Orientation and Mobility

Learning Numeric Keypad Layout: Activities
Screenshot of iPhone phone app displaying a numpad and text, "Numpad Layout"
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Touch typing should include the numeric keypad; does your student know and use the ten-key?
Crowd Sourced Lesson Library
Image of two student desks in front of a blackboard with the words, "lesson library"
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Need a lesson or have a lesson to share? Check out the Lesson Library!
ObjectiveEd: Wayfinding App
Cartoon drawing of buildings along a street with Points A & B and route arrow, with text, "Wayfinding App"
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Try this motivating app to teach orientation and mental mapping skills!
Map Concept: To Turn or Not To Turn
kindergarten student exploring a tactile store map with an O&M
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Should my student turn the map as he/she travels?
White Cane Day!
Kindergarten student walking on a sidewalk using a white cane and text, "White Cane Day!"
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October 15 is White Cane Day - here is a poem that celebrates white canes!
ObjectiveEd: Auditory Awareness
Cartoon image of Jose in a swivel chair with headphones holding an iPad and Sara standing behind him. "Audio Astroid: O&M Game"
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Learn how the Audio Astroid game teaches O&M concepts!
Whittier Falls Housing Development Map and "Circle" Concepts
Cartoon drawing of two homes, street, sidewalk and parked bicycle.
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Understanding the road name "circle" may actually represent various other shapes, such as a "U".
What Worked: Remote O&M instruction Ideas
Black and white image of a computer at home with screen displaying a cartoon person using a cane and text," Remote Instruction"
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Here is a back to school list of remote O&M instruction ideas!
Vermont Farm Lesson: Elementary Student
3 story red barn drawing with text, "Vermont Farm Lesson: Elementary Student"
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Farm lesson for elementary students which includes an accessible book, non-visual map, and activities!
Vermont Farm: Drawing Conclusions from an O&M Map
Image of 3 story red barn and text, "Farm Maps: High School"
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Learn about a Vermont farm using a non-visual digital map!

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