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Assessment of Students with Visual and Multiple Disabilities: Individual Differences, Guiding Convictions and my Favorite Things . Liz Barclay, Coordinator Assessment Program California School for the Blind. CSB Assessment Program. Center-based comprehensive assessment
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Assessment of Students with Visual and Multiple Disabilities:Individual Differences, Guiding Convictions and my Favorite Things Liz Barclay, Coordinator Assessment Program California School for the Blind
CSB Assessment Program • Center-based comprehensive assessment • Field-based observation and consultation Team: • Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments • Orientation and Mobility Specialist • Speech and Language Pathologist • Psychologist • Technology Specialist
Vision • How does this child’s visual impairment affect learning?
Areas of Observation Expanded Core Curriculum Areas Expanded Core Curriculum Areas • Sensory Efficiency • Biobehavioral States • Sensory Modalities • Use of Vision • Compensatory Skills • Communication • Interaction with Curriculum • Social Skills • Communication • Daily Living Skills • Motor Skills • Recreation and Leisure • Motor Skills • Social Skills • Orientation and mobility • Motor Skills • Technology Skills • Self-determination • Career Education
Individual differences • David Warren • Guiding convictions
Parents as partners • Collaboration with the educational team, especially parents • Listening to parent and conveying that you are listening
Essential Questions • How do you feel? • What do you like? • What do you want? • What do you do? • David Brown, California Deaf-Blind Services
Biobehavioral States • How do you feel? • Does this child have difficulty achieving or maintaining alert states? • Robbie Blaha, Millie Smith and Stacy Shafer
Sensory Preferences • What do you like? • Vision • Hearing • Touch/Kinesthetic • Vestibular/Proprioceptive • Smell/Taste
Communication • What do you want and how do you communicate it? • Charity Rowland Assessment
Interaction with the Curriculum • What do you do? • Routines • Communication • Learning Media
Routines • What are the routines at home? • What are the routines at school? • What is the level of participation?