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Other
Promote independence
Minimal interaction as possible
(shadow)
Ensure
Student safety
Route travel consistency
Provide
Human guide
Feedback to student
Opportunity to practice O&M goals
Other
Support O&M goals
Assist student in classroom
Demonstrate proper human guide
Encourage mobility cane use
Further alternate variations of the framework uncovered would differ in the
inclusion of a focus on O&M specific training needs coupled with special-education-
related training needs (non-O&M specific), which, in turn, increases the volume of
subject matter to cover in the training (see Table 14).
Table 14
Second Variation of the Framework
O&M specific training (only)
O&M specific training needs and
special-education-related (non-O&M
specific) training
Human guide
Basic cane skills
Basic orientation skills
Basic visual skills
Basic visual impairments
Blindisms
Descriptive language
O&M IEP goals
White cane knowledge
Basic route travel
Encouraging independence
Levels of prompting
Promoting problem solving
Basic multiple disabilities
Basic concept development
Ways to step back
Data collection
