Children with visual impairments, blindness, or deafblindness require additional support to acquire gross motor skills including modified equipment and specifically trained vision teachers, physical education teachers, and paraeducators. Because of the unique nature of visual impairment, these children need increased time to learn gross motor skills in comparison to their sighted peers. Unfortunately, many of these children are not given the added support and instruction that they need, which often results in gross motor skills that are significantly behind their sighted peers. This gap in motor skill proficiency often increases throughout childhood as many of these children's skill level remains the same. This curriculum addresses the specific needs of children with visual impairments based upon research findings on fundamental motor skills. The curriculum is divided into two parts: Part I discusses the general instructional strategies that are effective in teaching gross motor skills to this population; Part II details specific teaching techniques, cues, and modified equipment for instruction of 16 gross motor skills.

Print Catalog Number 7-08400-00.

Foreword -- Preface -- About the Authors -- Message from the Authors -- Project Contributors -- Video -- Reviews -- Part I: General Teaching Methods for Children With Visual Impairments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Instructional Strategies -- Part II: Teaching Gross Motor Skills -- Chapter 3: Refinement -- Chapter 4: Teaching Perceptual Motor Skills -- Chapter 5: Teaching Locomotor Skills -- Chapter 6: Teaching Object Control Skills -- Chapter 7: Teaching Physical Fitness Skills -- Capter 8: Conclusion -- References -- Assessments -- Part III: Appendices -- Appendix A: Protocol for Children who Have Visual Impairment -- Appendix B: Lead-up Activities -- Appendix C: Sample Practice Record.