VIDBE-Q Volume 65 Issue 3
Eric Caruso, Coordinator, Orientation & Mobility
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
ecaruso2@unl.edu
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), with help from the Nebraska
Department of Education (NDE) and the Office of Special Education Programs
(OSEP), are accepting their first cohort of students into the Orientation and
Mobility (O&M) program this fall. The O&M program at UNL is a master's
degree endorsement area that will fully prepare students to sit for the Academy for
Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals (ACVREP) O&M
certification exam.
The program is a full master's program that conducts most class sessions
online with a six week on-campus commitment for one summer session. The
online portion of the program consists of foundational courses which are necessary
for entering the field of visual disabilities as well as O&M courses that will prepare
students for their skills courses that will take place in Lincoln. During the six-week
session that is held on UNLs campus, students engage in the skills courses which
University of Nebraska-Lincoln:
Orientation and Mobility Program
