Expanded Core Curriculum
All students participate in education designed to address the core curriculum (e.g., Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies). Students who are blind or visually impaired must also participate in educational opportunities designed to address skills that they need that are unique to them. These skills comprise the “Expanded Core Curriculum” (ECC) and are listed below:
- Compensatory / Access to the Core Curriculum
- Orientation and Mobility
- Social Interaction Skills
- Independent Living Skills
- Recreation and Leisure Skills
- Career Educaiton
- Technology
- Self-determination
- Sensory Efficiency Skills
Because of the wide diversity of skills included in the ECC, students who are visually impaired receive support for developing these skills in a wide variety of ways including instruction in the home and instruction that is imbedded in areas of the core curriculum or throughout the school day. Also, a wide variety of people work with these students on the skills of the ECC including parents, community partners, teachers of students with visual impairments, and orientation and mobility specialists.
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