Slide 1:
As you enter, please take a minute to indicate which programming option you use on the posters attached to the wall.
- O&M instruction only
- O&M with existing driver’s education programming
- O&M with other curricula
Slide 2: 16 With No Wheels:How Do We Keep Moving Forward?
Molly Pasley and Lauralyn Randles
Illinois State University
February 15, 2018
Slide 3: Agenda
- Driving Requirements in IL
- Standard O&M Instruction for Ages 15+
- O&M Only
- O&M + Driver’s Ed
- O&M + Nondriving Curricula
- Moving Forward
Slide 4: Legal Driving Requirements in Illinois
- Unrestricted License:
- 20/40 best vision with or without corrective lenses
- At least 140 degree peripheral vision
- Daytime Only License:
- 20/41 - 20/70
Slide 5: Legal Driving Requirements in Illinois (cont.)
- Bioptics:
- The base lens must correct to 20/100 or better and the bioptic must correct to 20/40 or better for daytime driving only.
Slide 6: What happens when they do not meet the requirements?
Image: Formed around a circle. 1 Shock and denial (heading) with avoidance, confusion, fear, numbness, and blame under the heading. 2 Anger (heading) with frustration, anxiety, irritation, shame, and embarrassment under the heading. 3 Depression and detachment (heading) overwhelmed, helplessness, lack of energy, and blah under the heading. 4 Dialogue and Bargaining (heading) reaching out, desire to tell story, and struggle to find meaning under heading. 5 Acceptance (heading) exploring options and a new plan under heading. 6 Return to a meaningful life (heading) empowerment, security, self esteem, and meaning under the heading.
Slide 7: Poll
What do you use with your 15-year-old+ students who may not qualify for a license?
Let’s check your answers!
- O&M instruction only
- O&M with existing drivers education programming
- O&M with other curricula
Slide 8: What is the standard O&M for 15+?
- Walking along streets without sidewalks
- Navigating parking lots
- Using elevators and escalators
- Using revolving doors
- Traveling by fixed-route bus, paratransit, taxi, train, & subway
- Using a GPS
- Requesting and denying assistance from the public
- Crossing a variety of intersections (simple and complex; controlled and uncontrolled)
- Crating and using tactile maps
- Using electronic travel aids
Slide 9: Pros and Cons of O&M Only Instruction
Pros
- Focused, individualized instruction
- No square pegs in round holes (don’t just put them in a driver’s ed class because it’s a requirement)
- Can incorporate other skills from academics and ECC into O&M lessons
- Continuity of services and educational planning
- Cons
- O&Ms are not specialized in driver requirements and skills
- Our time with them is limited so teaching rules of the road can take away from other needed skills
- Tunnel vision: We hyper focus on teaching O&M skills and we can forget to teach the why of what drivers are doing
Slide 10: O&M Only
Is there a checklist of skills that needs to be covered or addressed in lieu of a curriculum?
How does teaching specialized driver and nondriver skills affect O&M service time?
Slide 11: Pros and Cons of O&M + Driver’s Education
Pros
- Understand behaviors of drivers
- Learn organization and layout of roads
- Learn meaning of different road signs to all travelers
- For students on the cusp of qualifying for bioptics, this provides opportunity for needed instruction as a prerequisite for bioptics
- Pairing the book with the authentic O&M experience provides a different depth of understanding
Cons
- Classmates do not understand purpose of student’s presence in the class
- Reinforces visual limitations
- Takes time away from other needed academics, resource needs, or elective desires
- Means to satisfy a graduation requirement so buy-in may not be there
- Driver-centric with little time spent on pedestrian safety or travel
Slide 12: O&M + Driver’s Education
Is it a meaningful use of time?
Should the O&M collaborate with the instructor?
Would using the Rules of the Road book for independent work suffice, provided it was graded?
What are some of the differences in driver’s education in rural and urban settings?
Slide 13: What curricula are out there to be used with O&M?
- Finding Wheels (1994) Book; geared toward adolescents and young adults with a visual impairment and are non drivers; currently out of print
- Going Places (2000) Hadley Course; aimed at individuals who have lost their ability to drive; FREE
- Reclaiming Independence: Staying in the driver seat when you no longer drive. (Reprint 2007) DVD; aimed at individuals who have lost their ability to drive;
DVD $50.00; Braille Resource $69 from APH
Which of these resources were you aware of?
Slide 14: Pros and Cons of O&M + Nondriving Curricula
Pros
- For a variety of different age groups and levels of visual loss
- Systematic and linear approach to the concepts of pedestrian and transit travel
- Address the social-emotional implications of not driving
- Cover a variety of transit options that may not be readily available in your area (Urban and Rural)
- Cover budgeting for travel options
Cons
- For a variety of different age groups and degrees of vision loss
- Either outdated or out of print
- Do not cover technology options, like GPS
- The Finding Wheels curriculum requires an O&M instructor to tailor the instruction to the traveler
- Time consuming
- All of the curricula require an additional person or prerequisite skills
Slide 15: O&M + Nondriving Curricula
For those of you who use one of these curricula, which do you use and how do you include it?
What is your traveler’s reception of the curriculum in use?
Slide 16: How Do We Move Forward?
What do you feel are the most important parts of O&M instruction for the 15+ population?
If you had all the time in the world with them, what would you include beyond street crossing, routes, and transit options?
Do you think an update to the available curricula is warranted?
What are your recommendations moving forward?
Slide 17: Want more in depth information?
Image: Presenter making crazed face in determination because we’re so dang excited about driver’s ed for nondrivers!
- Come check out Molly’s session today at 4:15pm in Room C
- Driver’s Ed: To Take or Not to Take, That Is My Question
Slide 18: Contact Information
Molly Pasley
Lauralyn Randles