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Active Learning Space

Active Learning Space

A collaborative project of Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Perkins School for the Blind, and Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired

  • Active Learning Space
  • Principles
    • What Is Active Learning?
    • The Philosophy of the Approach
    • What Is Play?
    • Pathways to Learning
    • How Special Needs Children Spend Their Day
    • Dynamic Learning Circle
      • Patty Obrzut Discusses the Dynamic Learning Circle
      • When Things Go Wrong
    • Social and Emotional Development
      • Patty Obrzut Discusses Developmentally Appropriate Activities
      • Effects of Anxiety and Stress
      • Emotional Development and Self-Identity
      • Stereotypical Behaviors and Self-Stimulation
    • Key Points Overview
      • Active Participation
      • Developmentally Appropriate
      • Limited Distractions
      • Reinforcing
      • Repetition
    • Five Phases of Educational Treatment
      • Patty Obrzut on the Five Phases
      • Communicating with the Learner
      • Phase 1 Offering
      • Phase 2 Imitating
      • Phase 3 Interacting
      • Phase 4 Sharing the Work
      • Phase 5 Experiencing Consequences
      • Final Thoughts on the Five Phases
  • Assessment
    • Team Assessment Process
    • Expanded Core Curriculum Assessment
    • Tips on Completing the Functional Scheme
    • Webinars on the Functional Scheme
  • Program Planning
    • Materials and Activities Planning Sheet
    • Can Active Learning Be Used for General Education Instruction?
    • Developing an IEP to Reflect Active Learning
      • OSEP Guidance Letter
      • Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
      • Goals and Benchmarks
      • Supplementary Aids, Related Services, and Program Modifications
      • Special Factors in the IEP
      • Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
      • Transition Services
      • Placement
    • Expanded Core Curriculum
    • FIELA Curriculum
    • From Assessment to IEP to Instruction
    • Resources for Aligning Goals to the Standard Curriculum
  • Documenting Progress
    • Documenting Progress in IEP Goals and Benchmarks
    • Documenting Progress Using the Functional Scheme
    • Forms for Documenting Progress
    • Portfolios
  • Cognitive Skills
    • Overview of Cognitive Skills
    • Cause and Effect, Object Permanence
    • Concept of Quantity
    • Constructive Play Basics
      • Banging Games
      • Putting an Object Inside Another
      • Taking Apart and Putting Together
      • Stacking Objects
      • Introduction of Tools
    • Putting It All Together
  • Motor Skills
    • Grasping
    • Moving in Prone
    • Moving in Supine
    • Pulling to Stand, Crawling, Cruising
    • Reaching
    • Rolling Over
    • Scratching, Batting and Banging
    • Sitting Independently
    • Standing and Walking
  • Oral Motor Skills
    • Oral Motor Development Issues
    • Oral Motor Development and Speech
  • Implementation
    • Activity and Goal Matrix
    • Activity Ideas from the Field
    • Content Domains
      • Fine Arts
      • Language Arts
      • Math
      • Science
      • Social Studies
    • Children with Cortical Visual Impairments
      • CVI and Active Learning
      • CVI Strategies
      • Video Clips of Learners with CVI
    • Expanded Core Curriculum
      • Activities of Daily Living
      • Assistive Technology
      • Career Education
      • Compensatory Skills
      • Orientation and Mobility
        • Map Sticks
        • Journey Sticks
      • Recreation and Leisure
      • Self-Determination
      • Sensory Efficiency Skills
      • Social Skills
    • Setting Up the Classroom
    • Classroom Centers and Activities for Older Students
    • Taking a Look at the FIELA Curriculum
  • Materials
    • Attractive Objects
    • Example of Selecting Materials for a Position Board
    • Ideas from the Field
    • Kinetic Sand
    • Loop Turner, Tubing and Elastic
    • Matching Materials to Goals
    • Points to Consider When Choosing Materials
    • Sources for Materials
  • Equipment
    • Things You Can Buy
      • Essef Board
      • HOPSA Dress
      • HOPSA Dress Tracks
      • Little Room
        • Configuring a Little Room
        • Selecting Panels for a Little Room
      • Multi-Function Activity Table
      • Resonance Board
      • Scratch, Position, and Grab Board
      • Support Bench
    • Things You Can Make
      • Activity Wall
      • Aprons, Vests, Gloves, Scarves, and Belts
      • Boards and Trays
      • Books and Experience Stories
      • Buncher
      • Echo Bucket
      • Mobiles
      • Mounts for Musical Instruments
      • Position Boards
      • Resonance Board
  • Family
    • Activities for Home
      • Bathroom Activities
      • Daily Living Activities
      • Family Room Activities
      • In the Shed or Workshop
      • Kitchen Classics
      • Outdoor Activities
    • Ideas for Older Learners
    • Ideas for Younger Learners
    • Planning and Supporting a More Active Life at Home
  • Administrators
    • About Teacher Evaluation
    • Teacher Evaluation Tool
    • Points to Guide Teacher Evaluation Discussion
    • Download Teacher Evaluation Document
  • Related Services and Therapies
    • Adapted PE, Recreation and Leisure
    • Art, Music, Dance Therapy
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Orientation and Mobility Services
    • Parent Training
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech-Language Pathology & Auditory Services
  • Resources
    • Articles
    • Books By Dr. Nielsen
    • Courses
    • Events
    • Facebook and Pinterest
    • Forms
    • Podcasts and Webinars
    • Research
    • Suggestions for Funding Sources
    • Training Ideas
    • Websites
  • Documents, Site Map, Video Index
    • Document Downloads
    • Site Map
    • Video Index
      • Videos of Children
      • Lectures, Webinars and Adult Demonstrations

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  • Active Learning Space
  • Principles
    • What Is Active Learning?
    • The Philosophy of the Approach
    • What Is Play?
    • Pathways to Learning
    • How Special Needs Children Spend Their Day
    • Dynamic Learning Circle
      • Patty Obrzut Discusses the Dynamic Learning Circle
      • When Things Go Wrong
    • Social and Emotional Development
      • Patty Obrzut Discusses Developmentally Appropriate Activities
      • Effects of Anxiety and Stress
      • Emotional Development and Self-Identity
      • Stereotypical Behaviors and Self-Stimulation
    • Key Points Overview
      • Active Participation
      • Developmentally Appropriate
      • Limited Distractions
      • Reinforcing
      • Repetition
    • Five Phases of Educational Treatment
      • Patty Obrzut on the Five Phases
      • Communicating with the Learner
      • Phase 1 Offering
      • Phase 2 Imitating
      • Phase 3 Interacting
      • Phase 4 Sharing the Work
      • Phase 5 Experiencing Consequences
      • Final Thoughts on the Five Phases
  • Assessment
    • Team Assessment Process
    • Expanded Core Curriculum Assessment
    • Tips on Completing the Functional Scheme
    • Webinars on the Functional Scheme
  • Program Planning
    • Materials and Activities Planning Sheet
    • Can Active Learning Be Used for General Education Instruction?
    • Developing an IEP to Reflect Active Learning
      • OSEP Guidance Letter
      • Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
      • Goals and Benchmarks
      • Supplementary Aids, Related Services, and Program Modifications
      • Special Factors in the IEP
      • Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
      • Transition Services
      • Placement
    • Expanded Core Curriculum
    • FIELA Curriculum
    • From Assessment to IEP to Instruction
    • Resources for Aligning Goals to the Standard Curriculum
  • Documenting Progress
    • Documenting Progress in IEP Goals and Benchmarks
    • Documenting Progress Using the Functional Scheme
    • Forms for Documenting Progress
    • Portfolios
  • Cognitive Skills
    • Overview of Cognitive Skills
    • Cause and Effect, Object Permanence
    • Concept of Quantity
    • Constructive Play Basics
      • Banging Games
      • Putting an Object Inside Another
      • Taking Apart and Putting Together
      • Stacking Objects
      • Introduction of Tools
    • Putting It All Together
  • Motor Skills
    • Grasping
    • Moving in Prone
    • Moving in Supine
    • Pulling to Stand, Crawling, Cruising
    • Reaching
    • Rolling Over
    • Scratching, Batting and Banging
    • Sitting Independently
    • Standing and Walking
  • Oral Motor Skills
    • Oral Motor Development Issues
    • Oral Motor Development and Speech
  • Implementation
    • Activity and Goal Matrix
    • Activity Ideas from the Field
    • Content Domains
      • Fine Arts
      • Language Arts
      • Math
      • Science
      • Social Studies
    • Children with Cortical Visual Impairments
      • CVI and Active Learning
      • CVI Strategies
      • Video Clips of Learners with CVI
    • Expanded Core Curriculum
      • Activities of Daily Living
      • Assistive Technology
      • Career Education
      • Compensatory Skills
      • Orientation and Mobility
        • Map Sticks
        • Journey Sticks
      • Recreation and Leisure
      • Self-Determination
      • Sensory Efficiency Skills
      • Social Skills
    • Setting Up the Classroom
    • Classroom Centers and Activities for Older Students
    • Taking a Look at the FIELA Curriculum
  • Materials
    • Attractive Objects
    • Example of Selecting Materials for a Position Board
    • Ideas from the Field
    • Kinetic Sand
    • Loop Turner, Tubing and Elastic
    • Matching Materials to Goals
    • Points to Consider When Choosing Materials
    • Sources for Materials
  • Equipment
    • Things You Can Buy
      • Essef Board
      • HOPSA Dress
      • HOPSA Dress Tracks
      • Little Room
        • Configuring a Little Room
        • Selecting Panels for a Little Room
      • Multi-Function Activity Table
      • Resonance Board
      • Scratch, Position, and Grab Board
      • Support Bench
    • Things You Can Make
      • Activity Wall
      • Aprons, Vests, Gloves, Scarves, and Belts
      • Boards and Trays
      • Books and Experience Stories
      • Buncher
      • Echo Bucket
      • Mobiles
      • Mounts for Musical Instruments
      • Position Boards
      • Resonance Board
  • Family
    • Activities for Home
      • Bathroom Activities
      • Daily Living Activities
      • Family Room Activities
      • In the Shed or Workshop
      • Kitchen Classics
      • Outdoor Activities
    • Ideas for Older Learners
    • Ideas for Younger Learners
    • Planning and Supporting a More Active Life at Home
  • Administrators
    • About Teacher Evaluation
    • Teacher Evaluation Tool
    • Points to Guide Teacher Evaluation Discussion
    • Download Teacher Evaluation Document
  • Related Services and Therapies
    • Adapted PE, Recreation and Leisure
    • Art, Music, Dance Therapy
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Orientation and Mobility Services
    • Parent Training
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech-Language Pathology & Auditory Services
  • Resources
    • Articles
    • Books By Dr. Nielsen
    • Courses
    • Events
    • Facebook and Pinterest
    • Forms
    • Podcasts and Webinars
    • Research
    • Suggestions for Funding Sources
    • Training Ideas
    • Websites
  • Documents, Site Map, Video Index
    • Document Downloads
    • Site Map
    • Video Index
      • Videos of Children
      • Lectures, Webinars and Adult Demonstrations
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