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Peer reviewedKozel, B. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1995
Issues related to promoting orientation and mobility training for individuals with visual impairments and diabetes are discussed, including effects of insulin, hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, the timing of training, complications to the feet, and fluctuations in vision. Major lifestyle changes required by diabetes are stressed. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Diabetes, Orientation, Physical Health, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Peer reviewedLaGrow, Steven; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1990
The paper proposes teaching travel skills to developmentally disabled persons based upon the principles used to teach orientation and mobility to blind people. The approach emphasizes success orientation, sequencing, fading, individualized instruction, and in vivo instruction. Content includes environmental concepts, recovery techniques,…
Descriptors: Adults, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Millet Learning Center, Saginaw, MI. – 1989
The community travel program for physically impaired children at the Millet Learning Center (Saginaw, Michigan) blends skills from two professions: orientation and mobility, and physical therapy. Program goals include enabling students to overcome travel fears, to learn travel skills, to learn to make adaptations necessary for successful travel,…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Daily Living Skills, Orientation, Physical Disabilities
Peer reviewedJoffee, E.; Rikhye, C. H. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
A program for teaching orientation and mobility to New York City public school students with severe sensory and cognitive impairments incorporates tactile and tangible communication systems and embeds mobility education in students' daily school and home activities. This paper examines necessary prerequisite concepts and offers planning and…
Descriptors: Blindness, Communication (Thought Transfer), Integrated Activities, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedStewart, Ian; Zimmerman, George J. – RE:view, 1990
This study gathered data on orientation and mobility services from questionnaires of 15 Iowa teachers serving visually impaired students and 11 supervisors of vision programs. Results indicated a lack of knowledge on the subject, a recognized shortage of qualified staff and services, and a need for students' skills evaluation. (PB)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level, Orientation
Download full textGense, D. Jay; Gense, Marilyn – 1999
This fact sheet about students who are deaf-blind provides information on orientation and mobility (O&M) training. It begins by describing orientation and mobility skills, and emphasizes the need for a team approach in the development and implementation of O&M instruction. Instructional strategies are described, including initial assessment of O&M…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Deaf Blind, Educational Environment
