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Jaekle, Robert C. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1975
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Blindness, Cross Cultural Studies, Exceptional Child 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
Laus, Michael D. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1974
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bus Transportation, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation
Larson, Richard W. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1975
Descriptors: Acoustics, Blindness, Concept Formation, Exceptional Child Education
LoGuidice, Donald D. – New Outlook Blind, 1969
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies, Services
Crouse, Robert V. – New Outlook Blind, 1969
Descriptors: Blindness, Demonstration Programs, Exceptional Child Education, Mobility Aids
National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped, New York, NY. – 1979
Standards regarding independent living programs for blind and visually handicapped students are presented in the self study and evaluation guide. Five areas are addressed: planning and organization, personnel, concept development and travel skills, living skills, and program evaluation. (CL)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adjustment (to Environment), Blindness, Concept Formation
Merbler, John B. – 1976
Described are the steps involved in revising the Peabody Mobility Scale (PMS), an instrument for assessing the orientation and mobility skills of multiply handicapped blind children. Among the revision procedures discussed are a redefinition of item content for mobility and prerequisite skills, and alteration of the format to that of an easily…
Descriptors: Blindness, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Mobility Aids
Download full textWood, Thomas A. – 1976
Described are the development and field testing of programed instruction in orientation and mobility for 41 multiply handicapped blind students. Based on initial assessment on the Peabody Mobility Scale, it is explained that the students were prescribed individualized tasks in the areas of motor development, sensory skills, concept development and…
Descriptors: Blindness, Exceptional Child Research, Mobility Aids, Multiple Disabilities
Fluharty, William; And Others – New Outlook for the Blind, 1976
Anxiety is defined, along with a contrasting definition of fear, and is discussed in terms of the blind student as a frequent concomitant of an instructional situation. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Blindness, Exceptional Child Education, Student Teacher Relationship
Vopata, Alvin E. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1978
The article discusses the Sonicguide, and electronic mobility device for the blind, and makes some suggestions for its introduction to young children and for its use as an aid in the development of spatial concepts. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Blindness, Children, Echolocation, Electronic Equipment
Peer reviewedNeef, Nancy A.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1978
A classroom program to teach public transportation usage (bus-riding skills) to five retarded persons (18-24 years old) was evaluated. (Author/BD)
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Daily Living Skills, Exceptional Child Research, Experiential Learning
Johnston, Benjamin C.; Corbett, Michael C. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1973
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities
Peer reviewedGillman, Arthur E.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1979
The article reports a retrospective study of the records of 183 blind men and women who had received mobility training. How well and quickly the trainees learned to travel was affected by age, sex, presence of other handicaps, visual acuity, and whether or not they still traveled at intake or had previously received mobility training. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Blindness, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedFoy, C. J.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
This article describes the history and characteristics of the Connecticut Pre-cane, designed to protect young blind children and teach them early mobility techniques. A case study illustrates typical uses, and 12 step-by-step lessons in cane travel are provided for use with young children by the mobility instructor. (DB)
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Blindness, Early Childhood Education, Mobility Aids
