Greetings,
I am writing to invite you to participate in a research project titled
"Survey for Blind Orientation and Mobility Specialists". If you have already
completed this survey please disregard this email. We appreciate your
feedback.
Currently I am working with a research team (Dr. Laura Bozeman, Director of
Vision Studies, UMass Boston, School for Global Inclusion and Social
Development, University of Massachusetts Boston; The Nguyen, Vitalis Othuon,
Kyle Steinle, TTU research assistants; Anita Page, TTU research aide) on a
research project to learn about the accommodations, teaching strategies, and
resources used when blind orientation and mobility specialists are teaching
orientation and mobility to students who are blind/visually impaired. Dr.
Edward Bell from NOMS was instrumental in the development of the survey. The
results of this research project will help us develop a list of
accommodations university preparation programs in orientation and mobility
can use when they have students in their programs who are blind/visually
impaired. In this project you will be asked to complete a survey with some
basic demographic information (e.g., education, gender) and information
concerning the identification of accommodations, teaching techniques, and
resources you use to teach orientation and mobility (O&M) skills to students
with visual impairments. This survey will take about 15-20 minutes of your
time, and we will use the results for this research study. We will not
identify you individually. It is anonymous. To show our appreciation for
your participation, upon the completion of the online survey, you will be
offered an opportunity to win a $25 gift certificate for Amazon in a random
drawing. A total of four gift certificates will be given in this study.
For further information about this research, please contact Dr. Nora
Griffin-Shirley (806-834-0225 or n.griffin-shirley at ttu.edu).
If you are interested in participating in this project, please follow the
following link for the survey.
https://educttu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9HaiRhzDYNtCyhf
Once again, thank you very much for all of your time.Sincerely,
Nora
Nora Griffin-Shirley, Ph.D., Professor
Coordinator of O&M Program
Director of Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in
Sensory Disabilities
Texas Tech University
Box 41071
Lubbock, TX 79409-1071
(806) 834-0225
(806) 742-2326 FAX
n.griffin-shirley at ttu.edu