Would you like to learn about Dr. Nielsen’s FIELA Curriculum and how it can be used to develop programming? How about getting ideas for how to organize your classroom and your student’s daily and weekly schedule? Would you like to see examples of how to develop activities and environments to teach both general and expanded core curriculum, or work on specific motor skills?
When you have completed this module, you should be able to:
• Discuss basic implementation strategies for using an Active Learning approach in school, home and community environments.
• Share basic information about the FIELA curriculum and how it is used to structure activities throughout the student’s day and week.
• Describe various ways to organize a classroom or school environment to better implement Active Learning.
• Suggest activities and environments that match the learner’s developmental level, needs, and preferences and can help a learner to develop motor skills such as grasp, reach, balance, independent sitting, standing, and walking using Active Learning equipment and activities.
• Suggest several strategies for utilizing Active Learning activities and environments to teach both general and expanded core curriculum content.
• Suggest specific strategies for addressing the unique needs of a learner with cortical visual impairment.