Residential Services

The Residential Services program at The Maryland School for the Blind (MSB) provides an array of residential services. The residential program addresses all areas of the curriculum with particular emphasis on activities of daily living and social skills. Students may participate in the program on a full time, part time, or an extended-day basis depending upon their educational need. The program provides students, who are likely to live independently or semi-independently in the community, with opportunities to learn and practice skills and behaviors necessary for successful community living.  Residential services need is determined and reviewed annually by the IEP team.

The program serves students ages 6-21 who require programming beyond the school day, meet MSB’s admission criteria, and have needs identified by their Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Team.

The program operates from 3 p.m. Monday through 7 a.m. Friday. 

Students who travel from counties outside of the Baltimore metropolitan area are housed in the dormitories beginning at 5 p.m. on Sunday night when school is in session on Monday mornings.

Students are assigned to residential living units based on their chronological age, developmental needs, and specific program model focus. Eight dormitories and one house on campus provide the space needed for implementation of the various programs. Students with multiple disabilities, including intellectual disabilities, receive a full range of multi-sensory activities designed to stimulate learning in basic life skills and activities of daily living.

For more information about Residential Services, contact:
Maureen Bisesi, Director of Residential and Related Services
410.444.5000 ext. 1714   maureenb@mdschblind.org

National Agenda for the Education of Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, Including Those with Multiple Disabilities

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