Special Education


Students with Visual Impairments

STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS - EXPECTATIONS

  • To assume the same rights and responsibilities as other students.
  • To observe the same rules of behaviour and discipline as other students.
  • To communicate effectively with others, using good interpersonal skills. Develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills for all occasions.
  • To become independent, resourceful, and adaptable.
  • To take reasonable risks.
  • To show positive self-image by good posture, smiling, and caring for self (hygiene, appearance, clothing).
  • To use and develop any residual vision.
  • To learn the specialized skills and uses of technology that will allow for success at school and in adult life.
  • To plan early for a meaningful career: Explore the range and possibility of occupations, make focused, and realistic educational plans and decisions to achieve those goals, and engage in work experience.
  • To develop self-advocacy skills.