A Step Forward

In this episode, we are going to be chatting all about assessments for students with multiple impairments.One of the pitfalls of assessing students with multiple impairments is thinking that your student doesn't have multiple impairments. 

So, today we will:

In this episode, we will talk about the skills that your instructional aide can teach and also determine where the line is, as far as if you look at the O&M inventory. And we will discuss when you can release the skills to the instructional aide and so that you can start to move on with other skills.

I will also be giving helpful tips on how to give anybody criticism so that way you can become the advocate for your students and hold their parents, their instructional aides, everybody accountable for how they treat the student, and how that can also impact the student's life.

When 4 successful people with visual impairments come together to share their life stories and their views on technology, independence, and O&M, it's magic. On today's episode, we have a panel of individuals who lead impressive lives and also happen to have visual impairments. 

If you work with people who have visual impairments or have a visual impairment yourself, this inspirational episode is for you! 

In this episode, we're gonna talk specifically to those O&M specialists who kind of feel like you're still trying to tread water. 

If you're still trying to figure out: 

If you're in the range, zero to 10 years of experience, or if you have a lot of experience, but you've just been really shy about presenting or sharing your information in any form, then this episode is for you. I think that this conversation can be kind of fun, but I think it's also going to be kind of uncomfortable. And I'm going to share with you some of my past failures, and use myself as an example of what it's looked like for me.

Want to rise up amongst the ranks to become an expert in our field? Need your presentation attendees to actually pay attention while they are there?  In this episode, we'll dive into the Art of Presenting so your in-service, presentation, and peer-led meeting participants stay engaged and you leave knowing you were able to actually make a difference in their lives.  

If you’ve been wanting to present at a conference, inservice, or any other peer-teaching moment, this week’s podcast episode is for you.

Let's take a walk down memory lane! In this episode, we'll go over the top 5 moments that made up the 2019 International O&M Online Symposium last year. The International O&M Online Symposium is the most efficient way to earn your CEU's and gain the tools you need to make a significant impact in the lives of your students. 

With current O&M Strategies, a community of dedicated O&M Specialists like you, and by using the power of the internet- you can enjoy all of the luxuries of an international conference without the hassle of travel. 

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It happens all the time. The moment we finally learn a new piece of technology, it changes. What if there was another way to think about how we teach technology skills? A way doesn't make us read every article and learn every new piece of technology? In this episode, we jump right into a casual conversation between myself, Kassy, and Tim Richard, a CATIS and COMS who owns his own business helping people with Visual Impairments increase their O&M, AT, and Daily Living Skills through the use of technology. 

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I've really been thinking about what makes an impactful Orientation and Mobility specialist. A couple of episodes back, we talked about how you can be more successful in your life and how to define what that looks like for you. Now, we're going to take that information and apply it here because I want to share with you the three traits that the most impactful O&M specialist has.

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In this ever-changing world, those who hold back and refuse to adapt get left behind. As Grace Murray Hopper said, “The most damaging phrase in the language is, ‘We've always done it this way’.” It is crucial, more than ever, to be fluid, to think forward and face the changes head-on. We, as Orientation and Mobility specialists, want to be on that leading edge, at the forefront of what's coming up and what to expect so that we will know where to put our time and energy.

I find this episode special because we are going to be chatting about the biggest predictions and trends that I see happening across our field for 2020, and some of them might surprise you.

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We are officially entering a new decade. And these last few days of 2019, we are somehow expected to make it count and finish strong. Social standards have changed over the years and in this day and age, it feels like we have to tick all the boxes on this criterion set by the society before we can claim ourselves as winners.

It has become such a competitive world that we find it hard to define SUCCESS.

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