DORS-BESB Resource Library: Orientation and Mobility Section

The DORS/BESB resource library offers a section on Orientation and Mobility (O&M) that provides useful information for both beginning and experienced O&M specialists. Patrons will find textbooks and O&M curriculum resources as well as books offering approaches and practical tips about independent travel skills, transportation needs and practical tips for success. There are also books that highlight O & M for the older adult.

The following is a listing of the books contained in this section:

·  Orientation and Mobility Techniques: A Guide for the Practitioner

·  Instructor’s Manual – Orientation and Mobility (2 copies)

·  An Orientation and Mobility Primer for Families and Young Children

·  Reaching Crawling Walking… Let’s Get Moving – Orientation and Mobility for Preschool Children

·  How Does a Blind Person Get Around?

·  The Road to Freedom: A Parent’s Guide to Prepare the Blind Child to Travel Independently

·  Basic Indoor Mobility Self-Study Course

·  Nucleus of AER Orientation and Mobility Archives at the Maryland School for the Blind

·  Preschool Orientation and Mobility Screening

·  “Simon Says” Is not the Only Game (2 copies)

·  Independence Training for Visually Handicapped Children

·  TAPS: An Orientation & Mobility Curriculum for Students with Visual Impairments

·  TAPS: An Orientation & Mobility Curriculum for Students with Visual Impairments: Comprehensive Assessment and Ongoing Evaluation of

·  Standing on My Own Two Feet

·  Access to Mass Transit for Blind and Visually Impaired Travelers

·  Finding Wheels (2 copies)

·  Foundations of Orientation and Mobility (Vols. 1-2)

·  Hand In Hand: A Trainer’s Manual

·  Hand In Hand Vol. 1

·  Hand in Hand Vol. 2

·  Movement and Fundamental Motor Skills for Sensory Deprived Children

·  Imagining the Possibilities

·  The Art and Science of Teaching Orientation and Mobility to Persons with Visual Impairments

·  O&M for Independent Living

·  Orientation and Mobility: Techniques for Independence

·  Basic Spanish for Orientation and Mobility