| Description |
1 online resource (383 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; About the Authors; 1 Preparing for Teaching: Comprehensive Assessment; 2 Laying the Groundwork for Creative Instruction: O & M Plan Basics; 3 Making Learning Meaningful and Fun: Elements of Innovative Instruction; 4 Teaching Concepts Creatively: Theory and Best Practices; 5 Integrating Individual Teaching and Learning Styles: Motivating O & M Instruction; 6 Selecting Training Environments: Sites for Different Students; 7 Choosing Teaching Materials: Maps, Models, Manipulatives, and More |
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8 Working with Others:Collaboration, Professional Development, and Public RelationsReferences; Sources of Products; Index of Activities; Index; Narrative Descriptions; Back Cover |
| Summary |
Imagining the possibilities explores approaches to creative methods on how to teach various orientation and mobility (O & M) techniques to people who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities. This is a hands-on teaching resource for preservice and practicing O & M specialists. It offers materials, samples, and creative teaching strategies that will effectively help students. Each chapter in Imagining the possibilities provides specific examples and strategies for assessment and instruction in O & M, including Idea Boxes with teaching tips, sample lesson plans, and appendices that give sample materials |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Blind -- Orientation and mobility -- Study and teaching
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People with visual disabilities -- Orientation and mobility -- Study and teaching
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Orientation and mobility instructors -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Blind -- Orientation and mobility -- Study and teaching.
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Orientation and mobility instructors.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Petersmeyer, Barbara A
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| ISBN |
9780891285861 |
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0891285865 |
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