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Participants will identify:the differences in social development among students with visual impairments and multiple disabilities, and their peers who have a visual impairment only, or who are sighted; levels of social development that influence the acquisition of social skills; the components that define social skills; methods with assessing social skills including; observation, checklists, family and teacher interviews, and role play and problem solving scenarios; methods for assessing students' level of executive functioning; assessments for cognitive behavioral and social thinking skills; how scripts can be used with students who have visual impairments and multiple disabilities to encourage social interactions. |
