Blind Baby Safe Mobility Curriculum/Teaching Residential Mobility Skills Wearing a Pediatric Belt Cane

  • $30

Teaching Residential Mobility Skills Wearing a Pediatric Belt Cane

  • Course
  • 12 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 ACVREP continuing education contact hours.

Contents

Introduction & Rationale
Assessment: Ready for residential travel?
Core Belt Cane Concepts (translate long-cane skills)
Friend's House & Inside Mobility Skills (rooms, thresholds, stairs)
Outside & Neighborhood Skills (driveways, sidewalks, mailbox)
Social Routines & Community Interaction
Data, Goals & IEP Language
Appendices & Practical Tools

Age-banded Residential Travel Skills Curriculum for Learners with a Mobility Visual Impairment or Blindness

Four age groups (toddlers, preschoolers, elementary, junior/senior high schoolers) have 25 goals: five per skill area, for a total of 100 goals across the curriculum. These are developmental teaching targets, not rigid age-based requirements. A learner's motor development, sensory access, communication style, and previous opportunities to practice should inform the pace and level of support.

25 Residential Skill Goals for Toddlers (age 1 to 3) - Motor, Concept, Language, Route, Social
25 Residential Skill Goals for Preschoolers (age 3 to 5) - Motor, Concept, Language, Route, Social
25 Residential Skill Goals for Elementary ages (age 6 to 10) - Motor, Concept, Language, Route, Social
25 Residential Skill Goals for Junior high through high school (age 11 to 22) - Motor, Concept, Language, Route, Social