The document discusses modifying curriculum for visually impaired students. A curriculum is designed to prepare students for adult life by teaching necessary skills and knowledge as determined by society. For visually impaired students, a "plus curriculum" is recommended in addition to the standard curriculum to help develop compensatory skills like Braille, orientation and mobility, daily living skills, and social skills. The expanded core curriculum for visually impaired students also includes independent living, recreation, self-determination, sensory efficiency, career education, assistive technology skills, and visual efficiency skills. Co-curricular activities that can be included are sports, cultural activities, physical education, and participation in student groups.

1. Modification of curriculum for
visually impaired students
BSED
Nusrat Zerin

2. What is curriculum:
A curriculum is a structured set of learning outcomes,
or tasks, that educators usually call goals or
objectives.
Students are expected to learn the information
specified in the curriculum so that they will have the
skills needed to transition from childhood into adult
life.
Curriculum is intended to prepare students to
succeed in society. Consequently, the material in the
curriculum comes from someone's analysis of what
society requires for success.

3. Plus curriculum:
It is recommended for VI children as compensatory ,
which is not extra.
It contains skills & competencies, which helps VI child
to develop skills to cope with mainstream curriculum
fro sighted children.
Special areas fro plus curriculum:
• Braille
• Orientation & Mobility
• Daily living skills
• Sensory skills
• Social skills
• Use of equipment – Brailler, abacus, taylor board
etc.

4. The Core Curriculum for Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Youths
The Existing Core Curriculum
• Language, other languages, to the extent possible
• Mathematics, science
• Health, physical education
• fine arts, social studies
• Economics, business education
• vocational education, history
The Expanded Core Curriculum
• Independent Living
• Orientation & Mobility
• Recreation & Leisure
• Self-Determination
• Sensory Efficiency
• Social Interaction
• Career Education (leadership role, decision making skill)
• Assistive technology/ Technology
• Compensatory/Access Skills
• Visual efficiency skill for Low vision or use of functional vision

5. Co-curricular activities:
• Sports & games
• Cultural activities – singing, musical
instrument play, drama etc.
• Physical education
• Participation in scouting, school clubs, peer
group activities