Specialist in the provision of O&M services to the Tyrrell family, firstly through a blindness organisation and then as an independent service provider. A key factor in the success of the collaboration between the family and the O&M Specialist is the quality of the relationships developed since July 2012. These relationships have developed with each family member actively involved with Morgan and include her parents, Belinda and Danny; sister Mikeeli and grandparents Nannie (Ann) and Poppy (Kerry). All of the latter provide Morgan with O&M learning opportunities. It is acknowledged that Morgan is provided services by a Vision Impairment Consultant from Royal Institute of the Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) and an IST-V from the NSW Department of Education and Communities. Through the exploration of the experiences of the Tyrrell family and the O&M Specialist, we demonstrate that quality relationships have developed through trust, respect, transparency and acceptance; shared expectations and a shared belief in Morgan’s ability. This empowers each individual associated with Morgan to support her to optimise her functioning in the world. Denise Bind IMC15 Presentation Teaching students the skills and concepts for uncontrolled Guitar Foundation street crossings. New Zealand Following a street crossing workshop in Halifax with Dona Sauerburger, we saw the validity and necessity of teaching the skills needed to cross streets with no traffic control to teenagers with vision loss. Being OM specialists in a mostly rural, sparsely populated region of Canada, we had the additional challenge of getting the information to young people spread across a wide
Specialist in the provision of O&M services to the Tyrrell family, firstly through a blindness organisation and then as an independent service provider. A key factor in the success of the collaboration between the family and the O&M Specialist is the quality of the relationships developed since July 2012. These relationships have developed with each family member actively involved with Morgan and include her parents, Belinda and Danny; sister Mikeeli and grandparents Nannie (Ann) and Poppy (Kerry). All of the latter provide Morgan with O&M learning opportunities. It is acknowledged that Morgan is provided services by a Vision Impairment Consultant from Royal Institute of the Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) and an IST-V from the NSW Department of Education and Communities. Through the exploration of the experiences of the Tyrrell family and the O&M Specialist, we demonstrate that quality relationships have developed through trust, respect, transparency and acceptance; shared expectations and a shared belief in Morgan’s ability. This empowers each individual associated with Morgan to support her to optimise her functioning in the world. Denise Guitar Bind Foundation New Zealand IMC15 Presentation Teaching students the skills and concepts for uncontrolled street crossings. Following a street crossing workshop in Halifax with Dona Sauerburger, we saw the validity and necessity of teaching the skills needed to cross streets with no traffic control to teenagers with vision loss. Being OM specialists in a mostly rural, sparsely populated region of Canada, we had the additional challenge of getting the information to young people spread across a wide
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