An Innovative Model for Training Orientation and Mobility Assistants

Abstract

This article reports on a federally funded short-term project that developed and implemented a model to prepare orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists to train and supervise O&M assistants (OMAs). Curriculum guidelines and training methods were developed, a national workshop to train presenters from seven regions of the United States and Canada was conducted, and the presenters held regional seminars to teach other certified O&M specialists how to train and supervise OMAs.