ACVREP CEU: What teachers are saying about ObjectiveEd Distance Learning webinar
ObjectiveEd is offering two live webinars every day - one focused on Orientation & Mobility skills and? Assistive Technology skills, and another focused on Braille Literacy skills. To see the schedule and attend, visit: ?
“Really appreciated how it took us step-by-step through the process -? we could see how the braille system is used from letter identification all the way to reading passages and demonstrating comprehension.”, Leah P.?
“Just enough to want to try it!? The right amount of info and didn't overwhelm me - great content and pacing.”, Tarin K.?
“Very helpful.? Will be checking out the tutorials. Presenter was very skilled and great at answering questions.”, Dana G.?
“The presentations were very clear and detailed and I feel that I could go on and use it without any difficulty.”, Maryanne G.
“The webinars were effective helping to imagine how this program can support my O&M and Braille students in their current and future goals.”, Linda M.
“Fantastic! Very informative and extremely helpful. I asked several questions in the Q&A and August took the time to answer them.”, Janet B.?
“My staff of 12 says that your trainings were some of the best we have seen!”, Barbara M.
You will learn: How to get started using the system and set your students up with skills to practice and learn at home How to customize curriculum to make it more appropriate for your student’s needs How to monitor your students progress using the Web-dashboard?
Each training session runs from 45 to 60 minutes, and you’ll have a chance to ask questions and listen to the questions from your colleagues.
You do not need to have previously signed up for ObjectiveEd prior to the live webinar and receive 1.0 ACVREP CEU.? However, to start using ObjectiveEd with your students (at no cost through end of July 2019), sign up at:
|
Webinar on accessibility - recording and PDF files of slides
I was part of a webinar yesterday on accessibility for the Federal Highway Administration and the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center.? The recording of the webinar and pdf files of the slides are posted at
This is a resource that's free and easily shared; Please share.
I did a presentation (last one in the files) on "Accessible Pedestrian Signals: Standards and Innovation" that I encourage O&M specialists to review and be aware of, share, use in discussion with cities, etc.? Listening to the presentation will provide you more information than just reviewing the powerpoint slides.? The intro to the webinar by Elizabeth Hilton from FHWA may also be of interest in discussing modifications with cities and municipalities.
Janet
--
Janet M. Barlow
Accessible Design for the Blind
3 Manila Street
Asheville, NC 28806
770-317-0611
jmbarlow@...
|
3 Easy Steps to start using ObjectiveEd Distance Learning
Hundreds of school districts (over 30,000 students) are now using ObjectiveEd’s distance learning for students with vision impairments.? It’s free for the remainder of the 2019/2020 school year (end of July).? Here’s how to get started: Download the USAGE AGREEMENT and have it signed by a school administrator. ? You can download it here:
If getting a document signed is difficult (no printer,? no scanner or the school administrator is very busy), we can arrange a digital signature for you.? We will send the school administrator a web link to digitally sign it.? Email us at info@... for details. Once we receive the USAGE AGREEMENT, we’ll set up your account for the person you designate to be the ADMIN.? We send the ADMIN a WELCOME email.
The ADMIN adds teachers (by email address) and students (by their “gamer-tag” - a username that is not personally identifying).? If you have many teachers or students, we can do a bulk load of everyone.
Each teacher receives a WELCOME email, and can start using the system.
Attend our live webinar classes given twice a day, every weekday (ACVREP CEUs). ? You’ll learn how to customize the digital curriculum to the needs of each student’s IEP Goals & Objectives, and listen to questions asked by other teachers.
The schedule is:?
|
Webinar recording available! --teaching street crossings with simulation / distance-based
Hi everyone!? I’m very pleased to
tell you that the recording of last week’s APH webinar “Street Crossings with No Traffic
Control” is now
available!? There is a link to that, as well as videos and descriptions of
remotely teaching street-crossing skills, FAQs, and more, at
(at this point, no ACVREP credit is offered for the
webinar).
?
Among other things, the webinar
introduced remote instruction of some street-crossing skills.? It was
emphasized that remote / simulated O&M
instruction can be an effective tool to AUGMENT or ACCELERATE learning, but it
should never stand alone – it is essential that the O&M specialist assess
the student in real situations to ensure that whatever was learned during remote
/ simulated instruction can be applied effectively to real
situations.
?
I’m so grateful to Jeremy Cefaratti
who, as far as I know, is the first person ever to get some O&M training in
street crossing REMOTELY (while each of us were in our own homes)!? Several
segments of that training were shown during the webinar, and I’ve posted some
more at .? Jeremy and I plan to have another remote O&M session next
week, and then videotape our lessons when we can resume in-person
training.
?
PLEASE SEND ME YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH REMOTE O&M
TRAINING!
?
Almost 800 people attended the webinar, and a lot of
people seemed enthusiastic about teaching some of these skills remotely.? I
am hoping to have some follow-up, when folks can share their experiences with
remote / simulated instructions – perhaps with another webinar, and/or post it
on line.
?
So please contact me if you are providing (or considering
providing!) remote instruction for street-crossing using some of the strategies
highlighted in the webinar.
?
Thanks -- enjoy!
--
Dona
________________________________________
Dona Sauerburger,
COMS
Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind
Gambrills, Maryland
dona@... /
301-858-0138
www.sauerburger.org
________________________________________
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
From: Dona
Sauerburger
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 9:20 PM
To: Linda Myers
Subject: Webinar April 15 - teaching street crossings with
simulation / distance-based?
?
Hi everyone!? I’m really excited to tell you
about a free, 3-hour webinar “”!? Dr. Amy Parker at the Portland State O&M program
organized the webinar, hosted by the American Printing House for the Blind
(APH), which will include a discussion of distance-based O&M consultation
with students.? ACVREP credit is available.
?
Date and Time:
Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 10 am-1 pm EST
?
Description:?
APH’s “Crossings With No Traffic Control” software provides simulation
experiences and information that help instructors teach students to analyze
situations at street crossings where there is no traffic control, including
recognizing when they don’t have enough warning of approaching vehicles
(“Situations of Uncertainty”). This field-tested tool can assist with building
confidence and competence with young and older clients through instruction and
coaching.?
?
The presenters will provide an overview of this
multimedia product, along with case studies for its use.? Experienced
O&M panelists will also explore the ethical use of this product for
distance-based consultation with specific clients and students, with a question
and answer discussion from the attendees.
?
Instructors:?
Laura
Zierer,
Independent Living Project Leader at
APH;?
Dona
Sauerburger,
COMS;?
Stephanie
Carmicheal,
COMS at Vermont Association of the Blind and Visually
Impaired;?
Amy Parker, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of O&M Program at Portland
State University (moderator)
?
More information is at ? including a
.? Hope to see you there!
NOTE:? If you wish to stop receiving
announcements from me, please respond to this email and let me know.?
Thanks!
?
--
Dona
________________________________________
Dona Sauerburger, COMS
Orientation and Mobility Specialist
for the blind
Website:?
________________________________________
|
Survey: Is COVID-19 impacting your students? 19 organizations want to help!
How is COVID-19 impacting students with visual impairments, their TVIs, and O&M instructors? Like many of you, ObjectiveEd has concerns. We’ve partnered with 18 other companies, organizations and universities to launch a survey so that we’re better informed and can use information learned to shape education for our students. Please??if you are:- A family member or guardian of a child with a visual impairment
- A teacher of students with visual impairment (TVI)
- An orientation and mobility (O&M) instructor
Here are the 19 organizations, companies, and universities which have developed the?Access and Engagement?to Education for Students with Visual Impairments?survey. The survey is open until May 13 at 5 PM eastern. The survey is available in both English and Spanish at: We want to hear from all families, all TVIs, and all O&M instructors serving children, whether or not services are currently occurring.
|
Re: Virtual O&M opportunities
Please keep the opportunities coming! Dona Sauerburger has shared her strategy for teaching street crossings remotely. The link to Dona’s resource and a couple others have been added to the comments below the Upcoming Virtual O&M Opportunities post.
Thank you!
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
Have you heard about these upcoming virtual O&M opportunities for O&M students and/or instructors? Do you know of more opportunities that can be added to this list?
See the Paths to Technology?
Stay safe! Diane
|
Hi everyone!? I’m posting this for Dr. Amy Parker – enjoy!
?
----------------------(fwd)-----------------
Dear colleagues,?
?
We are pleased to host a webinar on April 29th
at 4 PM PST with Greg Kehret from the San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind and
our own Steve Lowry, from the Washington State School for the Blind and PSU's
O&M program. Please note we are charging a modest fee for the webinar to
help support the accessibility costs for captioning and ASL interpretation ($20
dollars for AER or DVIDB members).? Thanks to Greg and Steve for their
generosity in sharing their expertise. Thanks to PNWAER for their partnership on
ACVREP credits and to Pam Parker for the Washington clock hours.
?
?
We are actively field-testing an online module
on ethical distance consultation in O&M which was developed by
a team of collaborators before COVID-19 hit.? We
developed it because of the specific geographic challenges in the Pacific
Northwest and the critical shortage of O&M Specialists that we face.?
Please feel free to check it out and we welcome your feedback on a survey.?
My colleague, Dr. Holly Lawson is also working with our masters students to
explore distance consultation from a culturally responsive perspective.?
There are opportunities to join a focus group on cultural considerations around
distance consultation.? If you would like to participate, email Holly at
hlawson@...
?
?
Thank you for all that you are doing to
support your students, clients and families.
Amy
?
?
Amy T. Parker, EdD &
COMS
Assistant Professor
Coordinator, Orientation and Mobility
Program
College of Education, Portland State
University
1900 SW
4th Avenue
Portland,
OR 97201
?
?
?
503-725-4695 tel
|
The NC Division of Services for the Blind has a vacancy for an O&M Specialist in the Sandhills area of NC.? This is a full time position working with an adult case load on an itinerant basis.
|
Virtual O&M opportunities
Have you heard about these upcoming virtual O&M opportunities for O&M students and/or instructors? Do you know of more opportunities that can be added to this list?
See the Paths to Technology?
Stay safe! Diane
|
Could not agree more,? Mr. Ford.
When I'm within earshot of a dog training center, with?related?specialists, it is required of me to use the words: Guide Dogs, but when I'm beyond those circumstances the words: Dog Guides are then not offensive and are acceptable.? COMS must organize themselves politically if they want to gain respect and acceptance of any kind and from anyone.? Appropriate terms alone will not be enough.? ?
On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 2:14 PM Craig Phillips < 1700cleep@...> wrote: Ponderings during virus seclusion... One of the benchmarks of any profession is to use correct terminology so that colleagues, clients, the public, and medical entities can easily understand and communicate with one another. The curmudgeon in me finds it misleading, incorrect, and irritating to use incorrect mobility terminology. It raises my hackles to hear or see the pejorative terms "stick" or "walking stick" used when referring to the long or mobility cane and the term "Guide Dog," a registered trade marked?product, confused with dog guides from other sources. Using appropriate terms might be one more way to assist Orientation and Mobility?Specialists gain the respect and acceptance of other therapeutic disciplines and the medical community so that the profession receives the recognition for third party reimbursement, something that is long overdue. Be well and safe out there.?
Right now nothing can match the protection that a guide dog can provide: ?a straight line of travel (which is especially? useful when crossing intersections that are five or six lanes wide), Intelligent Disobedience (when a traveler makes a mistake by failing? to detect perpendicular/parallel traffic patterns), detecting Drop-offs, detecting Raised Slabs, detecting traffic on blended curbs/sidewalks (which occur without warning), avoidance of obstacles, providing a brain and a pair of eyes when crossing an intersection without a control mechanism? ( or with roundabouts), and traveling within modern Residential Neighborhoods that don’t have sidewalks (a traveler must face traffic while maintaining close contact with Shorelines since veering out into oncoming traffic would be problematic). ? And not to mention added safety when traveling within large parking lots. ? The Guide Dog is also a great way to make? friends within social/professional situations. ?? Head owner here… Jen: ? Here’s the information of two ways to sign on; however, if they aren’t able to get on this way, I can send an invite on the back-end to see if that works as well…. I know one person that hasn’t been able to subscribe at all or see the invite as some ISPs are just completely blocking ? if it comes to that point, a separate webmail account may be required to participate in this group so you don’t miss out on message! ? (my email is: jenandnixon@...) ? ** ? TIP: once you have subscribed, etc, please note, you will need to periodically check your junk / spam mail folder on a regular basis, and MOVE messages to your inbox … DO NOT delete any messages you are a part of, as sometimes, will and can unsubscribe you!!! It is a small quirk that all of you will need to keep in mind. ? Here’s the instructions to subscribe, in one of two ways: ? Sign up via web site, easy step-by-step process with various log in options: ? /g/OandM ? OR via email: ? Group Email Addresses ??????? Post: [email protected] ??????? Subscribe: [email protected] ??????? Unsubscribe: [email protected] ??????? Group Owner: [email protected] ??????? Help: [email protected] ? ? Any questions, just holler… ? ? Jen and Parmesan ? ? Hello!
Myself and my colleague?want to share this group with other O&M professionals. Could you please send the link to join and any pertinent information about the group so we can share, share, share! We love being a part of this community!?
Respectfully yours, Keith C. Ford
814-237-2157 (H) 814-360-0917 (Cell #)
??
--
Keith C. Ford
--
Respectfully yours, Keith C. Ford
814-237-2157 (H) 814-360-0917 (Cell #)
??
--
Keith C. Ford
|
Re: ACVREP CEU: Using ObjectiveEd for Distance Learning
I was having trouble getting started with the ObjectiveEd games, but then did the training for O&M and found it extremely helpful.? I can now set student goals and select target skills quickly.
If you are considering using the ObjectiveEd games I definitely recommend you do one these online trainings.
Thanks!
Julia
Julia Hedrick?M. Ed, COMS
Orientation and Mobility Instructor
Tennessee School for the Blind
115 Stewarts Ferry Pike ??Nashville, TN 37214
P: (615) 231-7397
Julia.Hedrick@tsbtigers.org
?
?
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
We
are now offering two live webinars every day - one focused on Orientation & Mobility skills and? Assistive Technology skills, and another focused on Braille Literacy skills.
To
see the schedule and attend, visit:
You
will learn:
-
How to get started using
the system and set your students up with skills to practice and learn at home
-
How to customize curriculum
to make it more appropriate for your student’s needs
-
How to monitor your
students progress using the Web-dashboard?
Each
training session runs from 45 to 60 minutes, and you’ll have a chance to ask questions and listen to the questions from your colleagues.
You
do not need to have previously signed up for ObjectiveEd prior to the live webinar and receive 1.0 ACVREP CEU.? However, to start using ObjectiveEd with your students (at no cost through the end of the 2019/2020 school year), you will need to sign up at:
*** This is an EXTERNAL email. Please exercise caution. DO NOT open attachments or click links from unknown senders or unexpected email - TSB_Technology. ***
|
When I'm within earshot of a dog training center, with?related?specialists, it is required of me to use the words: Guide Dogs, but when I'm beyond those circumstances the words: Dog Guides are then not offensive and are acceptable.? COMS must organize themselves politically if they want to gain respect and acceptance of any kind and from anyone.? Appropriate terms alone will not be enough.? ?
On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 2:14 PM Craig Phillips < 1700cleep@...> wrote: Ponderings during virus seclusion... One of the benchmarks of any profession is to use correct terminology so that colleagues, clients, the public, and medical entities can easily understand and communicate with one another. The curmudgeon in me finds it misleading, incorrect, and irritating to use incorrect mobility terminology. It raises my hackles to hear or see the pejorative terms "stick" or "walking stick" used when referring to the long or mobility cane and the term "Guide Dog," a registered trade marked?product, confused with dog guides from other sources. Using appropriate terms might be one more way to assist Orientation and Mobility?Specialists gain the respect and acceptance of other therapeutic disciplines and the medical community so that the profession receives the recognition for third party reimbursement, something that is long overdue. Be well and safe out there.?
Right now nothing can match the protection that a guide dog can provide: ?a straight line of travel (which is especially? useful when crossing intersections that are five or six lanes wide), Intelligent Disobedience (when a traveler makes a mistake by failing? to detect perpendicular/parallel traffic patterns), detecting Drop-offs, detecting Raised Slabs, detecting traffic on blended curbs/sidewalks (which occur without warning), avoidance of obstacles, providing a brain and a pair of eyes when crossing an intersection without a control mechanism? ( or with roundabouts), and traveling within modern Residential Neighborhoods that don’t have sidewalks (a traveler must face traffic while maintaining close contact with Shorelines since veering out into oncoming traffic would be problematic). ? And not to mention added safety when traveling within large parking lots. ? The Guide Dog is also a great way to make? friends within social/professional situations. ?? Head owner here… Jen: ? Here’s the information of two ways to sign on; however, if they aren’t able to get on this way, I can send an invite on the back-end to see if that works as well…. I know one person that hasn’t been able to subscribe at all or see the invite as some ISPs are just completely blocking ? if it comes to that point, a separate webmail account may be required to participate in this group so you don’t miss out on message! ? (my email is: jenandnixon@...) ? ** ? TIP: once you have subscribed, etc, please note, you will need to periodically check your junk / spam mail folder on a regular basis, and MOVE messages to your inbox … DO NOT delete any messages you are a part of, as sometimes, will and can unsubscribe you!!! It is a small quirk that all of you will need to keep in mind. ? Here’s the instructions to subscribe, in one of two ways: ? Sign up via web site, easy step-by-step process with various log in options: ? /g/OandM ? OR via email: ? Group Email Addresses ??????? Post: [email protected] ??????? Subscribe: [email protected] ??????? Unsubscribe: [email protected] ??????? Group Owner: [email protected] ??????? Help: [email protected] ? ? Any questions, just holler… ? ? Jen and Parmesan ? ? Hello!
Myself and my colleague?want to share this group with other O&M professionals. Could you please send the link to join and any pertinent information about the group so we can share, share, share! We love being a part of this community!?
Respectfully yours, Keith C. Ford
814-237-2157 (H) 814-360-0917 (Cell #)
??
--
Keith C. Ford
-- Respectfully yours, Keith C. Ford
814-237-2157 (H) 814-360-0917 (Cell #)
??
--
Keith C. Ford
|
I need to chime in that guide dog is the most generic and most often used terminology for these service animals, along with being the term most often used in legislation.?
?Seeing Eye staff go out of their way to say dog guide when referring to dogs trained to guide in general and not affiliated with their program, but guide dog is the universally accepted term. If you do a web search, I believe you will see this
to be true, not to mention that the industry watchdog and accreditation body for all the training programs worldwide is the International Guide Dog ?Federation.?
Best, Sheila
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On Apr 22, 2020, at 9:46 AM, Craig Phillips < 1700cleep@...> wrote:
Ponderings during virus seclusion...
One of the benchmarks of any profession is to use correct terminology so that colleagues, clients, the public, and medical entities can easily understand and communicate with one another. The curmudgeon in me finds it misleading, incorrect, and
irritating to use incorrect mobility terminology. It raises my hackles to hear or see the pejorative terms "stick" or "walking stick" used when referring to the long or mobility cane and the term "Guide Dog," a registered trade marked?product, confused with
dog guides from other sources. Using appropriate terms might be one more way to assist Orientation and Mobility?Specialists gain the respect and acceptance of other therapeutic disciplines and the medical community so that the profession receives the recognition
for third party reimbursement, something that is long overdue.
Be well and safe out there.?
Right now nothing can match the protection that a
guide dog can provide: ?a straight line of travel (which is especially?
useful when crossing intersections that are five or six lanes wide),
Intelligent Disobedience (when a traveler makes a mistake by failing?
to detect perpendicular/parallel traffic patterns), detecting Drop-offs,
detecting Raised Slabs, detecting traffic on blended curbs/sidewalks
(which occur without warning), avoidance of obstacles, providing a brain and
a pair of eyes when crossing an intersection without a control mechanism?
( or with roundabouts), and traveling within modern Residential Neighborhoods that don’t have sidewalks (a traveler must face traffic while maintaining close contact with Shorelines since veering out into oncoming traffic would be problematic). ? And not to
mention added safety when traveling within large parking lots. ? The Guide Dog is also a great way to make?
friends within social/professional situations. ??
Head owner here… Jen:
?
Here’s the information of two ways to sign on; however, if they aren’t able to get on this way, I can send an invite on the back-end to see if that works as well…. I know
one person that hasn’t been able to subscribe at all or see the invite as some ISPs are just completely blocking
? if it comes to that point, a separate webmail account may be required to participate in this group so you don’t miss out on message!
? (my email is:
jenandnixon@...)
?
**
?
TIP: once you have subscribed, etc, please note, you will need to periodically check your junk / spam mail folder on a regular basis, and MOVE messages to your inbox … DO NOT delete any
messages you are a part of, as sometimes,
will and can unsubscribe you!!! It is a small quirk that all of you will need to keep in mind.
?
Here’s the instructions to subscribe, in one of two ways:
?
Sign up via web site, easy step-by-step process with various log in options:
?
/g/OandM
?
OR via email:
?
Group Email Addresses
??????? Post:
[email protected]
??????? Subscribe:
[email protected]
??????? Unsubscribe:
[email protected]
??????? Group Owner:
[email protected]
??????? Help:
[email protected]
?
?
Any questions, just holler…
?
?
Jen and Parmesan
?
?
Hello!
Myself and my colleague?want to share this group with other O&M professionals. Could you please send the link to join and any pertinent information about the group so we can share, share, share! We love being a part of this community!?
--
--
Respectfully yours,
Keith C. Ford
814-237-2157 (H)
814-360-0917 (Cell #)
??
--
Keith C. Ford
ATTENTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Do not open attachments or click on links unless you have confirmed the identity of the sender.
|
Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken, COMS
Hi Craig:
I think we need to be open to new terminology, increasing the sophistication of professional terminology and also seeking to communicate. I don't think a professional should use the term "stick" but I don't want to stop communicating because someone outside
the profession is using an incorrect term.
Can we stop using the term "adaptive mobility device (AMD)" - I think we would be more inclusive and supportive of alternative cane shapes and connection methods were we to agree that anything providing a cane arc - is a cane and to distinguish them we
can say: Rod cane, rectangular cane and belt cane. Are there any other shapes or types of canes that provide consistent cane arc?
The distinguishing characteristic between a rod and rectangular cane is that the rod cane is a manual arc -in other words you have to create the arc yourself or you don't benefit from it and the rectangular cane provides a automatic arc - so you just push
and you have your safe mobility.
My hope is that when we start accepting the rectangular and belt canes as just "canes" we will work to find more types of devices to provide to people that need cane arc but, for whom the rod cane is too advanced/too difficult to gain safe mobility benefit.
This may be until they get older or because they have a co-morbid disability and will never gain any benefit from the rod cane arc.
When we see someone who can't walk one step, one swipe we should say, this rod cane is not meeting your needs, until you are able to obtain consistent manual cane arc, use a rectangular cane. For babies who can't create their own safe mobility (say 15
months old and blind) -have them wear their rectangle.
Let's prioritize the benefits of the cane arc as that is what provides user with safe mobility.
Right??
Grace
Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken, Certified O&M Specialist
Project Coordinator RT and O&M Programs
Hunter College CUNY
695 Park Ave 1140W
New York, NY 10065
212-772-4741
Top 5 Reasons to Choose Hunter Programs in Blindness and Visual Impairments:
?
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
Ponderings during virus seclusion...
One of the benchmarks of any profession is to use correct terminology so that colleagues, clients, the public, and medical entities can easily understand and communicate with one another. The curmudgeon in me finds it misleading, incorrect, and irritating
to use incorrect mobility terminology. It raises my hackles to hear or see the pejorative terms "stick" or "walking stick" used when referring to the long or mobility cane and the term "Guide Dog," a registered trade marked?product, confused with dog guides
from other sources. Using appropriate terms might be one more way to assist Orientation and Mobility?Specialists gain the respect and acceptance of other therapeutic disciplines and the medical community so that the profession receives the recognition for
third party reimbursement, something that is long overdue.
Be well and safe out there.?
Right now nothing can match the protection that a
guide dog can provide: ?a straight line of travel (which is especially?
useful when crossing intersections that are five or six lanes wide),
Intelligent Disobedience (when a traveler makes a mistake by failing?
to detect perpendicular/parallel traffic patterns), detecting Drop-offs,
detecting Raised Slabs, detecting traffic on blended curbs/sidewalks
(which occur without warning), avoidance of obstacles, providing a brain and
a pair of eyes when crossing an intersection without a control mechanism?
( or with roundabouts), and traveling within modern Residential Neighborhoods that don’t have sidewalks (a traveler must face traffic while maintaining close contact with Shorelines since veering out into oncoming traffic would be problematic). ? And not to
mention added safety when traveling within large parking lots. ? The Guide Dog is also a great way to make?
friends within social/professional situations. ??
Head owner here… Jen:
?
Here’s the information of two ways to sign on; however, if they aren’t able to get on this way, I can send an invite on the back-end to see if that works as well…. I know one person
that hasn’t been able to subscribe at all or see the invite as some ISPs are just completely blocking
? if it comes to that point, a separate webmail account may be required to participate in this group so you don’t miss out on message!
? (my email is:
jenandnixon@...)
?
**
?
TIP: once you have subscribed, etc, please note, you will need to periodically check your junk / spam mail folder on a regular basis, and MOVE messages to your inbox … DO NOT delete any
messages you are a part of, as sometimes,
will and can unsubscribe you!!! It is a small quirk that all of you will need to keep in mind.
?
Here’s the instructions to subscribe, in one of two ways:
?
Sign up via web site, easy step-by-step process with various log in options:
?
/g/OandM
?
OR via email:
?
Group Email Addresses
??????? Post:
[email protected]
??????? Subscribe:
[email protected]
??????? Unsubscribe:
[email protected]
??????? Group Owner:
[email protected]
??????? Help:
[email protected]
?
?
Any questions, just holler…
?
?
Jen and Parmesan
?
?
Hello!
Myself and my colleague?want to share this group with other O&M professionals. Could you please send the link to join and any pertinent information about the group so we can share, share, share! We love being a part of this community!?
--
--
Respectfully yours,
Keith C. Ford
814-237-2157 (H)
814-360-0917 (Cell #)
??
--
Keith C. Ford
|
Ponderings during virus seclusion... One of the benchmarks of any profession is to use correct terminology so that colleagues, clients, the public, and medical entities can easily understand and communicate with one another. The curmudgeon in me finds it misleading, incorrect, and irritating to use incorrect mobility terminology. It raises my hackles to hear or see the pejorative terms "stick" or "walking stick" used when referring to the long or mobility cane and the term "Guide Dog," a registered trade marked?product, confused with dog guides from other sources. Using appropriate terms might be one more way to assist Orientation and Mobility?Specialists gain the respect and acceptance of other therapeutic disciplines and the medical community so that the profession receives the recognition for third party reimbursement, something that is long overdue. Be well and safe out there.?
Right now nothing can match the protection that a guide dog can provide: ?a straight line of travel (which is especially? useful when crossing intersections that are five or six lanes wide), Intelligent Disobedience (when a traveler makes a mistake by failing? to detect perpendicular/parallel traffic patterns), detecting Drop-offs, detecting Raised Slabs, detecting traffic on blended curbs/sidewalks (which occur without warning), avoidance of obstacles, providing a brain and a pair of eyes when crossing an intersection without a control mechanism? ( or with roundabouts), and traveling within modern Residential Neighborhoods that don’t have sidewalks (a traveler must face traffic while maintaining close contact with Shorelines since veering out into oncoming traffic would be problematic). ? And not to mention added safety when traveling within large parking lots. ? The Guide Dog is also a great way to make? friends within social/professional situations. ?? Head owner here… Jen: ? Here’s the information of two ways to sign on; however, if they aren’t able to get on this way, I can send an invite on the back-end to see if that works as well…. I know one person that hasn’t been able to subscribe at all or see the invite as some ISPs are just completely blocking ? if it comes to that point, a separate webmail account may be required to participate in this group so you don’t miss out on message! ? (my email is: jenandnixon@...) ? ** ? TIP: once you have subscribed, etc, please note, you will need to periodically check your junk / spam mail folder on a regular basis, and MOVE messages to your inbox … DO NOT delete any messages you are a part of, as sometimes, will and can unsubscribe you!!! It is a small quirk that all of you will need to keep in mind. ? Here’s the instructions to subscribe, in one of two ways: ? Sign up via web site, easy step-by-step process with various log in options: ? /g/OandM ? OR via email: ? Group Email Addresses ??????? Post: [email protected] ??????? Subscribe: [email protected] ??????? Unsubscribe: [email protected] ??????? Group Owner: [email protected] ??????? Help: [email protected] ? ? Any questions, just holler… ? ? Jen and Parmesan ? ? Hello!
Myself and my colleague?want to share this group with other O&M professionals. Could you please send the link to join and any pertinent information about the group so we can share, share, share! We love being a part of this community!?
Respectfully yours, Keith C. Ford
814-237-2157 (H) 814-360-0917 (Cell #)
??
--
Keith C. Ford
|
Thumbs up!
Sheila with Paxton
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
Right now nothing can match the protection that a
guide dog can provide: ?a straight line of travel (which is especially?
useful when crossing intersections that are five or six lanes wide),
Intelligent Disobedience (when a traveler makes a mistake by failing?
to detect perpendicular/parallel traffic patterns), detecting Drop-offs,
detecting Raised Slabs, detecting traffic on blended curbs/sidewalks
(which occur without warning), avoidance of obstacles, providing a brain and
a pair of eyes when crossing an intersection without a control mechanism?
( or with roundabouts), and traveling within modern Residential Neighborhoods that don’t have sidewalks (a traveler must face traffic while maintaining close contact with Shorelines since veering out into oncoming traffic would be problematic). ? And not to
mention added safety when traveling within large parking lots. ? The Guide Dog is also a great way to make?
friends within social/professional situations. ??
Head owner here… Jen:
?
Here’s the information of two ways to sign on; however, if they aren’t able to get on this way, I can send an invite on the back-end to see if that works as well…. I know
one person that hasn’t been able to subscribe at all or see the invite as some ISPs are just completely blocking
? if it comes to that point, a separate webmail account may be required to participate in this group so you don’t miss out on message!
? (my email is:
jenandnixon@...)
?
**
?
TIP: once you have subscribed, etc, please note, you will need to periodically check your junk / spam mail folder on a regular basis, and MOVE messages to your inbox … DO NOT delete any
messages you are a part of, as sometimes,
will and can unsubscribe you!!! It is a small quirk that all of you will need to keep in mind.
?
Here’s the instructions to subscribe, in one of two ways:
?
Sign up via web site, easy step-by-step process with various log in options:
?
/g/OandM
?
OR via email:
?
Group Email Addresses
??????? Post:
[email protected]
??????? Subscribe:
[email protected]
??????? Unsubscribe:
[email protected]
??????? Group Owner:
[email protected]
??????? Help:
[email protected]
?
?
Any questions, just holler…
?
?
Jen and Parmesan
?
?
Hello!
Myself and my colleague?want to share this group with other O&M professionals. Could you please send the link to join and any pertinent information about the group so we can share, share, share! We love being a part of this community!?
--
--
Respectfully yours,
Keith C. Ford
814-237-2157 (H)
814-360-0917 (Cell #)
??
--
Keith C. Ford
ATTENTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Do not open attachments or click on links unless you have confirmed the identity of the sender.
|
Right now nothing can match the protection that a guide dog can provide: ?a straight line of travel (which is especially? useful when crossing intersections that are five or six lanes wide), Intelligent Disobedience (when a traveler makes a mistake by failing? to detect perpendicular/parallel traffic patterns), detecting Drop-offs, detecting Raised Slabs, detecting traffic on blended curbs/sidewalks (which occur without warning), avoidance of obstacles, providing a brain and a pair of eyes when crossing an intersection without a control mechanism? ( or with roundabouts), and traveling within modern Residential Neighborhoods that don’t have sidewalks (a traveler must face traffic while maintaining close contact with Shorelines since veering out into oncoming traffic would be problematic). ? And not to mention added safety when traveling within large parking lots. ? The Guide Dog is also a great way to make? friends within social/professional situations. ??
Head owner here… Jen: ? Here’s the information of two ways to sign on; however, if they aren’t able to get on this way, I can send an invite on the back-end to see if that works as well…. I know one person that hasn’t been able to subscribe at all or see the invite as some ISPs are just completely blocking ? if it comes to that point, a separate webmail account may be required to participate in this group so you don’t miss out on message! ? (my email is: jenandnixon@...) ? ** ? TIP: once you have subscribed, etc, please note, you will need to periodically check your junk / spam mail folder on a regular basis, and MOVE messages to your inbox … DO NOT delete any messages you are a part of, as sometimes, will and can unsubscribe you!!! It is a small quirk that all of you will need to keep in mind. ? Here’s the instructions to subscribe, in one of two ways: ? Sign up via web site, easy step-by-step process with various log in options: ? /g/OandM ? OR via email: ? Group Email Addresses ??????? Post: [email protected] ??????? Subscribe: [email protected] ??????? Unsubscribe: [email protected] ??????? Group Owner: [email protected] ??????? Help: [email protected] ? ? Any questions, just holler… ? ? Jen and Parmesan ? ? Hello!
Myself and my colleague?want to share this group with other O&M professionals. Could you please send the link to join and any pertinent information about the group so we can share, share, share! We love being a part of this community!?
-- Respectfully yours, Keith C. Ford
814-237-2157 (H) 814-360-0917 (Cell #)
??
--
Keith C. Ford
|
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
Head owner here… Jen: ? Here’s the information of two ways to sign on; however, if they aren’t able to get on this way, I can send an invite on the back-end to see if that works as well…. I know one person that hasn’t been able to subscribe at all or see the invite as some ISPs are just completely blocking ? if it comes to that point, a separate webmail account may be required to participate in this group so you don’t miss out on message! ? (my email is: jenandnixon@...) ? ** ? TIP: once you have subscribed, etc, please note, you will need to periodically check your junk / spam mail folder on a regular basis, and MOVE messages to your inbox … DO NOT delete any messages you are a part of, as sometimes, will and can unsubscribe you!!! It is a small quirk that all of you will need to keep in mind. ? Here’s the instructions to subscribe, in one of two ways: ? Sign up via web site, easy step-by-step process with various log in options: ? /g/OandM ? OR via email: ? Group Email Addresses ??????? Post: [email protected] ??????? Subscribe: [email protected] ??????? Unsubscribe: [email protected] ??????? Group Owner: [email protected] ??????? Help: [email protected] ? ? Any questions, just holler… ? ? Jen and Parmesan ? ? Hello!
Myself and my colleague?want to share this group with other O&M professionals. Could you please send the link to join and any pertinent information about the group so we can share, share, share! We love being a part of this community!?
|
Head owner here… Jen: ? Here’s the information of two ways to sign on; however, if they aren’t able to get on this way, I can send an invite on the back-end to see if that works as well…. I know one person that hasn’t been able to subscribe at all or see the invite as some ISPs are just completely blocking groups.io? if it comes to that point, a separate webmail account may be required to participate in this group so you don’t miss out on message! ? (my email is: jenandnixon@...) ? ** ? TIP: once you have subscribed, etc, please note, you will need to periodically check your junk / spam mail folder on a regular basis, and MOVE messages to your inbox … DO NOT delete any groups.io messages you are a part of, as sometimes, groups.io will and can unsubscribe you!!! It is a small quirk that all of you will need to keep in mind. ? Here’s the instructions to subscribe, in one of two ways: ? Sign up via web site, easy step-by-step process with various log in options: ? /g/OandM ? OR via email: ? Group Email Addresses ??????? Post: [email protected] ??????? Subscribe: [email protected] ??????? Unsubscribe: [email protected] ??????? Group Owner: [email protected] ??????? Help: [email protected] ? ? Any questions, just holler… ? ? Jen and Parmesan ?
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Meghan Fredel
Sent: April 21, 2020 1:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: Rhode, Kay M. (ESC) <kay.rhode@...>
Subject: [OandM] Blurb about group?? Hello!
Myself and my colleague?want to share this group with other O&M professionals. Could you please send the link to join and any pertinent information about the group so we can share, share, share! We love being a part of this community!?
|
Hello! Myself and my colleague?want to share this group with other O&M professionals. Could you please send the link to join and any pertinent information about the group so we can share, share, share! We love being a part of this community!?
|
Keith Ford