VIDBE-Q Volume 65 Issue 3
will look like when we return to this fall. I think I have heard every scenario for
schools from rural to urban being much different, but that forces us to take the
good and the bad from spring and take a leap of faith for the fall. As a whole,
vision teachers along with orientation and mobility specialists compiled an unheard
of amount of resources to work with students. In that compilation we discovered
accessibility issues, technology and communication barriers and additionally and
really most importantly, the situations with which families sank or swam. Teams
are able to meet collaboratively in just about every way remotely these days. The
case managers' roles for our students this fall will be more important than ever to
facilitate communication amongst service providers. Multiple parents shared in our
discussions that they felt they never knew who or what specific goals or activities
were being targeted during the school day. This led to more discussion about the
question, what their children are truly capable of, especially those with children
with multiple disabilities. Having that open communication of classroom activities
and revisiting individual goals could be very beneficial. In a virtual situation, an
example of this would be focusing on the students' ability to demonstrate their
ability to communicate and perform everyday tasks in the home to some extent
with parents video-taping, or live streaming with school providers. Even playing
games is incredibly motivating! An activity that I have used for several of my
students during this time, including summer school, was to do virtual field trips
