Expanded Core Curriculum
The Abbreviation "ECC" stands for the phrase:
What is the Expanded Core Curriculum?
how blindness or low vision might impact gross motor development;
Many
Learning that happens while watch other children and adults interact with the environment and imitate their actions. It is learning gained by observing people and activities around us, day by day.
Incidental Learning
Guidelines for teachers of students with visual impairments who are working with families
List all nine areas of the ECC
Compensatory Access
Sensory Efficiency
Assistive Technology
Orientation and Mobility
Independent Living Skills
Social Interaction Skills
Recreation and Leisure
Career Education
Self-Determination
Differences often alter the rate and
sequence of motor skill development such as:
Postural tone
Early movement experiences
Motivation
Perception
IMPACT OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
Guidelines for teachers of students with visual impairments who are working with families
The typical feelings of parents of children with visual impairment as they cope with learning about their child’s disability and the process of adjusting, is discussed in
_________ (Family)systems theory
Refers to the ways people with visual impairments gather information from each available sense
What is Sensory Efficiency
Low muscle tone & Static and Dynamic Balance, Unstable shoulder girdle & Fisted Hands are examples of
__________Differences between infants who have visual impairments and blindness.
Ways to facilitate active engagement in learning across the developmental period between ages 2 and 21
The risks to the development of a healthy positive self-esteem by youngsters with visual impairment
Benefits of the Involvement in Rec & Leisure Instruction for children who are visually impaired/Blind
* Body Concepts
* Social skills
* Fine Motor and Gross Motor Skills for Braille and Mobility
Repeating another person’s words without meaning
Typical part of language development for all children
Practice often lasts longer for children with visual impairments
What is Echolalia
Guidelines for teachers of students with visual impairments who are working with families
Given the topic of Making Pancakes, these are possible instructional components that incorporate instruction in ECC activity
* What is:
Communication skills, Braille, Reading, math/Nemeth, Social skills/turn taking, organization, Listening/sound of .pouring for example
The following are examples of
Simple to complex, Gross to fine, Functional to abstract, Egocentric to exocentric, Midline to lateral, Proximal to distal
PATTERNS OF ________ DEVELOPMENT
Ways to prevent learned helplessness