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Rona L. Pogrund; Shannon D. Darst; Heather R. Munro – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2024
Introduction: A national validation study on the "Orientation and Mobility Visual Impairment Scale of Service Intensity of Texas (O&M VISSIT)" was conducted. Methods: Fifty-two of the original 115 interested participants completed the study that used a mixed-methods research design. After finishing the "O&M VISSIT" for…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Visually Impaired Mobility, Visual Impairments, Travel Training
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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
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Wright, Tessa S.; Wolery, Mark – Journal of Special Education, 2014
A single-participant multiple probe design across participants was used to evaluate the effectiveness of verbal rehearsal and graduated guidance to teach youth who were blind how to cross the street. This study replicated intervention procedures across settings along with the staggered entry of participants. Individuals learned to cross one or two…
Descriptors: Blindness, Partial Vision, Intervention, Adolescents
Barton, Lyle E.; And Others – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1982
Five trainable mentally handicapped students (15 through 20 years old) attending a private residential school were taught to follow eight standardized travel patterns in response to specified instructional commands. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Generalization, Moderate Mental Retardation, Travel Training
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MacWilliam, Laurel J. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1977
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Resources, Field Experience Programs, Mobility
Brown, Richard E. – Pointer, 1974
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Education, Guidelines, Mental Retardation
Laus, Michael D. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1974
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bus Transportation, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation
Johnston, Benjamin C.; Corbett, Michael C. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1973
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities
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Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1983
A vocational training program for trainable mentally retarded youth and adults provided instruction on functional skills, travel training, and independent living skills in addition to supervised performance in part time jobs in the community. The program expanded into small business subsidiaries for boat cleaning and detailing and marine serving.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Daily Living Skills, Job Skills
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Page, Terry J.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1976
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Generalization, Mental Retardation
Gallagher, Patricia A.; Heim, Ruth E. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1974
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Blindness, Exceptional Child Education
Egg, Maria – 1969
Designed for parents and friends of the mentally handicapped, the text deals with the periods of youth, adolescence, and adulthood. Areas discussed are attitudes toward handicapped children, incidence, growth, puberty, sex education, marriage, travel training, emotional maturity, and the role of the institution. Also of concern are the problems of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Emotional Adjustment, Exceptional Child Education
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Ehresman, Paul – RE:view, 1994
An orientation and mobility (O&M) instructor presents a case study of a blind 14 year old with mild cognitive deficits and emotional and behavioral problems. The case study demonstrates the importance of individualizing the O&M curriculum, including changing the usual sequence of instruction. (DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Blindness, Case Studies
CLARK, LESLIE L.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THESE PROCEEDINGS WERE PREPARED FROM THE WEST COAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH RELATED TO BLIND AND SEVERELY VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN HELD MARCH 8-10, 1965. SURVEY RESULTS WERE PRESENTED WHICH INDICATED THE NUMBER OF BLIND, SEVERELY VISUALLY IMPAIRED, AND MULTIPLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA AND THE INCIDENCE OF BLINDNESS IN CHILDREN…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Auditory Perception, Blindness
Duran, Elva – 1982
Vocational and language skill development of severely retarded and autistic adolescent Hispanics is a training focus at the University of Texas, El Paso. University students and parents of the handicapped are trained in the following areas: teaching grocery shopping and how to order from fast food restaurants, teaching use of public…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills
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