Division on Visual Impairments

VIDBE-Q 65.3 Summer 2020

A quarterly newsletter from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Visual Impairments containing practitioner tips for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and other professionals.

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VIDBE-Q Volume 65 Issue 3 Standard 4: Travel Techniques. B. Route Navigation. C. Traffic Pattern Concepts. D. Street Crossings. Plan and travel basic route and return route patterns (O&M-S4-3B). Plan and travel complex routes and return routes (O&M-S4-7B). Communicate routes in step-by-step, sequential directions, and predicts travel time (O&M-S4-7B). Generalize skills in orientation, travel, problem solving, information gathering, and assistance seeking at an advanced level to plan and execute safe and efficient goal- directed travel (O&M-S4- 12B). Demonstrate and communicate advanced knowledge and skill application in virtual environments that include complex intersections and traffic controls under all lighting and weather conditions (O&M-S4- 12C). Go for virtual walks of familiar areas and routes using Google Street View. Identify intersection shapes. Make high contrast pictures of intersections from a bird's-eye or street view, and have the student determine the intersection's shape. Practice route planning. Use Google Maps to plan a trip to a preferred location. Explore a city the student has never visited. Discuss how the student would travel there, how long it would take to get there, and what types of items they would need to bring. Intersection Analysis using "Street View." Review familiar intersections. Reinforce safe crossing techniques. Virtually "box" the intersection describing when they would cross safely, flag their cane, and listen and/or visually scan for perpendicular traffic as they are crossing.

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