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Orientation and Mobility Curricula
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TAPS: An Orientation & Mobility Curriculum for Students with Visual Impairments
R. Pogrund, G. Healy, K. Jones, N. Levack, S. Martin-Curry, C. Martinez, J. Marz, B. Roberson-Smith, & A. Vrba. (1993). Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Austin. 364 pp.
This curriculum is primarily intended for students ages 3 to 21 who are blind or who have low vision. It is appropriate for students who also have other disabilities and can be used in all settings. It includes a Screening Instrument, Comprehensive Assessment and Ongoing Evaluation, functional mobility tasks, educational goals and objectives, and teaching strategies.
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W. H. Jacobson. (1993). American Foundation for the Blind, New York. 200 pp.
The chapters in Unit One cover environmental and spatial concepts and the specified skills that persons who are visually impaired need to begin traversing familiar indoor environments as well as procedures for walking with a sighted guide. Unit one also covers walking without assistance using self-protection techniques. This section is for aspiring o&m instructors as well as classroom teachers of children with visual impairment, special education teachers, rehabilitation teachers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, nurses and aides to these professionals. Unit Two discusses how the o & m instructor teaches the student to use the cane in various familiar and unfamiliar indoor and outdoor settings.
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W. T. Lydon & M. L. McGraw. (1985). American Foundation for the Blind, New York. 69 pp.
This guide offers a framework for concept development for children who are visually impaired from kindergarten on.
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C. J. Foy. (1991). American Foundation for the Blind, New York. 78 pp.
This book was written as a teaching aid for orientation and mobility instructors to supply the vocabulary that instructors might use to teach students in Spanish.
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R L. Welsh & B. B. Blasch, Eds. (1980). American Foundation for the Blind, New York. 672 pp.
This book is a presentation of the origins, history and present state of orientation and mobility. This text is an effort to express in one volume much of the background information considered relative to mobility training along with how this information is useful to mobility specialists.
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K. M. Heubner, J. G. Prickett, T. R. Welch, E. Joffee, Eds. (1995). American Foundation for the Blind, New York. Vol. 1 687 pp., Vol. 2 136 pp.
These materials are designed to provide basic knowledge and skills regarding the effects of deafblindness on instruction and interaction, strategies for instruction and interaction, ways to assist staff members and families working with students with deafblindness, detailed information on the development of communication and orientation and mobility skills, discussion of important concepts such as transdisciplinary teaming and ecological models, and lists of resources.
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E.W. Hill. (1981). Stoelting co. Chicago, IL. 37 pp.
This is an individually administered test designed to assess specific positional concepts with visually impaired children ages 6 through 10. It consists of 72 perdformance items divided into four parts.
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D. Sauerburger. (1993). American Foundation for the Blind, New York. 194 pp.
This is a book about method and techniques for teaching deafblind people as well as an integrated study of the needs of deafblind people. There are numerous examples form actual experience and discussions of practical applications.
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E. W. Hill & P. Ponder. (1976). American Foundation for the Blind, New York, 115 pp.
This book is an attempt to collect and codify the techniques used in orientation and mobility instruction. It is intended primarily for the practicing orientation and mobility specialist. Classroom teachers, rehabilitation teachers and other professionals will find certain sections of the book valuable when used under the direction of a qualified orientation and mobility specialist.
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B. Leary & M. von Schneden. (1982). American Foundation for the Blind, New York. 139 pp.
This is a compilation of activities that teach various concepts that are necessary for traveling without vision, among them body awareness, body planes and parts, and laterality and directionality.
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Authors: Anne L. Corn and L. Penny Rosenblum, 2000, PRO-ED Inc. Austin, TX: 103 pages
This curriculum is designed for teachers, O&M specialists, and families to use with adolescents and young adults with visual impairment as they explore their transportation options as nondrivers. Finding Wheels has 10 units containing objectives for nondrivers, supporting information on the topic, and a list of suggested activities for nondrivers to further explore the topic. Scenarios of adolescent and adult nondrivers and low vision drivers are used throughout the curriculum to illustrate key points and the variety of options available for nondrivers. The curriculum can be used in a group setting such as a classroom, summer program, or after school club. It can also be used on an individual basis. It is an appropriate alternative to driver's education classes.
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