Independent Living Skills for Blind and Vision Impaired

Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired (VRCBVI) provides personal and home management skills.  Instruction of activities of daily living are provided, to include: bathing, labeling methods for clothing and matching, laundry skills, time telling skills, use of adapted watches and clocks and information-seeking skills. Adaptive techniques for cleaning and basic organization skills are taught; table skill instructions are given; basic cooking skills are taught. The program provides an independent living experience for the student in an on-campus apartment.



VRCBVI has cooperative programs with other community agencies to meet the needs of students in evaluation and/or training. For students with multiple disabilities, i.e., those with visual impairment plus one or more additional disabilities, such as emotional, orthopedic, neurological, or hearing impairment, arrangements are made for specialized services.