Independent Living Skills Modules: Resources to Build Your Skills

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Description

The ILS Modules provide you with materials necessary for beginning an ILS program. You will gain resources for helping people who are Blind/Visually Impaired learn life-skills. ILS is part of the expanded core curriculum and includes cooking, cleaning, dressing, hygiene, and more. These skills are essential for any student’s future success!
Participants will:

Learn how to use the modules to create their own ILS training workshops for families and students
Gain resources for teaching skills for teaching a variety of independent living skills, including cooking, cleaning, laundry, basic home maintenance, hygiene, and organization
Learn how to utilize checklists to gain necessary information for planning ILS trainings.

This session is presented by Amanda English and Abby Koroma.

Contributors

Amanda English

Amanda English is an Education Consultant for the Michigan Department of Education-Low Incidence Outreach (MDE-LIO). Prior to working for MDE-LIO, Amanda served as a Teacher Consultant for Visually Impaired and Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist in Kalamazoo, MI, for 20 years. She is a Perkins-Roman Endorsed Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) Specialist and an independent living skills (ILS) trainer. She was a 2011 recipient of the National Association of Special Education Teachers: Outstanding Teacher Award and was the 2019 Michigan AER president. Amanda is currently pursuing a doctorate in Educational Leadership through Capella University.
Abby Koroma

Abby Koroma is a Special Education Teacher of the Visually Impaired and Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist with the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency. This is her third year in the field, graduating from Western Michigan University in 2019. She worked with Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind from 2012-2014, helped launch a live audio description program at the Kalamazoo Civic Theater in 2019, and is a member of the Orientation and Mobility Specialist Association. She is passionate about learning alongside her students as they increase their independence in all areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum.