Council of Schools and Services for the Blind

COSB member schools and agencies educate a diverse population of learners who are blind or visually impaired; from promoting the highest academic standards as well as meeting the needs of students with significant learning challenges. Members provide specialized approaches to instruction in small group settings that ensure that the curriculum is fully accessible to each individual student. COSB members excel at teaching the unique skills that students use to gain independence at the same level as their sighted peers. Known as the Expanded Core Curriculum, these skills such as Orientation and Mobility (travel and movement skills) and the use of Assistive Technology become the tools students use to maximize learning in school and to be fully engaged in their homes and communities.