Perkins Activity and Resource Guide - Chapter 4: Functional Academics: Second Edition: Revised and Updated

This chapter focuses on tailoring educational approaches for learners with visual and multiple disabilities, emphasizing life-skill acquisition over traditional academic curriculum. Recognizing that these students may need more time to learn and might struggle to apply skills across different settings, it underscores the importance of identifying and practicing skills that enhance their independence. It advocates for multiple practice opportunities to prepare students for independent living.

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About the Author: Mary Jane Clark
Mary Jane Clark holds a B.S. in Special Education for the Visually Impaired and Elementary Education from Kutztown Sate College, and an M.Ed. in Special Education from the University of Massachusetts at Boston. She is a certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist and a Perkins Brailler repair technician. Ms. Clark has worked in the field of visual impairment and blindness for the past twenty-two years. In addition to her position as a teacher of the visually impaired at Perkins School for the Blind, Ms. Clark has participated in international training in the repair of the Perkins Brailler.
This chapter is designed to address the needs of individuals with visual and multiple disabilities who may not be able to follow all parts of a traditional academic curriculum. As educators, our primary goal should be to provide students with skills that will be of use throughout their lives. Skill acquisition often takes longer for students with multiple disabilities, and they are not always able to generalize them into other settings. For this reason it is important to identify skills that will help prepare students to lead the most independent lives possible and to provide many opportunities to practice them.

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