
observing other people. Instruction in social interaction skills in school,
work, and recreational settings is crucial. Having appropriate social
skills can often mean the difference between social isolation and a
fulfilling life as an adult.
For additional information on the ECC, refer to:
 http://www.afb.org/info/programs-and-services/professionaldevelopment/teachers/expanded-core-curriculum/eccresources/12345
 http://www.perkins.org/resources/scout/education/expandedcore-curriculum.html
 http://www.familyconnect.org/parentsite.aspx?FolderID=23&Top
icID=382
 http://www.tsbvi.edu/recc/
 www.tsbvi.edu/attachments/EducatingStudentswithVIGuidelines
andStandards.pdf
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About This Document
This document is our attempt to compile resources for both evaluation and
instruction in all areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum. It is divided into
sections for each of the nine areas, and includes charts that list various
evaluation tools that may be helpful for gathering information about students
with visual impairments and/or additional disabilities in each specific area.
That information is listed on the left side of the chart in the column titled
“Evaluations”. If the resource also contains information that can be helpful
for instruction, it is also included in the column on the right side of the chart
entitled “Teaching Materials and Resources”. If a resource can only be used
for evaluation, the column on the right will be blank; if it does not contain an
evaluation component but is valuable as an instructional resource, the
column on the left will be blank.
You may also notice that many of the evaluation instruments and
instructional resources can be used for gathering information in multiple
areas of the ECC. We have tried to give website information for ordering
each resource within the charts; more complete bibliographical information
is provided in a separate document. The list below is also provided as a
quick reference.
We anticipate that there will be many changes to this document. In fact, we
have already updated it several times and look forward to adding more
resources as our field continues to seek way to address all the areas of the
ECC. We also welcome your comments, suggestions, and additions to this
list. It is truly a “living” document!
Ann and Debra
Websites for Resources Used in Multiple Areas of the ECC:
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American Printing House for the Blind (APH) – www.aph.org
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB Press) – www.afb.org
Blind Children’s Center – www.blindchildrenscenter.org
Carolina Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs –
www.brookespublishing.com
 Carolina Curriculum for Preschoolers with Special Needs –
www.brookespublishing.com
 Casey Life Skills – www.caseylifeskills.org
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 Curriculum Associates (Brigance materials) –
www.curriculumassociates.com
 Insite Developmental Checklist – www.hopepubl.com
 Lilli Works – www.lilliworks.com
 Oregon Project (Jackson County Education Service District) –
www.soesd.k12.or.us
 Perkins School for the Blind – www.perkins.org
 Pro-Ed Publisher – www.proedinc.com
 SPI: Student Performance Indicators (from Region 13 Education
Service Center) – www.tsbvi.edu/attachments/1879_spi.rtf
 Stanfield Company, Inc. – www.stanfield.com
 TSBVI – www.tsbvi.edu
 Transition Planning Inventory, 2nd Edition )TPI-1 – www.proedinc.com
Other Web Resources on the ECC
Iowa Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) Resource Guide (covers all areas of
ECC)
https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/ECCResGui.pdf
Iowa Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) Procedures Manual (covers all
areas of ECC)
https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/032707_spec_ECCProcedures-Man-2-07.pdf
Resources for the Expanded Core Curriculum (RECC) (covers all areas of
the ECC; currently under revision) http://www.tsbvi.edu/recc/
Wonder Baby www.wonderbaby.org – a project funded by the Perkins
School for the Blind to provide resources for parents of young children with
visual impairments as well as children with multiple disabilities.
*Note: AFB has released a new publication that provides extensive
information on all nine areas of the ECC. It addresses both evaluation and
instruction, with separate chapters on each ECC area. We’ve included it in
our general resource list and in each of the ECC charts:
Allman, Carol B. and Lewis, Sandra (Eds.) (2014). ECC essentials:
Teaching the expanded core curriculum to students with visual
impairments. NY: AFB Press. www.afb.org
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Assistive Technology
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS (TSBVI)
 Beginner Braille ‘n
Speak/Braille Lite
 Braille ‘n Speak/Braille Lite
 Braille Note
 Functional Computer Use
 Functional Use of Assistive
Tools
 Keyboarding
 Low Vision Tech
 Scanners
 Speech Technology
 Telebraille
Web tutorial on assistive
technology assessment, TSBVI
Distance Learning Site
http://distance.tsbvi.edu/course/as
sistive-technology-eval/index.html
iPad Performance Indicators
(TSBVI)
 iPad-Mainstream
 iPad-Voice Over
 iPad-Zoom
SPI: Student Performance
Indicators
(www.tsbvi.edu/attachments/1879
_spi.rtf)
 Adaptive Devices
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 Optical Devices
 Typing/Keyboard
An Assistive Technology Checklist
for Students with
Visual Impairments (updated
2009)
Technology Curriculum Guides,
CA School for the Blind
http://www.csbcde.ca.gov/technology.htm
CA School for the Blind
http://www.csbcde.ca.gov/technology.htm
(Windows, Braille Note, Braille Note
GPS, Braille n Speak)
Braille Note Quick Reference Guides
(Planner, web browser, navigation,
speech settings, accessing gmail, etc.)
Assistive Technology for Students
Who Are Blind or Visually
Impaired: A Guide to Assessment,
Appendix D, Assessment Forms
(AFB Press, www.afb.org, 2009)
Assistive Technology for Students
Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: A
Guide to Assessment (AFB Press,
www.afb.org, 2009)
Wisconsin Assistive Technology
Wisconsin Assistive Technology
Initiative (www.wati.org) – includes Initiative – includes Quality Indicators
AT Assessment Checklist
for Assistive Technology (QIAT)
(www.wati.org)
DeWitt Checklists
www.4dewitt.com
DeWitt Curricula
www.4dewitt.com
Casey Life Skills
www.caseylifeskills.org
Casey Life Skills
www.caseylifeskills.org
 Daily Living Skills (includes
computer & internet basics)
Every Move Counts Clicks and
 Daily Living Skills (includes
computer & internet basics)
Every Move Counts Clicks and Chats –
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Chats – Sensory Based Approach:
Communication and Assistive
Technology
www.everymovecounts.net
Sensory Based Approach:
Communication and Assistive
Technology
www.everymovecounts.net
iDevices website (reviews of apps and
list of resources)
https://sites.google.com/a/tsbvi.edu/stp
/idevices
Perkins Activity & Resource Guide
(Perkins School for the Blind,
www.perkins.org)
 Adaptive Technology
 Assistive Devices and Equipment
2008 AccessWorld Guide to Assistive
Technology Products (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Assistive Technology Notebook
Region 4 ESC, www.esc4.net
Texas Assistive Technology Network
www.texasat.net
Distance Learning Videos on Apple
iPad for VoiceOver, Screen Readers
and Braille Displays
http://distance.tsbvi.edu/categories.htm
l#assistive-tech
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APH materials: Talking Typer, Learn
Keys, etc.
ECC Essentials – Chapter 6:
Assistive Technology (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
ECC Essentials – Chapter 6: Assistive
Technology (AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Using iPads with Students Who Have
CVI or Multiple Impairments (on Paths
to Literacy website):
http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/usingipads-students-who-have-cvi-multipleimpairments
Babies with iPads – blog style website
for infants & toddlers w/ disabilities;
includes lists of apps for children w/
CVI
http://www.babieswithipads.blogspot.c
om/
Article by Linda Mamer on “Care and
Modification of iPads for Students with
Visual Impairments & Multiple
Disabilities” – on Paths to Literacy
website:
http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/careand-modification-ipads-studentsmultiple-disabilities
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Career Education
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS (TSBVI)
 Career Education
evaluations
 Beginning Career Education
 Evaluations I & II
 Career Education Units
 Comprehensive General
Employability
 Work Related Job Site
Activities
 EXIT – Levels I & II
Elementary Concepts
Assessment and Ongoing
Evaluation (TSBVI)
Perkins Activity & Resource
Guide, (Perkins School for the
Blind, www.perkins.org)
 Vocational Skills
FACES (available from Regional
Education Service Centers)
 Vocational
Individual evaluations for 200 of
the “Top Ten Tips for Work
Readiness”
(Career Solutions Publishing,
www.careersolutionsgroup.com)
EXIT Curriculum
 Employment
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Basic Skills Activity Routines
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Vocational Routines
Elementary Concepts Curriculum
(TSBVI)
 Theme: Work
 Theme: Community Helpers
 Theme: Tools
Perkins Activity & Resource Guide,
(Perkins School for the Blind,
www.perkins.org)
 Vocational Skills
FACES Curriculum (available from
Regional Education Service Centers)
 Vocational
Lesson Plans for 200 Work Readiness
Skills
(Career Solutions Publishing,
www.careersolutionsgroup.com)
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Casey Life Skills
www.caseylifeskills.org
 Career & Education
Planning
 Work and Study skills
(includes employment)
Casey Life Skills
www.caseylifeskills.org
 Career & Education Planning
 Work and Study skills (includes
employment)
Career Cruising
www.careercruising.com
Career Cruising
www.careercruising.com
SPI Student Performance
Indicators
(www.tsbvi.edu/attachments/1879
_spi.rtf)
 Career Readiness
Brigance Transition Skills
Inventory (Curriculum Associates,
www.curriculumassociates.com)
Transition Skills Activities
(Brigance, Curriculum Associates,
www.curriculumassociates.com)
 Post-Secondary
Education/Training
 Employment
 Independent Living
 Community Participation
The Transition Competencies
Checklist, Wolffe
www.projectaspiro.com
Informal Assessments for
Transition (Pro-Ed,
www.proedinc.com)
 Employment & Career
Planning
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Transition Planning Inventory, 2nd
Edition - TPI-2: Working (Pro-Ed,
www.proedinc.com)
 Career Choice & Planning
 Employment Knowledge &
Skills
ECC Essentials – Chapter 11:
Career Education (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
ECC Essentials – Chapter 11: Career
Education (AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Transitions Curriculum (Stanfield Co.,
www.stanfield.com)
 Volume 2 – Career
Management
School to Work: Developing Transition
Portfolios for Students with Significant
Disabilities (Perkins School for the
Blind, www.perkins.org)
Aaron’s Adventure’s in Employment
(AFB Career Connect, www.afb.org)
Skills for Success (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Transition Tote System Backpack
(APH, www.aph.org)
Hands-On: Functional Activities for
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Visually Impaired Preschoolers (APH,
www.aph.org)
College Bound: A Guide for Students
with Visual Impairments (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
*New Transition and Employment
Guide, published by TEA ; required to
be shared with parents statewide.; not
VI specific.
http://www.transitionintexas.org/cms/li
b/TX01001018/Centricity/Domain/3/Te
xas%20Transition%20and%20Employ
ment%20Guide%202014.pdf
Useful Websites for Career Education
 AFB’s Career Connect website.
www.afb.org/CareerConnect/users/browse_by_field.asp.
 2013 National Association of State Directors of Career Technical
Education Consortium, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 320, Silver
Spring, MD 20910: http://www.careertech.org/careerclusters/glance/careerclusters.html
 Career Vision website:
www.careervision.org/resources/careerclusters.htm
 Glencoe Online:
www.glencoe.com/sec/careers/cclusters/student/introclusters/shtml
The following websites are good resources for finding the specific
requirements and job tasks for each job title of interest to the student.
 http:www.onetonline.org/find/
 http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
 http://socrates.cdr.state.tx.us/iSocrates/occprofiles/profile_select.asp
 http://www.afb.org/careerconnect/
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Independent Living Skills
Evaluations
EVALS (TSBVI)
 IL Assessment & Ongoing
Evaluation for Volume II:
Self-Care and Maintenance
of Personal Environment
 EXIT
 Time/Calendar
 Money Skills
 Domestic Activities
Teaching Materials and Resources
Independent Living Curriculum
 Volume II: Self-Care and
Maintenance of Personal
Environment
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Independent Living Activity Routines
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EXIT Curriculum
 Personal Management
 Housing and Household
Management
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Basic Skills Activity Routines
 Domestic Routines
Oregon Project
(www.soesd.k12.or.us)
 Self-Help
Oregon Project
(www.soesd.k12.or.us)
 Self-Help
Perkins Activity & Resource Guide
(Perkins School for the Blind,
www.perkins.org)
 Independent Living Skills
 Daily Living Skills
Perkins Activity & Resource Guide
(Perkins School for the Blind,
www.perkins.org)
 Independent Living Skills
 Daily Living Skills
Functional Scheme Assessment
(Lilli Works, www.lilliworks.com)
 Toileting skills
 Undressing & dressing
 Personal hygiene
FIELA Curriculum (Lilli Works,
www.lilliworks.com)
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 Eating skills
Carolina Curriculum – Infants &
Toddlers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Personal-Social (self-help
skills)
Carolina Curriculum – Infants &
Toddlers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Personal-Social (self-help skills)
Carolina Curriculum –
Preschoolers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Personal-Social (self-help
skills)
Carolina Curriculum – Preschoolers
www.brookespublishing.com
 Personal-Social (self-help skills)
P.A.T.T.E.R – Preschool
Attainment Through Typical
Everyday Routines (APH,
www.aph.org)
P.A.T.T.E.R – Preschool Attainment
Through Typical Everyday Routines
(APH, www.aph.org)
 Laundry routine
 Car washing routine
 Cooking routine
Looking Good: A Curriculum on
Personal Presentation for
Adolescents and Young Adults
Who Have Visual Impairments
(Pro-Ed, www.proedinc.com)
Looking Good curriculum(Pro-Ed
Publishing, www.proedinc.com)
Casey Life Skills
(www.caseylifeskills.org)
 Daily Living Skills
 Self-Care Skills
 Housing & Money
Management
Casey Life Skills
(www.caseylifeskills.org)
 Daily Living Skills
 Self-Care Skills
 Housing & Money Management
Insite Developmental Checklist,
(Hope Publications,
www.hopepubl.com)
 Self-help
Insite Developmental Checklist,
(Hope Publications,
www.hopepubl.com)
 Self-help
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SPI Student Performance
Indicators
(www.tsbvi.edu/attachments/1879_
spi.rtf)
 Daily Living/Self Help
TPI-2: Living (Pro-Ed Publishing,
www.proedinc.com)
 Independent Living
 Community Involvement &
Usage
 Health
Hatlen Center for the Blind
checklists
www.hcblind.org
 Financial Management
Checklist
 Living Skills Checklist
 Grocery Store Assessment
Brigance Inventory of Early
Development, Birth – 7 years IED III (Curriculum Associates,
www.curriculumassociates.com)
 Adaptive Behavior: Daily
Living Skills
Clean To The Touch: Housekeeping
for Young People with Visual
Impairments (Perkins School for the
Blind, www.perkins.org)
Transitions Curriculum (Stanfield
Company, Inc., www.stanfield.com)
 Volume 1 – Personal
Management
 Volume 3 – Life Management
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Finding Wheels (Pro-Ed Publishers,
www.proedinc.com)
Early Focus (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
ECC Essentials – Chapter 8:
Independent Living (AFB Press,
www.afb.org
ECC Essentials – Chapter 8:
Independent Living (AFB Press,
www.afb.org
Daily living materials and equipment
from APH, LS&S, Maxi-Aids
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Orientation and Mobility
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS (TSBVI)
 Infused Skills Evaluation –
Senses and Motor Skills
TAPS Initial and Ongoing
Evaluation (TSBVI)
TAPS (TSBVI)
Perkins Activity & Resource Guide Perkins Activity & Resource Guide
(Perkins School for the Blind,
(Perkins School for the Blind,
www.perkins.org)
www.perkins.org)
 Orientation and Mobility
 Orientation and Mobility
Checklist
Checklist
 Motor Development: Gross
 Motor Development: Gross and
and Fine
Fine
Oregon Project
(www.soesd.k12.or.us)
 Compensatory
 Gross Motor
 Fine Motor
Oregon Project (www.soesd.k12.or.us)
 Compensatory
 Gross Motor
 Fine Motor
Functional Scheme Assessment
(Lilli Works, www.lilliworks.com)
 Gross movement
 Fine movement
 Spatial perception
FIELA Curriculum (Lilli Works,
www.lilliworks.com)
Carolina Curriculum – Infants &
Toddlers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Fine motor
 Gross motor
Carolina Curriculum – Infants &
Toddlers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Fine motor
 Gross motor
Carolina Curriculum –
Carolina Curriculum – Preschoolers
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Preschoolers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Fine motor
 Gross motor
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Fine motor
 Gross motor
Insite Developmental Checklist,
(Hope Publications,
www.hopepubl.com)
 Gross motor
 Fine motor
Insite Developmental Checklist, (Hope
Publications, www.hopepubl.com)
 Gross motor
 Fine motor
ECC Essentials – Chapter 7:
Orientation and Mobility (AFB
Press, www.afb.org
ECC Essentials – Chapter 7:
Orientation and Mobility (AFB Press,
www.afb.org
Inventory of Purposeful Movement
Behaviors Years (in TAPS, 3rd
Edition, Appendix D; TSBVI,
www.tsbvi.edu)
Brigance Inventory of Early
Development, Birth – 7 years IED III (Curriculum Associates,
www.curriculumassociates.com)
 Physical Development:
Gross and Fine Motor Skills
Preschool Orientation and Mobility
Screening, 2nd ed. (AER)
Battelle Developmental Inventory,
2nd ed., 2014 (Riverside
Publishing Company,
www.riversidepublishing.com/prod
ucts)
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 Motor
 For birth - 7 years,11
months
Callier Azusa Scale – MIVI or
Deaf-Blind (Callier Center, Dallas,
TX, 1978)
 Motor
 Birth - 8years
Peabody Developmental Motor
Scales (Pro-Ed Publishers,
www.proedinc.com, 2000)
 Gross motor
 Fine motor
 Birth – 5 years
Ready Bodies, Learning Minds – early
movement (Athena Oden,
www.readybodies.com)
Blind Children’s Center pamphlets on
movement,
www.blindchildrenscenter.org
Developing Fine and Gross Motor
Skills: Birth to Three (Pro-Ed
Publishers, www.proedinc.com)
Foundations of Orientation and
Mobility (AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Imagining the Possibilities: Creative
Approaches to Orientation and
Mobility Instruction for Persons Who
Are Visually Impaired (AFB Press,
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www.afb.org)
Beyond Arm’s Reach (PA College of
Optometry)
Finding Wheels (Pro-Ed Publishers,
www.proedinc.com)
Hand in Hand: Essentials of
Communication and O&M for Students
Who Are Deafblind – vol. 1,2 &
Trainer’s Manual (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Early Focus (AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Move It and Get a Wiggle On booklets
– early movement (AAHPER
Publications – no longer in print)
Practice Makes Perfect: A Family
Program in Orientation and Mobility
(Crone, 2005, Region 4 ESC – lesson
plans & materials, www.esc4.net)
APH Products (www.aph.org):
 Chang Tactual Diagram Kit
 Picture Maker: Wheatley Tactile
Diagramming Kit
 Tactile Town: 3-D O&M Kit
 TREKS: The Game of Compass
Directions
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Recreation and Leisure
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS (TSBVI)
 Recreation and Leisure
 EXIT – Adult Leisure,
Recreation and Fitness
 IL Assessment and
Evaluation booklet for
Volume III: Play and
Leisure
EXIT Curriculum
 Adult Recreation, Leisure and
Fitness
_______________________________
Independent Living Curriculum
 Volume III: Play and Leisure
_______________________________
Basic Skills Activity Routines
 Recreation/Leisure Routines
Elementary Concepts
Assessment and Ongoing
Evaluation (TSBVI)
Elementary Concepts Curriculum
(TSBVI)
 Recreation
Functional Scheme Assessment
(Lilli Works, www.lilliworks.com)
 Play & activities
FIELA Curriculum (Lilli Works,
www.lilliworks.com)
 Play & activities
ECC Essentials – Chapter 10:
Recreation and Leisure (AFB
Press, www.afb.org
ECC Essentials – Chapter 10:
Recreation and Leisure (AFB Press,
www.afb.org
SPI Student Performance
Indicators
(www.tsbvi.edu/attachments/1879
_spi.rtf)
 Recreation/Leisure
TPI-2: Living (Pro-Ed Publishers,
www.proedinc.com)
 Leisure Activities
Learning to Play (Blind Children’s
Center, www.blindchildrenscenter.org)
25
Going Places: Transition Guidelines for
Community-Based Physical Activities
for Students Who Have Visual
Impairments, Blindness or
Deafblindness (APH, www.aph.org)
Games for People with Sensory
Impairments (APH, www.aph.org)
Simon Says is Not the Only Game
(AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Physical Education and Sports for
People with Visual Impairments and
Deafblindness: Foundations of
Instruction (AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Getting to Know You (APH,
www.aph.org)
Distance Learning Videos:
 Adapted PE Games for Blind and
Visually Impaired Students
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=PB9eCkh4Ryk
 Blind and Visually Impaired
Texans Can Still Play Tennis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=GEqryHTTyeY
 Adapted Physical Education
Pushup Equipment for Students
(Visually Impaired or Blind)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=zPzXJ3Nqi-k
 P.E. Games for Blind Students
(Florida school for the deaf and
blind)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=O2HPDWR-gJM
Games &art materials from APH & AFB
26
Self-Determination Skills
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS (TSBVI)
 Self-Determination
 EXIT I & II
 IL Assessment and
Ongoing Evaluation booklet
for Volume I: Social
Competence
 Interaction with Family,
Peers and Others
 Self-Concept
 Values Clarification
 Problem Solving
 Self-Advocacy
Empowered: An Activity Based SelfDetermination Curriculum for Students
with Visual Impairments (TSBVI)
Independent Living Curriculum (TSBVI)
 Volume I: Social Competence
P.A.T.T.E.R – Preschool
Attainment Through Typical
Everyday Routines (APH,
www.aph.org)
P.A.T.T.E.R – Preschool Attainment
Through Typical Everyday Routines
(APH, www.aph.org)
Carolina Curriculum – Infants &
Toddlers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Personal-Social (selfconcept)
Carolina Curriculum – Infants &
Toddlers (www.brookespublishing.com)
 Personal-Social (self-concept)
Carolina Curriculum –
Preschoolers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Personal-Social (selfconcept)
Carolina Curriculum – Preschoolers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Personal-Social (self-concept)
SPI Student Performance
Indicators
27
(www.tsbvi.edu/attachments/187
9_spi.rtf)
 Self Advocacy
TPI-2: Learning (Pro-Ed
Publishing, www.proedinc.com)
 Further Education &
Training
 Self Determination
Transition Competencies
Checklist, Wolffe,
www.projectaspiro.com
ECC Essentials – Chapter 12:
Self-Determination (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
ECC Essentials – Chapter 12: SelfDetermination (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Steps to Self-Determination: A
Curriculum to Help Adolescents Learn
to Achieve Their Goals (Pro-Ed
Publishing, www.proedinc.com)
Raising Self-Reliant Children in a SelfIndulgent World
http://www.randomhouse.com/book/60
816/raising-self-reliant-children-in-aself-indulgent-world-by-h-stephenglenn-and-jane-nelsen-edd
Promoting Self-Determination in
Students with Developmental
Disabilities (The Guilford Press)
http://www.guilford.com/books/Promoti
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ng-Self-Determination-in-Studentswith-DevelopmentalDisabilities/Michael-LWehmeyer/9781593854607
Transitions Curriculum (Stanfield Co.,
www.stanfield.com)
 Volume 1 – Personal
Management
 Volume 2 – Career Management
Promoting Acceptance of Children with
Disabilities: From Tolerance to
Inclusion (formerly AFB Press; order
from Amazon)
Getting to Know You (APH,
www.aph.org)
Reach for the Stars (APH,
www.aph.org)
Skills for Success (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Job Related Social Skills: A Curriculum
for Adolescents with Special Needs.
(Exceptional Innovations Products,
http://www.exinn.net/job-related-socialskills.html)
Ready-to-Use Social Skills Lessons
29
and Activities for Grades 7-12 , JosseyBass Publishers, www.josseybass.com
Teaching Social Skills to Students with
Visual Impairments – (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
College Bound: A Guide for Students
with Visual Impairments (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Distance Learning Videos on creating
student portfolios for transition
http://distance.tsbvi.edu/transition/creat
ing-student-portfolios.html
Distance Learning Videos:
“Key Things That Professionals Should
Share With Parents About Transition”,
Rosemary Alexander, from Texas
Parent2Parent Organization:
http://distance.tsbvi.edu/transition/creat
ing-student-portfolios.html
T Transition Lesson Plans – from
University of Oklahoma Zarrow Center
for Learning Enrichment (2010):
https://sites.google.com/a/cloud.ifscho
ols.org/d91-special-educationsecondary-transition/home/transitionlesson-plans
30
Sensory Efficiency
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS (TSBVI)





Listening-Auditory Skills
Monocular Use
Magnifier Use
Pre-Braille
Math for Tactile Graphic
Skills
 Infused Skills – Senses and
Motor Skills
ECC Essentials – Chapter 5:
Sensory Efficiency (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
ECC Essentials – Chapter 5: Sensory
Efficiency (AFB Press, www.afb.org)
TSBVI FVE/LMA Guide (TSBVI) –
new
FVLMA: A Guidebook for
Practitioners. (pre-academic or
academic, K-12; APH,
www.aph.org
ABLS – Assessing Braille Literacy
Skills (Region 4 ESC,
www.esc4.net)
SPI Student Performance
Indicators
(www.tsbvi.edu/attachments/1879
_spi.rtf)
 Enlarged Print
 Low Vision Efficiency
Brigance Comprehensive
31
Inventory of Basic Skills
(Curriculum Associates,
www.curriculumassociates.com)
 Listening Skills
Oregon Project
(www.soesd.k12.or.us)
 Compensatory
 Vision
 Fine Motor
Oregon Project (www.soesd.k12.or.us)
 Compensatory
 Vision
 Fine Motor
Perkins Activity & Resource Guide Perkins Activity & Resource Guide
(Perkins School for the Blind,
(Perkins School for the Blind,
www.perkins.org)
www.perkins.org)
 Sensory Integration
 Sensory Integration
 Enhancing the Use of
 Enhancing the Use of Functional
Functional Vision
Vision
 Motor Development: Fine
 Motor Development: Fine
Functional Scheme Assessment
(Lilli Works, www.lilliworks.com)
 Fine Motor
 Visual Perception
 Auditory Perception
 Haptic-Tactile Perception
 Mouth movement
 Smell and Taste
FIELA Curriculum (Lilli Works,
www.lilliworks.com)
Insite Developmental Checklist,
(Hope Publications,
www.hopepubl.com)
 Fine Motor
 Vision
 Auditory
 Tactile development
Listening Skills Inventory,
(Learning Ally: Learning Through
Listening, www.ltl.learningally.org)
Insite Developmental Checklist, (Hope
Publications, www.hopepubl.com)
 Fine Motor
 Vision
 Auditory
 Tactile development
Listening Skills Lesson Plans,
Activities, Checklists, etc. (Learning
Ally: Learning Through Listening,
32
www.ltl.learningally.org)
Sensory Learning Kit – SLK (APH, Sensory Learning Kit – SLK (APH,
www.aph.org)
www.aph.org)
Symbols and Meaning – SAM
(APH, www.aph.org)
Symbols and Meaning – SAM (APH,
www.aph.org)
CVI Scale (Christine RomanLantzy in Cortical Visual
Impairment: An Approach to
Assessment and Intervention
(APH, www.aph.org)
Cortical Visual Impairment: An
Approach to Assessment and
Intervention (APH, www.aph.org)
Strategy to See – Diane Sheline’s
website: http://strategytosee.com/
Strategy to See – Diane Sheline’s
website: http://strategytosee.com/
LEA materials (Vision Associates,
www.visionkits.com)
LEA materials (Vision Associates,
www.visionkits.com)
SALUTE – Successful
Adaptations for Learning to Use
Touch Effectively: Interacting with
Children who are Deafblind or
Visually Impaired and Have
Additional Disabilities,
www.projectsalute.net
SALUTE – Successful Adaptations for
Learning to Use Touch Effectively:
Interacting with Children who are
Deafblind or Visually Impaired and
Have Additional Disabilities,
www.projectsalute.net
Every Move Counts Clicks and
Chats – Sensory Based
Approach: Communication and
Assistive Technology
www.everymovecounts.net
Every Move Counts Clicks and Chats
– Sensory Based Approach:
Communication and Assistive
Technology
www.everymovecounts.net
33
Tactile Strategies for Children Who
Have Visual Impairments and Multiple
Disabilities: Promoting Communication
and Learning Skills (AFB Press –
book, DVD, online; www.afb.org)
Everyday Activities to Promote Visual
Efficiency: A Handbook for Working
with Young Children with Visual
Impairments (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Ready Bodies, Learning Minds,
(Athena Oden,
www.readybodies.com)
Looking to Learn: Promoting Literacy
for Students with Low Vision (AFB
Press, www.afb.org)
Learning to Listen/Listening to Learn:
Teaching Listening Skills to Students
with Visual Impairments (APH Press,
www.aph.org)
Beyond Arm’s Reach (PA College of
Optometry)
Foundations of Low Vision (AFB
Press, www.afb.org)
34
Functional Vision – A Practitioner’s
Guide to Evaluation and Intervention
(AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Understanding Low Vision (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Low Vision: A Guide with Adaptations
for Students with Visual Impairments
(TSBVI, www.tsbvi.edu)
Distance Learning Videos: Using
Optical Devices
http://distance.tsbvi.edu/optical-deviceuse.html
AFB Webinar: Low Vision Optical
Devices: Improving Visibility for People
with Low Vision
http://www.afb.org/store (see section
on low vision devices; ACVREP
credit, $25)
APH materials: Teaching Touch,
Setting the Stage, Tactile Graphics,
Listen & Think, Envision, Light Box &
Light Box Activity Guide, etc.
www.aph.org
Move It and Get a Wiggle On booklets
35
(AAHPER Publications)
Move, Touch, Do (APH, www.aph.org)
Books and pamphlets (Blind Children’s
Center, www.blindchildrenscenter.org)
Little Bear Sees series – books and
apps for children with CVI
www.littlebearsees.org
www.cviteacher.wordpress.com – blog
for VI teachers, written by TVI
CVI Focus Series – 5 webinars by
Christine Roman-Lantzy (AFB,
www.afb.org)
www.cviresources.com – Christine
Roman’s website
See Compensatory/Access Skills section for additional information
36
Social Interaction
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS (TSBVI)
 IL Evaluation booklet for
Volume I
 EXIT
 Sexuality Education
 Infused Skills Assessment
Independent Living Curriculum(TSBVI)
 Volume I: Social Competence
_________________________
EXIT Curriculum (TSBVI)
 Personal Management
Family Life and Sexual Health
Family Life and Sexual Health
(F.L.A.S.H.) – sexuality education (F.L.A.S.H.) – sexuality education
www.kingcounty.gov/healthservice www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices
s
Safe and Sound: A Safety
Awareness Curriculum (California
School for the Blind)
http://www.csbcde.ca.gov/assessment_learning_
media.htm
Safe and Sound: A Safety Awareness
Curriculum (California School for the
Blind) http://www.csbcde.ca.gov/assessment_learning_medi
a.htm
Oregon Project
www.soesd.k12.or.us
 Social
Oregon Project
www.soesd.k12.or.us
 Social
P.A.T.T.E.R – Preschool
Attainment Through Typical
Everyday Routines (APH)
P.A.T.T.E.R – Preschool Attainment
Through Typical Everyday Routines
(APH)
Casey Life Skills
www.caseylifeskills.org
 Self-Care Skills (includes
sexuality)
 Relationships &
Communication
Casey Life Skills
www.caseylifeskills.org
 Self-Care Skills (includes
sexuality)
 Relationships & Communication
37
Insite Developmental Checklist
(Hope Publications,
www.hopepubl.com)
 Social
 Emotional
Insite Developmental Checklist
(Hope Publications,
www.hopepubl.com)
 Social
 Emotional
Functional Scheme Assessment
(Lilli Works, www.lilliworks.com)
 Social perception
 Emotional perception
FIELA Curriculum (Lilli Works,
www.lilliworks.com)
Carolina Curriculum – Infants &
Toddlers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Personal-Social
(interpersonal skills)
 Communication
(conversation skills)
Carolina Curriculum – Infants &
Toddlers (www.brookespublishing.com)
 Personal-Social (interpersonal
skills)
 Communication (conversation
skills)
Carolina Curriculum - Preschoolers Carolina Curriculum - Preschoolers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Personal-Social
 Personal-Social (interpersonal
(interpersonal skills)
skills)
 Communication
 Communication (conversation
(conversation skills)
skills)
The Walker Social Skills
Curriculum (Pro-Ed Publishing,
www.proedinc.com)
The Walker Social Skills Curriculum
(Pro-Ed Publishing,
www.proedinc.com)
SPI Student Performance
Indicators
((www.tsbvi.edu/attachments/1879
_spi.rtf)
 Social Skills
TPI-2: Living (Pro-Ed Publishing,
www.proedinc.com)
 Interpersonal Relationships
38
Transition Competencies
Checklist, Wolffe,
www.projectaspiro.com
Brigance Inventory of Early
Development, Birth – 7 years IED III (Curriculum Associates,
www.curriculumassociates.com)
 Social and Emotional
Development: Interpersonal
and Self-Regulatory Skills
ECC Essentials – Chapter 9:
Social Interaction (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
ECC Essentials – Chapter 9: Social
Interaction (AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Focused On: Social Skills - 5 DVDs
(AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Teaching Social Skills to Students with
Visual Impairments: From Theory to
Practice (AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Development of Social Skills by Blind
and Visually Impaired Students (AFB
Press, www.afb.org)
The Transitions Curriculum (Stanfield
Co.) www.stanfield.com
 Volume 1 – Personal
Management
 Volume 3 – Life Management
Better Together – Chapter 6: Social
Games (TSBVI, www.tsbvi.edu)
Teaching Social Skills to Youth – Boys
Town Press (www.boystownpress.org)
39
MacCuspie, Promoting Acceptance of
Children with Disabilities: From
Tolerance to Inclusion (order from
Amazon)
Skills for Success (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Ready-to-Use Social Skills Lessons
and Activities for Grades 7-12 , JosseyBass Publishers, www.josseybass.com
Job Related Social Skills: A Curriculum
for Adolescents with Special Needs.
(Exceptional Innovations Products,
http://www.exinn.net/job-related-socialskills.html)
Social Thinking Worksheets for
Tweens and Teens (Michelle Garcia
Winner, www.socialthinking.com)
Getting to Know You (APH,
www.aph.org)
Navigating the Social World: A
Curriculum for Individuals with
Asperger Syndrome, High Functioning
Autism, and Related Disorders (Future
Horizons, Inc., 2002,
www.FHautism.com)
Introduction to Sexuality Education for
Individuals Who are Deaf-Blind and
Significantly Developmentally Delayed.
DB-LINK &
http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/pdf/sexed.pdf
40
Compensatory/Access Skills









Concept Development
Tactile Skills Development – also in sensory efficiency
Listening/Auditory Skills – also in sensory efficiency
Communication Skills
Braille
Abacus
Nemeth
Organization & Study Skills
Tactile Graphics Skills
41
Compensatory – Concept Development
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS (TSBVI)
 Beginning Concepts
 Braille: Beginning Braille
 Tactile Graphics Skills for
Math
 Infused Skills – Basic
Concepts; Representation
and Cognition
Brigance Inventory of Early
Development, Birth – 7 years IED III (Curriculum Associates,
www.curriculumassociates.com)
 Academic Skills/Cognitive
Development
School Inventory of Problem
Solving Skills for Children with
Multiple Disabilities (Rowland &
Schweigert) 2002
www.designtolearn.com
Boehm-3 Preschool Big Picture
Kit and Boehm-3 Preschool
Tactile Edition (APH,
www.aph.org)
Oregon Project
(www.soesd.k12.or.us)
 Cognitive
 Compensatory
Oregon Project (www.soesd.k12.or.us)
 Cognitive
 Compensatory
42
P.A.T.T.E.R – Preschool
Attainment Through Typical
Everyday Routines (APH,
www.aph.org)
P.A.T.T.E.R – Preschool Attainment
Through Typical Everyday Routines
(APH, www.aph.org)
Insite Developmental Checklist
(Hope Publications,
www.hopepubl.com)
 Cognition
Insite Developmental Checklist (Hope
Publications, www.hopepubl.com)
 Cognition
Functional Scheme Assessment
(Lilli Works, www.lilliworks.com)
 Object perception
 Spatial perception
FIELA Curriculum (Lilli Works,
www.lilliworks.com)
Carolina Curriculum – Infants &
Toddlers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Cognition (attention &
memory, visual perception,
problem solving, concepts)
Carolina Curriculum – Infants &
Toddlers (www.brookespublishing.com)
 Cognition (attention & memory,
visual perception, problem
solving, concepts)
Carolina Curriculum –
Preschoolers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Cognition (attention &
memory, visual perception,
problem solving, concepts)
Carolina Curriculum – Preschoolers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Cognition (attention & memory,
visual perception, problem
solving, concepts)
ECC Essentials – Chapter 4:
Compensatory Skills – Concept
Development (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
ECC Essentials – Chapter 4:
Compensatory Skills – Concept
Development (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Imagining the Possibilities: Creative
Approaches to Orientation and Mobility
43
Instruction for Persons Who Are
Visually Impaired – see chapter 4 for
concept development (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Experiential Learning: Activities for
Concept Development (APH,
www.aph.org)
Developmental Guidelines for Infants
with Visual Impairments: A Manual for
Early Intervention (APH, www.aph.org)
Hands-On: Functional Activities for
Visually Impaired Preschoolers (APH,
www.aph.org)
Developing Concepts with Children
Who are Deaf-Blind, from DB-LINK &
National Consortium on Deafblindness:
http://documents.nationaldb.org/produc
ts/concepts.pdf
Reach Out and Teach (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Early Focus (AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Blind Children’s Center Pamphlets on
concept development
44
Compensatory – Tactile Skills Development
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS
 Braille: Pre-Braille
 Tactile Graphics Skills for
Math
Oregon Project
(www.soesd.k12.or.us)
 Fine Motor
 Compensatory
Oregon Project
(www.soesd.k12.or.us)
 Fine Motor
 Compensatory
Perkins Activity & Resource
Guide (Perkins School for the
Blind, www.perkins.org)
 Motor Development: Fine
Motor
 Sensory Integration
Perkins Activity & Resource Guide
(Perkins School for the Blind,
www.perkins.org)
 Motor Development: Fine Motor
 Sensory Integration
Functional Scheme Assessment
(Lilli Works, www.lilliworks.com)
 Haptic-tactile perception
 Spatial perception
 Object perception
FIELA Curriculum (Lilli Works,
www.lilliworks.com)
Insite Developmental Checklist,
(Hope Publications,
www.hopepubl.com)
 Fine Motor
 Tactile development
Insite Developmental Checklist, (Hope
Publications, www.hopepubl.com)
 Fine Motor
 Tactile development
ECC Essentials – Chapter 4:
Compensatory Skills – Spatial
Understanding (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
ECC Essentials – Chapter 4:
Compensatory Skills – Spatial
Understanding (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
45
ABLS – Assessing Braille
Literacy Skills (Region 4 ESC,
www.esc4.net)
Sensory Learning Kit – SLK
(APH, www.aph.org)
Sensory Learning Kit – SLK (APH,
www.aph.org)
SALUTE – Successful
Adaptations for Learning to Use
Touch Effectively: Interacting with
Children who are Deafblind or
Visually Impaired and Have
Additional Disabilities,
www.projectsalute.net
SALUTE – Successful Adaptations for
Learning to Use Touch Effectively:
Interacting with Children who are
Deafblind or Visually Impaired and
Have Additional Disabilities,
www.projectsalute.net
Boehm-3: Preschool Tactile
Edition (APH, www.aph.org)
Early Tactile Learning
http://www.tsbvi.edu/resources/3096early-tactile-learning
Guidelines and Games for Teaching
Efficient Braille Reading (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Tactile Discrimination Worksheets
(APH, www.aph.org)
46
Tactile Strategies for Children Who
Have Visual Impairments and Multiple
Disabilities: Promoting Communication
and Learning Skills (AFB Press –
book, DVD, online; www.afb.org)
Tactile Learning Strategies: Interacting
with Children Who Have Visual
Impairments and Multiple Disabilities
(AFB Press – book, DVD;
www.afb.org)
Setting the Stage for Tactile
Understanding and Teaching Touch
(APH, www.aph.org)
See Sensory Efficiency Skills & Compensatory – Braille sections for
additional information
47
Compensatory – Listening/Auditory Skills
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS
 Listening-Auditory Skills
SPI Student Performance
Indicators
(www.tsbvi.edu/attachments/187
9_spi.rtf)
 Using a Live Reader
Basic (Informal) Reading
Inventories – Jerry Johns, Gray,
etc.
Brigance Comprehensive
Inventory of Basic Skills
(Curriculum Associates,
www.curriculumassociates.com)
ECC Essentials – Chapter 4:
Compensatory Skills – Speaking
& Listening Skills (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
ECC Essentials – Chapter 4:
Compensatory Skills – Speaking &
Listening Skills (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Listening Skills Inventory,
(Learning Ally: Learning Through
Listening,
www.ltl.learningally.org)
Listening Skills Lesson Plans,
Activities, Checklists, etc. (Learning
Ally: Learning Through Listening,
www.ltl.learningally.org)
48
Functional Scheme Assessment
(Lilli Works, www.lilliworks.com)
 Auditory perception
FIELA Curriculum (Lilli Works,
www.lilliworks.com)
Insite Developmental Checklist,
(Hope Publications,
www.hopepubl.com)
 Auditory
Insite Developmental Checklist,
(Hope Publications,
www.hopepubl.com)
 Auditory
Learning to Listen/Listening to Learn:
Teaching Listening Skills to Students
with Visual Impairments (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Listen and Think (APH, www.aph.org)
See Sensory Efficiency Skills section for additional information
49
Compensatory – Communication Skills
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS (TSBVI)
 Infused Skills Assessment
– Social Communicative
interactions
Child-Guided Strategies: The
Van Dijk Approach to
Assessment (APH,
www.aph.org)
Child-Guided Strategies: The Van Dijk
Approach to Assessment - includes
intervention strategies (APH,
www.aph.org)
Oregon Project
(www.soesd.k12.or.us)
 Language
Oregon Project
(www.soesd.k12.or.us)
 Language
Insite Developmental Checklist
(Hope Publications,
www.hopepubl.com)
 Communication
Insite Developmental Checklist (Hope
Publications, www.hopepubl.com)
 Communication
Functional Scheme Assessment
(Lilli Works, www.lilliworks.com)
 Language: non-verbal
 Language: verbal
 Comprehension of
language
FIELA Curriculum (Lilli Works,
www.lilliworks.com)
Carolina Curriculum – Infants &
Toddlers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Personal-Social
(interpersonal skills)
 Communication (verbal
comprehension,
Carolina Curriculum – Infants &
Toddlers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Personal-Social (interpersonal
skills)
 Communication (verbal
comprehension, conversation
50
conversation skills)
skills)
Carolina Curriculum – Toddlers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Personal-Social
(interpersonal skills)
 Communication (verbal
comprehension,
conversation skills)
Carolina Curriculum – Toddlers
(www.brookespublishing.com)
 Personal-Social (interpersonal
skills)
 Communication (verbal
comprehension, conversation
skills)
Casey Life Skills
www.caseylifeskills.org
Casey Life Skills
www.caseylifeskills.org
 Relationships &
Communication
 Relationships & Communication
ECC Essentials – Chapter 4:
Compensatory Skills –
Communication Modes;
Speaking & Listening Skills (AFB
Press, www.afb.org)
ECC Essentials – Chapter 4:
Compensatory Skills –
Communication Modes; Speaking &
Listening Skills (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Every Move Counts Clicks and
Chats – Sensory Based
Approach: Communication and
Assistive Technology
www.everymovecounts.net
Every Move Counts Clicks and Chats
– Sensory Based Approach:
Communication and Assistive
Technology
www.everymovecounts.net
The Communication Matrix
http://www.communicationmatrix
.org/ (assessment also available
online)
Distance Learning Videos:
 Calendars:
http://library.tsbvi.edu/Browse/C
ategory/12
 Tactile Symbols:
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http://library.tsbvi.edu/Browse/C
ategory/15
You Make the Difference DVD (TSBVI
publication, www.tsbvi.edu)
Website with tutorials on
communication skills for children with
deafblindness or visual impairments
and multiple disabilities
http://distance.tsbvi.edu/communicati
on/
Calendars for Students with Multiple
Impairments Including Deafblindness
(TSBVI, www.tsbvi.edu)
Communication: A Guide for
Teaching Students with Visual and
Multiple Impairments (TSBVI,
www.tsb vi.edu)
Better Together: Building
Relationships with People Who Have
Visual Impairments & Autism
Spectrum Disorder (TSBVI,
www.tsbvi.edu)
Tactile Strategies for Children Who
Have Visual Impairments and Multiple
Disabilities: Promoting
Communication and Learning Skills
(AFB Press – book, DVD, online;
www.afb.org)
Tactile Symbols (TSBVI,
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www.tsbvi.edu )
Tactile Connections: Symbols for
Communication (APH, www.aph.org)
SAM: Symbols and Meaning (APH,
www.aph.org)
STACS: Standardized Tactile
Augmentative Communication
Symbols Kit (APH – guidebook &
training videos; www.aph.org)
Remarkable Conversations (Perkins
School for the Blind,
www.perkins.org)
Hand in Hand: Essentials of
Communication and O&M for
Students Who Are Deafblind (AFB
Press, www.afb.org)
A Standard Tactile Symbol System:
Graphic Language for Individual who
are Blind and Unable to Learn Braille,
http://www.tsbvi.edu/component/conte
nt/article/100-instruction/1315
Rowland & Schweigert, Tangible
Symbol Systems (revised, 2000)
.www.designtolearn.com
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Compensatory – Braille
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS (TSBVI)
 Beginning Concepts
 Braille: Pre-Braille
 Braille: Uncontracted
Reading & Writing
 Braille: Contracted
Reading & Writing
 Tactile Graphics Skills for
Math
Oregon Project
(www.soesd.k12.or.us)
 Compensatory
Braille Fundamentals (TSBVI)
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Un’s the One (uncontracted Braille
Fundamentals, TSBVI)
Oregon Project
(www.soesd.k12.or.us)
 Compensatory
SPI Student Performance
Indicators
(www.tsbvi.edu/attachments/18
79_spi.rtf)
 Braille
ABLS – Assessing Braille
Literacy Skills (Region 4 ESC,
www.esc4.net )
The Mangold Developmental
Program of Tactile Perception
and Braille Letter Recognition
(Exceptional Teaching Aids,
Inc.,
www.exceptionalteaching.org)
The Mangold Developmental Program
of Tactile Perception and Braille Letter
Recognition (Exceptional Teaching
Aids, Inc.,
www.exceptionalteaching.org)
Guidelines and Games for Teaching
Efficient Braille Reading (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
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Instructional Strategies for Braille
Literacy (AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Foundations of Braille Literacy (AFB
Press, www.afb.org)
Beginning with Braille: Firsthand
Experiences with a Balanced Approach
to Literacy (AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Braille Literacy: A Functional Approach
(AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Braille Literacy Curriculum (Towers
Press, Overbrook School for the Blind,
www.obs.org)
The Bridge to Braille (National Braille
Press, www.nbp.org)
Building on Patterns (APH,
www.aph.org)
On the Way to Literacy (APH,
www.aph.org)
Paths to Literacy for Students Who Are
Blind or Visually Impaired
http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/
Perkins Scout – Perkins School for the
Blind
http://www.perkins.org/resources/scout/
literacy-and-braille/
ABC’s of UEB
http://www.brailleauthority.org/ueb.html
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Compensatory – Abacus
Evaluations
EVALS (TSBVI)
 Abacus/Counting Method
Teaching Materials and Resources
Abacus Counting Method Handout
(Debra Sewell, TSBVI)
http://www.tsbvi.edu/abacus/3284using-an-abacus-and-the-countingmethod-
SPI Student Performance
Indicators
(www.tsbvi.edu/attachments/187
9_spi.rtf)
 Abacus
Abacus Basic Competency (APH,
www.aph.org)
Distance Learning Videos – Abacus:
Getting Started with the Counting
Method
http://distance.tsbvi.edu/sewell_abacu
s.html
UAbacus – an app on how to use a
Cranmer abacus for computation
(uses the logic method, also known as
synthesis or the direct/indirect
method) http://uabacus.arizona.edu/
Abacus I & Abacus II: tuition-free,
distance education courses available
through the Hadley School for the
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Blind www.hadley.edu
The Cranmer Abacus – addition
through division using the
direct/indirect method; text and videos.
http://www.faculty.umb.edu/sandy_smi
th/NHAbacus/index.html
TSBVI Math Pages:
 The Abacus
http://s22318.tsbvi.edu/mathproj
ect/ch5-sec3.asp
 Other calculation tools for math
http://s22318.tsbvi.edu/mathproj
ect/ch5.asp#main
Davidow, The Abacus Made Easy
(APH, www.aph.org)
Foundations, vol. 2 – teaching the use
of the abacus & other calculation tools,
pages 382-389
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Compensatory – Nemeth
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS (TSBVI)
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Nemeth Code: Elementary
Nemeth Code: Algebra I
Nemeth Code: Algebra II
Nemeth Code: Geometry
Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics
and Science Notation 1972 Revision
(APH, www.aph.org)
Learning the Nemeth Braille Code: A
Manual for Teachers and Students
(APH – Ruth Craig, 1987; www.aph.org)
An Introduction to Braille Mathematics,
Based on the Nemeth Braille Code for
Mathematics and Science Notation,
1972, Library of Congress (APH –
Roberts, et al; www.aph.org)
Nemeth Code Reference Sheet (APH,
www.aph.org)
Nemeth Code update, 2007
http://www.brailleauthority.org/update07
/updates07_10-913/Nemeth2007update.pdf
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Common Nemeth Symbols (Gloria
Buntrock, National Braille Association) –
available in Susan O’s Math Packet
(www.tsbvi.edu)
Nemeth Reference Chart (Dumont &
Malone – National Braille Press
(www.nbp.org)
Nemeth Reference Sheets for Algebra I,
Algebra II, & Geometry – Gloria Bennett
& Susan Osterhaus
http://www.tsbvi.edu/resourcesmath/index.php?option=com_content&vi
ew=article&id=1552:nemeth-codereference-sheets
Set Notation Nemeth Cheat Sheet http://www.tsbvi.edu/resourcesmath/1908-set-notation-cheat-sheet
Essentials of Nemeth: tuition-free,
distance education course available
through the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
The Computerized Nemeth Code Tutor
http://www.tsbvi.edu/resourcesmath/1531-download-computerizednemeth-code-tutor
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Susan O’s Math Packet
http://www.tsbvi.edu/resourcesmath/1548-susan-osterhaus-mathpacket
Susan O’s Distance Learning Videos
(including Nemeth Code, abacus,
graphing tools, etc.)
http://distance.tsbvi.edu/osterhaus_mat
h_intro.html
Teaching Nemeth Code (excerpt from
Project Math Access)
http://s22318.tsbvi.edu/mathproject/abo
ut-us.asp#main
Foundations, vol. 2 – Teaching the
Nemeth Code, pages 379-382
Note: Nemeth Code book currently in development by TSBVI
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Organization and Study Skills
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS (TSBVI)
 Organization Skills
 Study Skills
Casey Life Skills
www.caseylifeskills.org
 Work and Study Skills
Casey Life Skills www.caseylifeskills.org
 Work and Study Skills
SPI Student Performance
Indicators
(www.tsbvi.edu/attachments/187
9_spi.rtf)
 Study/Organization
 Using a Live Reader
ECC Essentials – Chapter 4:
Compensatory Skills – Study
and Organization Skills (AFB
Press, www.afb.org)
ECC Essentials – Chapter 4:
Compensatory Skills – Study and
Organization Skills (AFB Press,
www.afb.org)
Individual evaluations for 200 of
the “Top Ten Tips for Work
Readiness”
(Career Solutions Publishing,
www.careersolutionsgroup.com)
Lesson Plans for 200 Work Readiness
Skills, Lessons 101-111.
(Career Solutions Publishing,
www.careersolutionsgroup.com)
Note-Taking 101: How Blind and
Visually Impaired People Capture
Information,
http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?Do
cID=aw120704
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Perkins Webcast (from Perkins Scout):
Writing: The Forgotten Focus for
Literacy & Communication Instruction
http://support.perkins.org/site/PageNavi
gator/Webcasts_Writing_Literacy_Com
munication.html
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Tactile Graphics
Evaluations
Teaching Materials and Resources
EVALS (TSBVI)
 Tactile Graphics Skills for
Math
Edman, P.K. (1992). Tactile Graphics.
(AFB Press, www.afb.org)
Tactile Graphics Guidebook (included in
Tactile Graphics Kit from APH,
www.aph.org)
Teaching Touch (APH, www.aph.org)
Guidelines and Standards for Tactile
Graphics & supplement w/ examples
http://www.brailleauthority.org/tg/webmanual/index.html
Tactile Graphics: An Overview and
Resource Guide.
http://dots.physics.orst.edu/tactile/tactile
.html
Tactile displays & graphics
http://s22318.tsbvi.edu/mathproject/ch6sec1.asp#main
Foundations, vol. 2 – tactile displays
and graphics, pages 389-391
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