A student who is blind and can perform most activities of daily living is learning to locate work materials in a workshop. Which instructional objective is most appropriate?

• A. Learning Appropriate Social Interactions
• B. Developing Verbal Communication Skills
• C. Increasing Attentional Capacity to Focus
• D. Improving Transitions Between Activities

Answer: (C)

Locating work materials in a workshop hinges on staying focused on the task, using a steady search strategy, and ignoring distractions until the item is found and verified. An objective that increases the student’s attentional capacity to focus directly builds this ability to sustain concentration long enough to search accurately, differentiate among similar items by touch, and complete the locating task before moving on. For a student who is blind, this means using tactile cues, memory of the workspace layout, and a systematic scanning approach to find and identify the correct materials. Strengthening this sustained attention is what enables independent, consistent performance in the shop and supports applying the skill to other tasks requiring careful focus. While social interactions, verbal communication, or smooth transitions between activities are valuable in broader contexts, they don’t directly address the core need to concentrate on locating items in the workshop.