This program outline is broad in scope. It is modular in nature and addresses the needs of blind and low vision students of all ages and levels of functioning. Student needs are addressed and strategies for meeting these needs are approved by the service team. It is expected that the student will emerge from this program with the ability to function in all listed domains comparable to age or developmental peers in the "mainstream", and attain and maintain an overall quality of life comparable to age peers.

Alternative perception refers to the development and use of one's full perceptual system to perceive one's environment more completely and accurately. For the visually impaired, this means developing one's remaining vision and non-visual perceptions to "see" without sight. Thus the term "alternative" refers to alternative ways of "seeing" the environment. When vision is reduced, distorted, or absent, one's functioning in a sighted world can be challenged by substantial changes to how one must access information.

World Access for the Blind offers many opportunities for professional development, parent workshops, and student group workshops. We offer several formats from half day seminars to 3 day hands-on instructional courses. We can design a format and structure content to meet your needs. Instruction in foreign languages may be possible. Our workshops are highly dynamic, experiential, and interactive. Video examples, live demonstrations, blind student participants, and hands-on work in the community are central to our presentation style.

Sample Two Day Format

This document lays the ground work for understanding our self directed achievement model. Although it can be reviewed as it stands, together with other documentation and videos, it is generally reviewed in connection with a 2 day hands-on workshop that illustrates and addresses all of the points with actual students and attendees.

Instructional Workshop – Sample Two Day Format