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Peer reviewedMacWilliam, Laurel J. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1980
The article describes a curriculum for the visually handicapped which provides instruction in the four basic facets of landmark travel. The concepts included in the curriculum are: (1) learning the concept of landmarks, (2) remaining oriented to landmarks, (3) following direction based on landmarks, and (4) giving verbal directions based on them.…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Daily Living Skills, Program Descriptions, Travel Training
Vopata, Alvin E. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1973
The sequential orientation and mobility curriculum of the Iowa Braille and Sightsaving School offers visually handicapped students 127 lessons in five flexibly structured units comprising indoor, campus, residential, basic business, and advanced travel units. (MC)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Exceptional Child Education, Program Descriptions, Travel Training
Webster, Richard – New Outlook for the Blind, 1976
A concept development program to prepare first and second grade blind children for future mobility training was established at the Illinois Braille and Sight Saving School in Jacksonville, Illinois. (Author)
Descriptors: Blindness, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
Wells, Richard T. – 1979
Randolph Technical College (RTC) and the Division of Services for the Blind of the North Carolina Department of Human Resources have cooperated for two years on a program to provide blind students with the opportunity to receive instruction in a traditional classroom setting on a college campus. Problems encountered in the early stages of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Blindness, Braille
Canter, Patricia; And Others – 1977
The services of the Living Skills Center for the Visually Handicapped, a habilitative service for blind young adults, are described. It is explained that the Center houses its participants in their own apartments in a large complex and has served over 70 young people in 4 years. The evaluation section describes such assessment instruments as an…
Descriptors: Cleaning, Clothing Instruction, Daily Living Skills, Hygiene
Download full textMultnomah County Intermediate Education District, Portland, OR. – 1968
An introduction on blindness is followed by a summary of the initial planning grant proposal for cooperative statewide orientation and mobility program for blind children. Background, development, and utilization of mobility-orientation training are discussed in conjunction with educational programs, guide dogs, canes, mobility readiness,…
Descriptors: Administration, Blindness, Cooperative Programs, Demography
Bourland, Eric, Ed. – NICHCY Transition Summary, 1996
This issue consists of a collection of articles that focus on the types of skills and programs that youth with disabilities need to travel independently. Articles include: (1) "An Introduction to Travel Training" (Margaret M. Groce) discusses the support for travel training provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Basic Education, Child Rearing, Civil Rights Legislation
