ERIC Number: ED073578
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1972
Pages: 196
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Home Economics Guide for Visually Handicapped Students. A Five County Vocational Skills Training Program for the Blind.
Rahn, Constance H.
Presented is a curriculum guide for home economics which developed out of a 3 year program designed to provide vocational education for visually impaired students enrolled in junior high, secondary, and community colleges in a five county region of California. The guide presents a section each on foods, grooming, home management and child care, and sewing. Major appliances are discussed at the beginning of each section in terms of description, safety, adaptations, maintenance, and orientation, followed by nonvisual techniques which are listed in alphabetical order. Approximately 50 appliances or techniques are considered under foods among which are the blender, the electric skillet, basting food, and fat and frying. Twenty-seven grooming techniques are presented such as aftershave care and hair setting. The section on home management presents 28 appliances or techniques including the clothes dryer, iron, baby diapering, and fuse changing. Thirty skills such as basting seams and cutting out a pattern are taught in the section on sewing. An appendix gives sources for large print, braille, or talking book publications, a discussion of orientation and mobility, and a list of consumer publications. For other program documents see EC 051 130, EC 051 132, and EC 051 133. (DB)
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Sponsor: California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Special Education.
Authoring Institution: Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools, CA.
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