This would be a great addition to your students Orientation and Mobility lessons. This bundle allows you to have multiple lessons available at your fingertips for lessons with Bundle includes the following decks How to Travel with a Visual Impairment 101: This deck will teach you about the 4 most popular ways that people with visual impairments travel (white cane travel, sighted guide, guide dog, and and electronic travel aids). In addition there are quiz slides to test your knowledge on the information taught. This is a great addition to the White Cane and Monocular decks that I made as well. I hope you enjoy this deck and find it helpful! The White Cane 101: This deck walks you through the parts of the white cane used for people with visual impairments/blindness, and various facts about the cane and cane tips. There are also 12 cards that quiz the knowledge of the info taught in the beginning cards. The cards are self correcting, and are presents in a randomized order. It also talks about the importance of learning these skills from a Certified Orientation and Mobility Teacher. Monocular 101: This deck reviews the parts of the monocular and the basics of a monocular used by a person with a visual impairment. In addition, there are 10 quiz cards that allow you to quiz the students knowledge. These cards are self correcting. This would be a good addition to your Orientation and Mobility lessons (OM). ENJOY! From BOOM LEARNING: If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account. Readhere for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial. To use boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks. For additional assignment options you'll need a premium account.

Partners in O&M is a comprehensive text that serves as an introduction to the field of O&M, with a focus on professionals who work in collaboration with O&M specialists to support O&M instruction for students who are blind or visually impaired.\nPartners in O&M: Supporting Orientation and Mobility for Students Who Are Visually Impaired is a comprehensive text that serves as an introduction to the field of O&M, with a focus on professionals who work in collaboration with O&M specialists to support O&M instruction for students who are blind or visually impaired. This timely new resource reflects innovative thinking in teaching O&M to children, provides a solid O&M foundation for future O&M specialists, and addresses concepts and strategies other professionals need to know to reinforce O&M skills. In addition to prospective O&M specialists and teachers of students with visual impairments, Partners in O&M will be of interest to general and special education teachers, physical and occupational therapists, paraeducators, and interveners, among others.

Hi and Thank you for visiting! I am VanesaAnn and I am pleased to ‘meet’ you! I greatly Love and Appreciate the work COMS and O&M Instructors do, and I design these special shirts to be fun, expressive and reflect the special work you ALL do! COMS Instructors and Orientation & Mobility is very dear to my heart! I have spent many hours with O&M Specialists who taught my visually impaired daughter Independence and Skills in her youth during a very challenging time, and now she is grown and has become a COMS herself! So I say, Celebrate your unwavering love and passion of O&M with these original shirt designs and wear them proudly at events or during everyday activities! I’m passionate about these shirts, and I hope you love them as much as I do! Reach out to me if you have any questions, or if you would like a specific design idea you would like me to create! Thank you All for what you do, and Thank you for supporting our small business! - VanesaAnn

Book Synopsis Professionals providing services to people who are visually impaired work with individuals from broadly diverse ethnic, religious, and cultural groups. Many speak languages other than English. Basic Spanish for Orientation and Mobility is a new user-friendly, valuable tool for communicating O&M instruction to students who primarily speak Spanish. This handy and comprehensive manual provides O&M lessons broken down step-by-step and displayed side-by-side in English and Spanish. It also includes phrases and O&M terminology needed to convey instruction, and easy-to-read vocabulary lists

The second edition of this popular and classic text, now updated for the 21st century, provides a complete manual for the beginning O&M instructor that serves as a reference for the experienced practitioner as well. An invaluable guide for teaching travel techniques to students of all ages, the second edition of The Art and Science of Teaching Orientation and Mobility provides step-by-step presentations of each O&M technique and describes in detail how to individualize and teach each one; outlines the scope and sequence of a complete O&M curriculum; offers a guiding philosophy as well as principles and strategies for effective teaching; includes a new chapter on assessment and provides more extensive content on today's more challenging traffic environment.

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Hi and Thank you for visiting! I am VanesaAnn and I am pleased to ‘meet’ you! I greatly Love and Appreciate the work COMS and O&M Instructors do, and I design these special shirts to be fun, expressive and reflect the special work you ALL do! COMS Instructors and Orientation & Mobility is very dear to my heart! I have spent many hours with O&M Specialists who taught my visually impaired daughter Independence and Skills in her youth during a very challenging time, and now she is grown and has become a COMS herself! So I say, Celebrate your unwavering love and passion of O&M with these original shirt designs and wear them proudly at events or during everyday activities! I’m passionate about these shirts, and I hope you love them as much as I do! Reach out to me if you have any questions, or if you would like a specific design idea you would like me to create! Thank you All for what you do, and Thank you for supporting our small business! - VanesaAnn

Structured Discovery Cane Travel (SDCT) is an Orientation and Mobility (O&M) curriculum which focuses on the foundational techniques necessary to develop future independence for students who are blind or visually impaired. The ABCs of Structured Discovery Cane Travel for Children addresses essential non-visual concept development, techniques and mobility skills needed to travel efficiently, gracefully and safely within a myriad of natural environments while using the long, white cane with a metal tip as the primary mobility tool. This curriculum utilizes transformational knowledge and problem-solving opportunities through teachable moments to develop personal reflection and mental mapping which can be utilized post instruction. These students maximize their cognitive intrinsic feedback while completing everyday mobility tasks. Parents and instructors of children who are blind or visually impaired will comprehend the essentials of SDCT by reading The ABCs of Structured Discovery Cane Travel for Children; in addition, they will receive a treasure trove of O&M skill-building activities.

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I am so excited to share a really great resource with you! Two of our super amazing orientation & mobility instructors have started a website all about OM skills. It has videos and lots of good tips for cane travel. The best part: it's all written for parents! The language and instruction is very parent friendly. This is definitely a resource you want to save and use over and over. Check it out: http://parentmobility.com I love the O&M skills tab where they break down O&M skills by grades. It lets parents know according to grade level what skills are appropriate. The other thing that I love is that both mobility instructors, Bethany & Linda, are not just instructors but have personal ties to the field. They bring their understanding of the vision impairment community to add to the resources.

Hi and Thank you for visiting! I am VanesaAnn and I am pleased to ‘meet’ you! I greatly Love and Appreciate the work COMS and O&M Instructors do, and I design these special shirts to be fun, expressive and reflect the special work you ALL do! COMS Instructors and Orientation & Mobility is very dear to my heart! I have spent many hours with O&M Specialists who taught my visually impaired daughter Independence and Skills in her youth during a very challenging time, and now she is grown and has become a COMS herself! So I say, Celebrate your unwavering love and passion of O&M with these original shirt designs and wear them proudly at events or during everyday activities! I’m passionate about these shirts, and I hope you love them as much as I do! Reach out to me if you have any questions, or if you would like a specific design idea you would like me to create! Thank you All for what you do, and Thank you for supporting our small business! - VanesaAnn

Collaborative Assessment is designed to help all professionals who work with visually impaired students understand the impact of visual impairment on assessing students' learning potential. Written by the expert assessment team at the California School for the Blind, this book focuses on evaluating students in a variety of areas, including psychology, speech and language, orientation and mobility, and technology, and provides a framework for developing a cooperative, interactive team of professionals from a variety of disciplines to achieve accurate evaluation of the needs and strengths of students. School psychologists, speech and language pathologists, administrators, teachers, and parents will find this book invaluable. Includes helpful forms and checklists and annotated lists of assessments in each area.

The latest installment of MetroLab's Innovation of the Month series highlights how a team at Ohio State University, along with the city of Columbus and private companies, is using smart, connected tech to help the blind and visually impaired.

To create navigational tools for the visually impaired, a team of engineers is combining a new technology with a very old one.

Listen, this is where we get creative. Our kiddos want to “trick-or-treat” and that’s just what we’ll do. [Insert sneaky little laugh.] However, don’t think we can’t slip in some orientation and mobility throughout the process. Here’s what I have in mind. If “trick-or-treating” really is a motivator for your child, it’s time to invite … Continued

This is a PowerPoint story that provides your students and families with specific activities and examples of what to do to practice orientation and mobility skills at home. The 11 slides are created with large print, high contrast, and alt text. It is a great story to send to your little long white ...

Does it drive you crazy when people refer to canes as sticks? Then this is the shirt for you! Set them straight without saying a word. Perfect for a TVI, Braillist, Orientation and Mobility Specialist or anyone with a visual impairment or friends and family of someone who is visually impaired. It's not a stick, it's a cane!!! This t-shirt is everything you've dreamed of and more. It feels soft and lightweight, with the right amount of stretch. It's comfortable and flattering for all. • 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester) • Ash color is 99% combed and ring-spun cotton, 1% polyester • Heather colors are 52% combed and ring-spun cotton, 48% polyester • Athletic and Black Heather are 90% combed and ring-spun cotton, 10% polyester • Heather Prism colors are 99% combed and ring-spun cotton, 1% polyester • Fabric weight: 4.2 oz (142 g/m2) • Pre-shrunk fabric • Side-seamed construction • Shoulder-to-shoulder taping

Book Synopsis The impact of aging on mobility can be profound, and it can affect nearly every aspect of an individual's life. O&M for Independent Living: Teaching Orientation and Mobility to Older Adults is an important guide for orientation and mobility instructors, rehabilitation specialists, occupational therapists, and other professionals who work with older people who may be new to vision loss. It provides insights essential for helping these individuals remain independent and self-reliant. In addition to information on the effects of aging and considerations for assessment and instruction, chapters include strategies on adapting O&M skills for older adults, environmental modifications and appropriate equipment, exercise and its relationship to mobility, daily living skills, and effective collaboration among the various professionals who serve this population.

Map work is one of the most challenging areas of the curriculum for children with vision impairment (VI). Even with some sight, it’s often difficult (and extremely tiring) for a student with VI to understand map details, locate grid references and maintain the intensive level of concentration required. While enlargement can help, it makes it increasingly difficult for the student to grasp the bigger picture.

The second edition of this popular and classic text, now updated for the 21st century, provides a complete manual for the beginning O&M instructor that serves as a reference for the experienced practitioner as well. An invaluable guide for teaching travel techniques to students of all ages, the second edition of The Art and Science of Teaching Orientation and Mobility provides step-by-step presentations of each O&M technique and describes in detail how to individualize and teach each one; outlines the scope and sequence of a complete O&M curriculum; offers a guiding philosophy as well as principles and strategies for effective teaching; includes a new chapter on assessment and provides more extensive content on today's more challenging traffic environment.

This "environmental alphabet" resource booklet was created after conducting several indoor and outdoor orientation and mobility lessons over time with students who are blind or those who have a visual impairment. After working on specific goals and objectives, my students would be encouraged to s...

It's been a full year since I’ve been contracting as an Orientation and Mobility specialist. I have to say, “I Love It!” It's as dreamy and as hard as everybody said that it was. Leave a comment below and share with us some of your biggest tips for being a successful contract O&

While many technologies for the blind and visually impaired focus on mobility, several newer products are geared towards education and communication.

Happy 2013 friends! How about starting out this new year with a new post from our dear mobility friend, Jessica? She made a handout for one of her teams so that they would know how to all work together to help their student with correct cane technique. I was helping her take pictures for her mobility handout and knew I smelled a win win post idea so with her permission, here it is! It's three easy lessons (with pictures!) and it is perfect for getting everyone up to speed with mobility needs. Correct Cane Technique 101 by Jessica Eichfeld, COMS Lesson 1: Index Finger Grasp and Arm Position Index Finger Grasp: with cane in desired hand, student places index finger along the flat side with the other fingers and thumb wrapped around the grip. Should be holding cane towards the middle of the grip. Arm Position: Arm should be extended at mid-line about waist height. Good checking point is the belly button. Lesson 2: Cane Arc Cane arc: The reason behind holding the cane midline is so the individual will cover both sides of the body equally. The width of the cane arc is 2” beyond widest part of the body which is typically the shoulders. When walking behind your student you should be able to see the cane moving from side to side, if you can not see the cane while walking behind then they do not have a wide enough arc. *It is a wrist movement not an arm movement. Unless wrist movement is limited. Lesson 3: In-rhythm and In-step In-rhythm: The cane moves ‘in-rhythm’ with the student’s feet. “Every time you take a step you move the cane to the right and left.” Tip: using two-point touch (tapping the cane side to side) helps create a rhythm they can hear. In-Step: In order to stay in-step the student must first be in-rhythm. In-step means that the cane moves with the opposite foot. For example when the student steps forward with their right foot the cane moves to the left. This allows for more space between the foot and the cane, giving them more time to react to drop-offs and obstacles.

Making tactile maps are fun and extremely useful! Kids can run their fingers along a tactile map

October is Blindness awareness month and I don’t know about you, but I love a good celebration of independence! In this episode, we’ll dive in to 5 simple and easy ways to celebrate blindness awareness month with your students. In Episode #3 of A step Forward, we are talking about 5 easy

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Thanks again to our fantastic mobility instructor friend, Jessica, for her follow up on her super helpful handout on cane techniques. This week I am happy to share part two of her handout. Cane Technique 201 by Jessica Eichfeld, COMS Lesson 1: Approaching Stairs Anchor Cane: When student approaches stairs whether going up or down, he or she should anchor their cane against the first step until first foot approaches the step. This gives a reference of where the step is located and how steep the steps are. * After approach, if right hand is used for the cane then cane should be switched to left hand to allow use of the railing. Lesson 2: Stairs - Cane Grip and Arm Position Ascending: Grip: Thumbs down, thumb is on the flat part of the grip. Arm Position: Extended at least one step ahead and cane is at a slight angle to the right. Some may need to lower hand on the grip if cane is to long. Descending: Grip: Index finger grip (See Correct Cane Technique 101) Arm Position: Extended at least one step ahead and cane is at a slight angle to the right. Descending Ascending Lesson 3: Ascending and Descending Stairs Ascending Stairs: Cane is always at least one step ahead to eliminate tripping. The cane tip lightly bounces off the lip of each step until it reaches the landing, where it floats into open space. Student will at that time go back to index finger grip. Descending Stairs: Cane is again one step ahead; the tip should lightly tap each step until the cane glides along the landing. Ascending Descending Lesson 4: Doors Approach: When door is found, anchor cane against door and find door handle. If right hand is used for cane, cane needs to be switched into left hand and right hand is used to open the door; if double doors also use right side. Going Through Door: Cane goes through door first, to locate any obstacles or drop offs. Once student is through the door he or she can switch cane hands if needed. Through Approach

Hi and Thank you for visiting! I am VanesaAnn and I am pleased to ‘meet’ you! I greatly Love and Appreciate the work COMS and O&M Instructors do, and I design these special shirts to be fun, expressive and reflect the special work you ALL do! COMS Instructors and Orientation & Mobility is very dear to my heart! I have spent many hours with O&M Specialists who taught my visually impaired daughter Independence and Skills in her youth during a very challenging time, and now she is grown and has become a COMS herself! So I say, Celebrate your unwavering love and passion of O&M with these original shirt designs and wear them proudly at events or during everyday activities! I’m passionate about these shirts, and I hope you love them as much as I do! Reach out to me if you have any questions, or if you would like a specific design idea you would like me to create! Thank you All for what you do, and Thank you for supporting our small business! - VanesaAnn