Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind - AER Online

N VIPS@Home Parent University Series: Designed
to provide education and support to
parents/caregivers of young visually impaired
children - Charles ‘‘Burt’’ Boyer
Orientation & Mobility
N Deafblind Travelers Obtaining Assistance
When No Pedestrians Are Present - Eugene
Bourquin
N O&M Tic-Tac-Toe - Becky Smallwood
N Utilization of Web-based Maps for Orientation
and Mobility - Kevin Hollinger
N Yikes! Is this a safe strategy for crossing the
street? - Dona Sauerburger, Anne Marie
Laughlin
N Geocaching is For Everyone - Ann Hegstrom
N Step by Step - systematic cane instruction
and assessment - Dona Sauerburger
N Factors Contributing to the Increased Risk of
Falls Among the Elderly - Mary Ann Zelinsky
N Orientation and Mobility Specialists’ Positioning
Practices when Teaching Street Crossings:
Is there a Standard Approach? Kim
Zebehazy, George Zimmerman, Rebecca
Renshaw
N O&M Collaboration with families in the 21st
century: Introducing the ‘‘O&M Family Booklet’’
Software program - Fabiana Perla, Betsy
O’Donnell, Terrie Terlau
N How the presence and actions of quiet
vehicles impacts alignment, gap detection,
vehicle detection, and vehicle path discrimination
- Robert Wall Emerson, Dae Shik Kim
N Drop-off Detection with the Long Cane:
Effects of Cane Techniques, User Characteristics,
and Ergonomic Factors - Dae Shik Kim,
Robert Wall Emerson
N Who’s Sitting Next To You? A 2009 Survey of
AER Division 9 Members - Malinda Carlson,
Joanne Mechling
N They call me an Expert but I’m not an Expert!
How To See Yourself as the Expert You
Really Are! - Margaret Robinson
N Finding My Way on the Yellow Brick Road or
Traveling Through Oz with GPS: The
Experiences of Working with Three Systems
- Craig Phillips
54 | AER Journal: Research and Practice in Visual Impairment and Blindness
N Orientation and Mobility: There, Here and
Where. An investigation of the development of
O&M; the present challenges in the field;
and international issues and opportunities -
Michael Meteyer
N Yellow Tape is not a Barrier! Construction
which impacts public rights of ways, impact all
pedestrians, especially those who are blind.
Learn how Yellow Tape is not a recommended
barrier - Margaret Robinson
N Providing Route Familiarization to a Guide
Dog Team - Linda Torres
N Travel Instruction: Orientation and Mobility for
Everyone with a Disability. Using traditional
orientation and mobility techniques for the
visually impaired to teach sighted persons
with disabilities safe travel techniques - Diane
DeJong
N How and When to Use Various AMD
Configurations and Cane Modifications - Lynn
Gautreaux
N Repairing and Modifying Canes and Making
AMDs of Various Shapes, Sizes, and Configurations
- Lynn Gautreaux
N O&M Clinical Competencies Evaluation Matrix
(CCEM): Development and validation of a
new evaluation tool to assess the clinical
competencies of O&M interns - Rebecca
Renshaw
N Tactile Town: Expanding O&M Literacy -
Karen Poppe
N LOVCOMS, Low Vision Collaborative Orientation
& Mobility Study - Jim Deremeik
N Roundabouts: Issues and potential solutions
for pedestrians who are blind - Janet Barlow,
Richard Long
N Nonvisual cues for aligning to cross streets -
Janet Barlow, Billie (Beezy) Bentzen
N WiiCane: A new instructional tool for influencing
veering behavior - Eugene Bourquin
N Geocaching: Looking for small boxes in the
Woods using the million dollar GPS Technology.
Learn how you can have fun with a GPS
and a walk in the woods! - Margaret Robinson
N The Effects of Using Graduated Guidance to
Teach Students with Visual Impairments
Street Crossings - Tessa Wright
N O&M for visually impaired wheelchair users -
Scott Crawford