Domain 3: O&M Assessment, Program Design and Delivery and Environmental Assessment and Modification 23 15

Question 1

What age range do the follow apply to?
Play based activities
O&M bag of tricks: kitchen timer with winding knob, large, uncluttered pictures of animals , brightly colored stuffed animal
Opportunities for choice
Motivating materials: waffle blocks as “track” (sidewalk) ; feather duster to practice wrist rotation; use map boards of magnets or Velcro to practice early mapping skills

Answer 1

0-5 age range

Question 2

What are some open-ended questions you can ask a student when they first become disoriented?

Answer 2

1. why do you believe you did something wrong?
2. When was the last time you knew you were on the right track?
3. Did anything unusual happen to you when you were walking after that time?
4. Which way should you be facing?

Question 3

What are some questions you can ask your student after she determines where she is, and then must decide what she did to become disoriented?

Answer 3

1. Why do you think this happened?
2. What should you have been attending to while you walked along?
3. What can you do next time this situation arises?

Question 4

What are some open-ended questions to ask your student to help them complete a route after being disoriented?

Answer 4

1. what direction are you be facing?
2. what direction should you be facing?
3. what landmark is coming up?
4. what part of the route pattern are you on?
5. where will you go to get back on track?
6. How will you know when you get there?

Question 5

Basic Outdoor O&M: How to assess lesson pacing and knowing when to move on

Answer 5

1. student exhibits consistency in a cane technique, whether sideawalk travel or shorelining, then he may be ready for a new cane skill.
2. displays basic orientation skills - locating and using landmarks - may be ready for compass directions, traffic, streets and their patterns, and sun for more advanced cues.
3. When student can use clues to determine a cue and detect his exact location, he is using higher level orientation skills.

Question 6

What is a great strategy to use to assess how well a low vision student knows a residential area?

Answer 6

Ask student to draw a map to include layout of area, place traffic signs, street names, appropriate destinations, direction of flow of traffic, etc.