Strategies to Develop Independent Living Skills

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Course Description: Ready to empower your students to thrive independently? This course is your guide to helping students who are blind or have low vision develop essential independent living skills. With an interactive checklist, you’ll evaluate students’ abilities and personalize their journey in key areas like cleaning, time management, cooking, and more. As you track progress and identify next steps, this course offers strategies that promote growth, helping students gain confidence and independence at home and in school.

ACVREP Credit Hours: 1.5

Objectives

  • Identify and differentiate between emergent, developing, and advanced levels of independent living skills.
  • Describe the importance of assessing a child’s current abilities using a checklist as a foundation for personalized skill development in various aspects of independent living
  • Demonstrate how to use the checklist to evaluate a child’s abilities in areas crucial for independent living
  • Assess a student’s progress in basic independent living skills and determine the necessary steps for advancing to more complex skill areas