The 7th Edition of the Oregon Project has new edition features:
- Intuitive web based curriculum
- Dynamic charts and graphs as assessment data is entered
- Real-time dynamic charts and graphs
- Binder (teaching activities) now be embedded
- Printable skills inventories and teaching activities
- New numbering system based on age range
- Birth – 1 age range includes subcategories of Birth – 6 months and 6 – 12 months
- Updated content
The Oregon Project for Preschool Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired (The OR Project) is a comprehensive assessment and curriculum designed for use with children birth to six who are blind or visually impaired. It can be used by parents, teachers, vision specialists, or counselors in the home or in the classroom setting.
It is not designed to be used for children older than 6 years or for those who have additional needs or multiple disabilities or for those with CVI (cortical/cerebral visual impairment).
This new edition provides computer graphing of an individual child’s profile to clearly depict the child’s strengths and areas for instruction. The OR Project can be used with any child functioning at developmental levels between birth and six years.
The Oregon Project consists of a:
- Manual
- Teaching Activities
- Reference Section
- Skills Inventory
The MANUAL contains instructions and procedures which will make best use of The OR Project materials. It includes a philosophical overview of the education and teaching of preschool children who are blind or visually impaired.
The TEACHING ACTIVITIES include ideas for each skill taught either in the home or classroom setting. They are suggestions for the parent and teaching staff, not designed as step-by-step “recipes,” but rather, as starting points for instruction. The skills and activities can serve as frameworks for writing prescriptive programs to fulfill IFSP/IEP objectives.
The REFERENCE SECTION includes a Glossary of educational and vision terms needed by those working with children who are visually impaired, a list of references, resources for obtaining educational materials and literature, things to make and do, articles on play and development, and blank copies of all the forms, checklists, and informal evaluations which can be copied and used.
The SKILLS INVENTORY consists of more than 800 behavioral statements, organized in eight developmental areas:
- Cognitive
- Language
- Compensatory
- Vision
- Self-Help
- Social
- Fine Motor
- Gross Motor
Skills have been developmentally sequenced and arranged in age categories. All major skills needed by a child who is blind or visually impaired are included. The Skills Inventory is a criterion-referenced assessment, and enables educators to find the performance level, select long and short-term objectives, and record the acquisition of information from a completed OR Project Skills Inventory.
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