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Orientation and Mobility Assessments for Children and Youths with Visual Impairments: How, Why, When, and Where?
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Kaiser, Justin T.; Herzberg, Tina S. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2022
Introduction: This study analyzed survey responses from 114 orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists regarding the content and procedures they used in completing O&M assessments. Methods: O&M specialists completed an online survey in 2020 on their assessment practices for children and youths who are visually impaired. Results: Over…
Descriptors: Visually Impaired Mobility, Children, Adolescents, Visual Impairments
Somebody's Jumping on the Floor: Incorporating Music into Orientation and Mobility for Preschoolers with Visual Impairments
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Sapp, Wendy – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
Young children with visual impairments face many challenges as they learn to orient to and move through their environment, the beginnings of orientation and mobility (O&M). Children who are visually impaired must learn many concepts (such as body parts and positional words) and skills (like body movement and interpreting sensory information) to…
Descriptors: Music, Visual Impairments, Young Children, Travel Training
Can Persons Who Are Blind or Have Other Disabilities Safely and Effectively Teach Orientation and Mobility? Point/Counterpoint.
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Fazzi, D. L.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
These articles present different perspectives on the eligibility of persons with visual or other disabilities to teach orientation and mobility skills to individuals with visual impairments. Arguments in favor note that they understand their clients' perspective in the learning process; commentators opposed argue that their safety has not been…
Descriptors: Adults, Safety, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Qualifications
Street Crossings: Analyzing Risks, Developing Strategies, and Making Decisions
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Sauerburger, Dona – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2005
This article proposes an approach to teaching street crossing to students who are visually impaired that considers the risks, ambiguity, and complexity of today's intersections. Thirty or 40 years ago, street crossing was a straightforward task for travelers with visual impairments (that is, those who are blind or have low vision). The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Risk, Visual Impairments, Motor Vehicles
Variables of the Touch Technique that Influence the Safety of Cane Walkers
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Bongers, Raoul M.; Schellingerhout, Roelef; van Grinswen, Roland; Smitsman, Ad W. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2002
This study evaluated variables that determined the safety of 15 cane users who were using the touch technique. The results showed that none of the walkers used a touch technique as described and recommended in the literature, that the detection of obstacles was related mainly to the height of the cane tip during the sweep, and that the early…
Descriptors: Blindness, Safety, Travel Training, Visually Impaired Mobility
To Cross or Not to Cross: Objective Timing Methods of Assessing Street Crossings without Traffic Controls.
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Sauerburger, Dona – RE:view, 1989
This paper presents methods for visually impaired pedestrians assessing safety of street crossings in the absence of traffic controls, considering both limited detection ability and the difficulty of judging when approaching traffic is distant or slow enough to allow crossing. Alternatives for "uncrossable" streets and teaching methods are…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Safety