Karen Walker Owner/President of Allied Instructional Services, also a teacher of the visually impaired/orientation and mobility instructor, teaches toddler orientation and mobility using a cane that is light enough for the young student still developing wrist strength, to be able to not just push the cane in front of her to ensure a clear path of travel, but to actually move it from side to side, tap objects, and explore her environment as seen in the video. For more about becoming an orientation and mobility instructor yourself, or becoming part of the Allied Instructional Services Team, visit www.alliedinstructional.com or call 804-368-8475
Please please please buy your child and Amtech cane with a rolling tip. Those metal tips are horrible . Those tips get stuck in the recesses. If you do nothing else, please get an ambient cane. They actually make toddler canes and they’re amazing.
She is so sweet. My blind child is 18 moths old anh he started walking 1 moth ago. What kind of cane did the little girl use? I want to buy one for my son. Thank you!
Oh trust me! I see all sorts of things I see I could improve upon when I video my lessons and look back and reflect on them! Several things I would have done differently on this one if I could do it over again. As a professionally trained orientation and mobility instructor, we still are not perfect. In the case of calling a 2 year old to come towards my voice by saying “this way” though, what directions would you have given instead that a 2 year old could conceptually understand?
I'm not even told me why I am partially blind and I still run into I don't know how many things yeah sure I ran into three things and I actually got a bump in my head and it really hurts really bad and knowing how well she does makes me happy and makes me think I need to try harder.
