?Announcing an informative webinarNot a member? For FREE CEUs, join OMSA?.The Orientation and Mobility Specialist Association (OMSA) is proud to host the following webinar with 1.5 CEUs exclusively for current OMSA members?on March 6, 2025: ? A Delphi Approach to Examining the Role of Paraprofessionals in Orientation and Mobility, presented by Dr. Nicholas B. Casias, Ed.D., COMS Thursday March 6, 2025? 7-8:30 PM Eastern Cost: No Charge to Attend While CEs are only available to current OMSA members, all orientation and mobility professionals who are interested are welcome to attend.
*The CEs are awarded by ACVREP and approved by ACVREP and NBPCBTo receive the webinar link, please? ? Presenter: ? Dr. Nicholas B. Casias, Ed.D., COMS Dr. Nicholas Casias serves as Assistant Professor in the Orientation and Mobility Program in the Division of Special Education & Counseling. Dr. Casias is a certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist and holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of La Verne. His dissertation, The Roles and Responsibilities of Paraprofessionals Who Work with Students with Visual Impairments in Public Schools, has been used as a framework for professional development for O&M practitioners in school settings and pre-service training in university personnel preparation. He is the Board President of the Southern California Association of Orientation and Mobility Specialists and is engaged with local, regional, and national issues in the O&M field. Dr. Casias has extensive K-12 public school experience as an O&M specialist and has held a Clinical Rehabilitative Services credential in Orientation and Mobility since 2011. In addition to his work with K-12 students, Dr. Casias has experience as a clinical supervisor for O&M credential candidates at both Portland State University and Cal State LA. ? Details:? Following a charge from the Orientation and Mobility (O&M) Division of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, a study was undertaken to establish a set of parameters for paraprofessionals who could provide services under the direction of credentialed O&M specialists. The primary objective of this study was to establish roles and responsibilities in O&M services for paraprofessionals in the educational system and adult rehabilitation facilities. ? Attendees will learn about: Results of a study that was undertaken to establish a set of parameters for paraprofessionals who could provide services under the direction of credentialed O&M specialists. Applying results of the study to their own Orientation and Mobility instructional practices. Utilizing resources currently available to support paraprofessionals and O&M specialists instructional practices.
? Intended Audience: Orientation and Mobility Specialists ? All who are interested are welcome to attend.? Registered OMSA Members will automatically be emailed a link to the CEU form. Recordings will be made available in our LiveBinders at?after CEUs have been issued.? 1.5 CEUs will be provided exclusively for Current OMSA members.? The CEs are awarded by ACVREP and approved by ACVREP and NBPCB?? | 
