Featured Courses

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Evaluating MVI/B and Motor Development in Children

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  • 18 Lessons

This course teaches the assessment and evaluation for identifying a mobility visual impairment or blindness in children. The Ambrose-Zaken MVI Assessment aids professionals in calculating the impact MVI/B has had on a child's motor skill abilities. Video demonstrations included. Earn 3 hours of ACVREP CEUs.

  • Free

Helpful Handouts for Program Planning

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Helpful handouts for program planning.

  • $20

Instructional Strategies for Learners with Intellectual Disabilities Wearing a Pediatric Belt Cane

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  • 20 Lessons

Program Goal: Teach blind and mobility-visually-impaired children with additional disabilities to move safely, confidently, and purposefully across daily routines using a belt-worn tactile preview system that supports balance, posture, and constant environmental access. Video demonstrations included. Earn 10 hours of ACVREP CEUs.

  • $20

Instructional Strategies for Learners with a Motor impairment wearing the Pediatric Belt Cane

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  • 13 Lessons

Program Goal: Teach blind and mobility-visually-impaired children with additional disabilities to move safely, confidently, and purposefully across daily routines using a belt-worn tactile preview system that supports balance, posture, and constant environmental access. Video demonstrations included. Earn 3 ACVREP CEUs.

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Introducing the Child to the Pediatric Belt Cane

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  • 14 Lessons

Introducing new devices to young MVI/B children who appear resistant to unfamiliar experiences, requires thoughtful strategy, patience, and consistent adult guidance. These lessons provide a step-by-step guidance for successful adoption of the Pediatric Belt Cane, drawing on proven strategies and real-world examples. Video demonstrations included. Earn 7 hours of ACVREP CEUs.

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Learn to Fit the Pediatric Belt Cane for MVI/B Children

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  • 6 Lessons

This course teaches the method for measuring a child for a Pediatric Belt Cane and determining whether the child's Belt Cane fits correctly. Video demonstrations included. Earn 1 hour of ACVREP CEUs.

  • $20

O&M for MVI/B Children with Concomitant Disabilities Using the Pediatric Belt Cane

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  • 14 Lessons

This lesson focuses strategies used with success with children with concomitant disabilities wearing a Pediatric Belt Cane confidently, and purposefully across daily routines. Video demonstrations included. Earn 3 ACVREP credits.

  • $20

Pediatric Belt Canes in Community Environments

  • Course
  • 7 Lessons

Course Overview Developmentally appropriate O&M instruction for MVI/B children wearing the Belt Cane in community environments. These lessons are adapted for children with also assessed with motor or intellectual disabilities. Lessons are built on the principle that constant tactile warning and ongoing balance support greatly increases independence and safety in community environments.

  • $20

Teaching Children with a MVI/B Motor Skills Wearing a Pediatric Belt Cane

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  • 21 Lessons

This course teaches how to include the Pediatric Belt Cane into early motor skills of learning to sit, stand, and walk while wearing the Pediatric Belt Cane. It was designed for parents and professionals when working directly with a child with a mobility visual impairment or blindness. Video demonstration included. Earn 10 ACVREP CEUs.

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Teaching MVI/B Child wearing a Pediatric Belt Cane through Play

  • Course
  • 14 Lessons

The course teaches play skills for children with a mobility visual impairment or blindness wearing a Pediatric Belt Cane. Activities focus on how to teach play skills, concepts, and language through silly and formal games. Video demonstrations included. Earn 7 hours ACVREP CEUs.

  • $10

Teaching Pediatric Belt Cane - Cane Skills

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  • 3 Lessons

This course provides step-by-step guidance for teaching Pediatric Belt Cane skills drawing on proven strategies and real-world examples. Video demonstrations included. Earn 3 hours of ACVREP CEUs.

  • $30

Teaching Residential Mobility Skills Wearing a Pediatric Belt Cane

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  • 9 Lessons

This course includes teaches-core-curriculum–aligned program skills with the Pediatric Belt Cane. It blends evidence-based O&M principles (family-centered instruction, routine-embedded learning, anticipatory/tactile strategies) with practical, age-appropriate activities for residential settings. Video demonstrations included. Earn 5 hours of ACVREP CEUs.

Bio section

Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken, COMS

Renown expert in O&M for learners with a visual impairment/blindness

Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken is the president and CEO of Safe Toddles, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing safe, independent mobility for children with a mobility visual impairment or blindness. She invented the Pediatric Belt Cane, a breakthrough innovation that transformed blind mobility. Dr. Ambrose-Zaken is the leading expert in orientation and mobility for learners with a mobility visual impairment or blindness.