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EARLY BIRD: AR-AER Conference
The Arkansas chapter of AER will be hosting their annual conference on September 17-18, 2020!
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Join us for this exciting virtual event as we “Build a Stronger Vision in 20/20". We are excited to be joined by a phenomenal?group of presenters:? Barry Kran, Kevin McCormack, Yue-Ting Siu, and Darick Wright.??
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Early bird registration ends August 31st,?so register today!
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Conference registration and our updated?schedule can be found on our website:?.? |
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How hybrid O&M works: Sara helps Maya with directionality
开云体育Watch how hybrid O&M works: A short whiteboard video explaining how ObjectiveEd hybrid O&M is fun and effective for students. --Marty Schultz President, Objective Ed |
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Re: “Automatic Sensor to cross” - help me!!!
开云体育Contacted the manufacturer they gave me the tech support person to ask questions of by the name of chad ?3178422545?I had asked what the approach radius of the unit is or how to activate them if you had been standing at the curb for awhile via their chat box. Hope it helps! Amanda? On Aug 12, 2020, at 9:41 AM, HOLLINGER, KEVIN via groups.io <kevin.hollinger@...> wrote:
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Re: “Automatic Sensor to cross” - help me!!!
Good day. It seems to me that the sensor is not working, as it should have picked you up at the pedestrian crossing area. Call the traffic engineer to find out what is going on. With type of system an APS should have need added to let a ped know that it was activated and that when the walk signal is on.
These systems have been around for awhile but not used a lot. It limits the need for a ped to locate the button to push. It is like when a car drives up to a red light and it switches to let them go because a sensor was triggered from a loop in the ground that where the car waiting. (Actuation for peds walking cycle). They should have included an APS to be activated along with a tactile indicator to let a DB ped know that the walk signal has been activated and is on. I would be interested to hear about your conversation with the traffic engineer, as this design just made the whole crossing inaccessible to a ped who is blind or has deafblindness. Meg Robertson COMS Director Orientation & Mobility Department Massachusetts Commission for the Blind 600 Washington St. Boston MA 02111 Meg.Robertson@... 617-626-7581 ________________________________________ From: OandM <oandm-bounces@...> on behalf of HOLLINGER, KEVIN via OandM <oandm@...> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 12:41 PM To: O&M List Serve AER; [email protected]; Omsa Subject: Re: [OandM] “Automatic Sensor to cross” - help me!!! You are subscribed to the AER OandM Listserv, administered by The Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired. To unsubscribe from this list, go to and follow the instructions to unsubscribe. ________________________________________ OandM mailing list OandM@... |
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Re: “Automatic Sensor to cross” - help me!!!
开云体育I’m sorry I forgot to upload the pictures. A brief description follows:Picture one: a picture of the pedestrian sign indicating “automatic sensor to cross“ with an arrow pointing left (which indicates a crossing from east to west)
Picture two: a picture with the perspective of the intersection from the north east corner facing the north west corner.
Picture three: a picture of the sensor on top of the pole of the pedestrian crossing signal. The center is labeled “smart walk XP“
~ ~ ~ Kevin Hollinger CATIS, COMS, NBCT-ENS, TVI Francis Howell School District 636-851-6143?office 636-851-4133?fax On Aug 12, 2020, at 11:31 AM, HOLLINGER, KEVIN <Kevin.Hollinger@...> wrote:
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“Automatic Sensor to cross” - help me!!!
开云体育Friends....I need your help. I put my feet in the street to re-scout walking routes for a few students to walk to their new middle school.?To my surprise there is no longer a button to act ?I care the pest signal to cross from East to West at a a t-intersection. The north side of the intersection has the only East/West crosswalk.?
I noticed the Pedestrian sign says “automatic sensor to cross” (for both East/West and North/South. I have no experience with this and I could not get the sensor to actuate either crossing. The push buttons at the south east corner and the northwest corner
both work. So, I ask you… How do you you teach a sensored crossing. I’ve placed calls to request a check on the sensor (labeled “smartwalk XP“). Interestingly, when you push either button it stops traffic all three ways.
If you have experience and wouldn’t have time to call me to help me I would greatly appreciate it!
Shout out to western Michigan for teaching us to always initially scout and re-scout your instructional routes :-)
~ ~ ~ Kevin Hollinger CATIS, COMS, NBCT-ENS, TVI Francis Howell School District 636-851-6143?office 636-851-4133?fax |
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One teacher and middle school O&M students: why her students liked Wayfinding Game
开云体育Sandy explains why ObjectiveEd O&M? distance learning system helped her students. Sandy Coller, an O&M teacher at the Los Angeles Unified School District, talks? about using ObjectiveEd's Wayfinding game with middle school students. |
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Webinar: Hybrid O&M - Lessons learned from providing distance O&M through the Extended School Year
开云体育We will be sharing best practices from O&Ms and TVIs that used ObjectiveEd’s distance/hybrid curriculum over the past 5 months. We will teach you how to use this gamified curriculum for hybrid teaching in the fall 2020 semester. ? You will receive 1.0 ACVREP CEU. REGISTER NOW AT:
--Marty Schultz President, Objective Ed |
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Re: One teacher and 4 O&M students: how she adjusted to distance learning
Awesome! Thank you. Parents are powerful allies and need our support. On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 11:18 AM Marty Schultz <marty@...> wrote:
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Amy T. Parker, Ed.D. & COMS |
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One teacher and 4 O&M students: how she adjusted to distance learning
开云体育Beth Sutton, COMS/CVRT, talks about having to switch to distance learning, almost overnight, and how she worked with parents. WATCH NOW AT: --Marty Schultz President, Objective Ed |
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VRT talks about changing to remote O&M
开云体育Diane Colburn from Lighthouse SW Florida discusses how she is using ObjectiveEd O&M games for students to practice. WATCH NOW AT: --Marty Schultz President, Objective Ed |
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Re: SOMA O&M conference -- exciting virtual platform
开云体育Thanks for asking, Tara!? We are exploring a relatively new platform
called 10Times – we’re working out details to make sure they can accommodate the
captioning service.?
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I took someone on a tour of it yesterday and her mind was blown when she
saw how we could find people in the lobby and then grab a table in the lounge so
we can talk, peek into exhibit booths and talk with the vendors, etc.? All
the presentations will be LIVE (not recorded) and engage the audience.
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We really need to know if you’re thinking of coming, so If you are, PLEASE
register by THIS FRIDAY? -- we intend to recruit more speakers next week if
it looks like we’ll have more than 250 people, so we can keep the audience small
enough to interact and be engaged.?
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The Early-Bird $99 registration fee is completely refundable till
September, so if you think you might come, please by
Friday (and save $20 in your registration fee!).? For more information and
look at the amazing program, go to
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Enjoy!
-- Dona From: Tara Nelson Bowie
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2020 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [OandM] SOMA O&M conference -- I should have
explained . . . ?
This sounds exciting!!! Can’t wait to have our team sign up! Can I ask what
platform SOMA will be using? ?
On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 2:10 PM Dona Sauerburger
<dona@...> wrote:
Tara Nelson
Bowie
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Re: SOMA O&M conference -- I should have explained . . .
This sounds exciting!!! Can’t wait to have our team sign up! Can I ask what platform SOMA will be using? On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 2:10 PM Dona Sauerburger <dona@...> wrote:
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Recommending a video series for early education providers of O&M
Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken, COMS
开云体育New belt cane request came through. Asked about mobility tool usage, reply was, "My son will be 2 in October. He is blind in both eyes with scar tissue
covering his central vision. His O&M wants to begin using the rod cane by the time he turns 2." (This means he currently has no mobility tool for safe mobility)
Just to be clear- when an O&M specialist says a two year old is going to being using a rod cane- she means "hold it" for a little bit of the time, and
with constant prompting, by age three- the child might be able to hold it for longer in cross body position.
A newly blind adult successfully uses a long cane in arc motion- one step/one swipe in about 15 minutes.
Part 4 of this 5-part series of videos of a three year old girl shows a really big difference between her using rod cane and wearing her cane- she runs
wearing her belt cane, she gets left behind walking so cautiously with the rod cane.
Sincerely,
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:
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Hunter College ITI Programs: Advanced Certificate in TVI
and O&M?
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SOMA O&M conference -- I should have explained . . .
开云体育Hi everyone!? Someone just asked – oops!? I neglected to
explain:
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’There will be more than 15 hours of O&M sessions at our “LIVE” online
SOMA Conference December 14-15, 2020 – and YES, they are all
ACVREP-approved!?
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None of it will be recorded – that’s why we call it “LIVE”!? The
presentations will have live captioning upon request.
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Meanwhile I’m excited because I made arrangements to meet a colleague at
the conference.? I had lost touch with her years ago, and when I saw her
name in the registration, I reached out and we agreed to meet in the
lounge.? I’m really looking forward to sitting down with her and catching
up!
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DEADLINE reminder – this Friday is the last day for the Early-Bird
registration.? More info at .
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Enjoy!
-- Dona From: Dona
Sauerburger
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2020 1:06 PM
Subject: SOMA "LIVE" online conference -- you aint seen ANYTHING
like this! ?
Hi everyone!?
I’ve never been more excited about an O&M
conference than I am about
the “LIVE” online SOMA O&M conference
December 14-15, 2020 (
next Friday is the deadline for the
Early-Bird registration )!!?
? PROGRAM:? First of all, the response to the Call for Papers was awesome -- great ideas from newbies (they inspire me with their fresh perspectives!) and O&M veterans, figuring out how to provide O&M during the pandemic, thinking about standards and where we want to go, and some thoughtful reflections on topics I hadn’t even considered.? Want to see it for yourself?? . ? PLATFORM:? Secondly, we have found a platform that will knock your socks off!? When you log in, you can go see who is in the “lobby” and chat with them, or just walk into the “lounge” and find a table with folks you want to sit down and visit.? Or you can see what’s new at the exhibitors’ “booths” and go inside to talk with them.? A huge “THANK YOU” to Brad Blair and Jack Mitchell for testing to make sure the platform is accessible! ? INTERACTIVE!? Third, the presenters are excited (and, let’s be honest, a little nervous!) about making their sessions interactive.? Some will be asking YOU questions and bringing you into the discussion, some will break you into groups so you can discuss the implications of what you learned or figure out how to apply it, and come back to the main room and share your ideas. ? WARNING:? This is not your typical webinar we all snore through while playing CandyCrush in our pajamas, as I have done (more than once!).? You’ll want to come prepared to BE there, just as you would if you were there in person! Get dressed in something fun, and turn off your phone and distractions because you’ll be engaged and active the whole time.? ? But don’t worry about being overloaded – although the day will be long (10 AM to 7:30 PM Eastern) so we can include people on both sides of the country (and our NZ presenter!), we built in lots of breaks so you can catch your breath or get your lunch/dinner (or go see what mischief you can make in the lounge, and check out what’s new at the exhibits!). ? Speaking of wearing something fun – we will have a contest next month to design a commemorative T-shirt and/or bag, so put on your thinking cap and come up with some ideas! ? DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: Next Friday (July 31) is the deadline for the Early-Bird registration of $99, which is completely refundable if you request it by September.? ? For registration, go to ? For more information, go to ?
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Georgia Vision Educators Statewide Training
开云体育ALL IN THIS TOGETHER…?Virtually ? Georgia Educators are excited to announce that the show must go on!!!! Our annual GVEST is normally a 3 Day Professional Development Extravaganza, however due to the “New Normal”, we are presenting ongoing professional development throughout the school year! You can participate from the comfort of your home or office by logging onto our virtual platform! ?There will be a series of 7 sessions over the course of the year.? The dates of the sessions are listed in the flyer attached! ?FREE Registration Coming Soon! YES!!!! FREE! ? Although registration is free, GVEST is accepting donations to support hosting quality presentations to meet the needs of our participants. You can support GVEST through several different fundraising opportunities by purchasing GVEST swag! T-Shirts are in progress! Our first fundraiser item is a black face mask featuring the GVEST logo.? ? ? ?Get the most current GVEST info at Remember to see attachment for details on each session. Tara Bowie, M.Ed., TVI, COMS Outreach Education Program Specialist Smokey Powell AT Center Georgia Academy for the Blind -GVEST Committee Member- ? ? ? Sent from for Windows 10 ? |
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Re: ADA Anniversary Message to share
开云体育No, Donna, It’s the one offered through the Great Plains ADA Center tied in with the big or what was the largest ADA Symposium before the pandemic. It’s those ACTCP initials in my sig, which is such a cumbersome title, I can’t even get it right half the time. If others are interested, check it out at adacoordinater.org. ? ? Sheila Styron, ACTCP Blindness Low Vision Specialist II
3710 Main Street, Kansas City, MO? 64111 direct 816-627-2217? |? main 816-561-0304? |? mobile 816-896-6552? |? fax 816-931-0534 Follow us on Facebook: ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Smith, Donna
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 10:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OandM] ADA Anniversary Message to share ? Thanks, Sheila for the kind words and for working in the trenches with me to improve access to transportation among other things! ? Did you go through the ADA boot camp taught by Marilyn Golden? It was a very intensive week-long course. ? Donna ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Sheila Styron via groups.io ?
? Donna, ? Thank you so very much for creating this 30 year ADA anniversary video. I laughed, felt inspired and related to your timeline references. I am going to share your video far and wide, not to mention brag that I know you a little. Thanks again, and congratulations! P.S. Embarrassing Confession: Although I was the first person who is blind to become a certified ADA trainer, in 1990, I was barely aware of its passage. ? ? Sheila Styron, ACTCP Blindness Low Vision Specialist II
3710 Main Street, Kansas City, MO? 64111 direct 816-627-2217? |? main 816-561-0304? |? mobile 816-896-6552? |? fax 816-931-0534 Follow us on Facebook: ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Smith, Donna ? Hi All. I hope this note finds you all safe and well. ? I created a short video presentation for the 30th ADA anniversary and just wanted to share it with you. Feel free to share as you think appropriate. ? ? I did not include my contact information on any of the slides, so feel free to share my contact information in my footer. ? Happy almost weekend! ? Donna ? Donna Smith, ADAC Manager Accessible Services Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Sound Transit 206-370-5534 (office) 703-505-4642 (mobile) ? ATTENTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Do not open attachments or click on links unless you have confirmed the identity of the sender. ATTENTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Do not open attachments or click on links unless you have confirmed the identity of the sender. |
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Re: ADA Anniversary Message to share
开云体育Thanks, Sheila for the kind words and for working in the trenches with me to improve access to transportation among other things! ? Did you go through the ADA boot camp taught by Marilyn Golden? It was a very intensive week-long course. ? Donna ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
Sheila Styron via groups.io
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2020 8:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OandM] ADA Anniversary Message to share ?
? Donna, ? Thank you so very much for creating this 30 year ADA anniversary video. I laughed, felt inspired and related to your timeline references. I am going to share your video far and wide, not to mention brag that I know you a little. Thanks again, and congratulations! P.S. Embarrassing Confession: Although I was the first person who is blind to become a certified ADA trainer, in 1990, I was barely aware of its passage. ? ? Sheila Styron, ACTCP Blindness Low Vision Specialist II
3710 Main Street, Kansas City, MO? 64111 direct 816-627-2217? |? main 816-561-0304? |? mobile 816-896-6552? |? fax 816-931-0534 Follow us on Facebook: ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Smith, Donna ? Hi All. I hope this note finds you all safe and well. ? I created a short video presentation for the 30th ADA anniversary and just wanted to share it with you. Feel free to share as you think appropriate. ? ? I did not include my contact information on any of the slides, so feel free to share my contact information in my footer. ? Happy almost weekend! ? Donna ? Donna Smith, ADAC Manager Accessible Services Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Sound Transit 206-370-5534 (office) 703-505-4642 (mobile) ? ATTENTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Do not open attachments or click on links unless you have confirmed the identity of the sender. |