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Overview of Orientation and Mobility
Overview of orientation and mobility for students who are blind or visually impaired with additional disabilities, including deafblindness
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A boy travels down a school corridor using a white cane
Orientation and Mobility refers to the field of instruction designed to teach individuals who are blind or visually impaired to travel safely and efficiently from one location to another.
While Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists (COMS) and Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVIs) have different training and different roles in the education of students with visual impairments, there are many ways in which the two disciplines overlap. O&M specialists often do not view themselves as teaching literacy, but there are, in fact, many opportunities to practice literacy skills during O & M lessons. Here are a few ideas and we hope you’ll share some of the things you’ve tried!
- Concept development for young children who are blind or visually impaired, including those who are deafblind or who have multiple disabilities
- Directionality and spatial orientation: up/down, back/front, above/below, [...]