How to Get Out of the Box and Come to the Party!

1. How to Get Out of the Box and Come to the Party! Joyce E. Strother, MA, COMS, TVI Laura L. Wilcox, TVI

2. Assessments

3. Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Independent Living • Dressing • Clothing Management • Personal Hygiene & Grooming • Toileting & Feminine Hygiene • Eating • Eating in Different Settings • Food Management • Housekeeping and Home Maintenance • Housing • Telephone Use • Time Concepts • Obtaining & Using Money • Health & Safety • Self-Advocacy

9. EVALS • Evaluation of students with visual impairments is a complex, multi-faceted process of gathering information using appropriate tools & techniques. Informal evaluation should be considered an essential supplement to the use of formal measures and published instruments. In order to determine curricular focus and plan effective instructional programming for students, the staff must know a student's levels of functioning in all areas of academic and unique need. By conducting appropriate evaluations, students' specific needs related to accessing the general curriculum, as well as the areas identified in the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) can be identified. • EVALS is a 5-part set which is contained in a convenient file box with a handle and snap tight buckle. It will include: • Two books of evaluations for the ECC areas • One book of evaluations for academic subject areas for Practical Academics and Basic Skills students • Independent Living Skills Assessment and On-going Evaluation • TAPS Comprehensive Assessment and On-going Evaluation • Many of the evaluations have been aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). • http://www.tsbvi.edu/curriculum-a-publications/3/1030-evals-evaluating-visually-impaired-students

10. Resources for Expanded Core Curriculum (RECC)

11. Oregon Department of Human Services Activities of Daily Living Checklist • Family Support Center on Disabilities • House Keeping/Cleaning • Shopping, Errands, and Transportation • Laundry • Meal Preparation & Eating • Bathing • Grooming Personal Hygiene & Dressing • Mobility • Night Services • Medication Management • Bowel/Catheter/Continence Services • Communication • Leisure Activities • Pet Care • http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/STEPS/docs/module1-handouts.pdf

12. The Hatlen Center for the Blind Curriculum • A Check List of Important Skills for those Graduating from High School • Financial Management • College Curriculum • Living Skills • Orientation and Mobility • Social Skills • Transition • Pre-vocational • Grocery Store • http://www.hcblind.org/curriculum/living-skills-checklist/

13. Resource Material