One of our own will be presenting at an upcoming sponsored OMSA continuing education opportunity in June. I hope you will all consider supporting Merry-Noel Chamberlain. Please see all the details below. Warm Regards, Jimmy Morris MA, NOMCT From: Orientation and Mobility Specialist Association (OMSA) Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2024 11:59 AM To: jimorris0116 at gmail.com Subject: OMSA presents a CEU opportunity in June https://mailchi.mp/c2719e9ad609/mobility-monday-16535700?e=8db4603d29 View this email in your browser https://mcusercontent.com/9235a212875cf5792e924e4f8/images/434ee393-9785-411... Announcing an informative webinar Not an OMSA member? For FREE CEUs, join OMSA https://usomsa.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9235a212875cf5792e924e4f8&id=f84c94d2e2&e=8db4603d29 here. The Orientation and Mobility Specialist Association (OMSA) is proud to host the following webinar with CEUs on June 27, 2024. Structured Discovery Cane Travel Approach to Orientation and Mobility Concepts Thursday, June 27, 2024 7-8:30 PM Eastern Cost: No Charge to Attend Registration: https://usomsa.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9235a212875cf5792e924e4f8&id=889da66402&e=8db4603d29 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpf-qorjsiGtC5qhXO9SVU6_V9NzSqJ22... Presenter: Dr. Merry-Noel Chamberlain Merry-Noel Chamberlain has worked in the blindness field for about 30 years, beginning with adult rehabilitation. For the past 25 years, Dr. Chamberlain has been a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments and an Orientation & Mobility Instructor primarily in the public school setting. Dr. Chamberlain has a BS in Elem. Education, a MA in Educational Psychology/O&M, a MA in Special Education/Visual Impairments, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership. In addition to holding teacher certification in Elem. Education/Special Education, VI, (birth ? 21), Dr. Chamberlain holds a National Orientation & Mobility Certification (NOMC). Details: This presentation will discuss Structured Discovery Cane Travel (SDCT) as an Orientation and Mobility (O&M) curriculum which focuses on the foundational techniques necessary to develop future independence for students who are blind or visually impaired. This presentation will explore activities in Dr. Chamberlain?s books The ABCs of Structured Discovery Cane Travel for Children, and Structured Discovery Cane Travel Approach to Orientation and Mobility Concepts. Participants will learn of some tried-and-true skill-building fundamental transformational mobility techniques/activities essential to developing problem-solving mobility independence within natural environments. These activity-based ideas may be used to enhance introduction to and/or assistance with on-going education of comprehending complicated concrete and abstract Orientation and Mobility concepts to help achieve independent mobility. Participants will Learn: * The SDCT Curriculum. * Tried-and-true skill-building fundamental transformational mobility techniques essential to developing problem-solving mobility independence within natural environments. * Ideas/activities that may be used to enhance introduction to and/or assistance with on-going education of comprehending complicated concrete and abstract Orientation and Mobility concepts to help achieve independent mobility. Intended Audience: College professors teaching O&M, O&M instructors, parents of blind children All who are interested are welcome to attend. OMSA Members who are registered for this event will automatically be emailed a link to the CEU form. Recordings will be made available in our LiveBinders at https://usomsa.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9235a212875cf5792e924e4f8&id=fb06ba114f&e=8db4603d29 https://www.usomsa.org/ 1.5 CEUs will be provided exclusively for Current OMSA members. The CEs are awarded by ACVREP and approved by ACVREP and NBPCB This email was sent to jimorris0116 at gmail.com https://usomsa.us8.list-manage.com/about?u=9235a212875cf5792e924e4f8&id=e8f07d7d08&e=8db4603d29&c=7238771d13 why did I get this? https://usomsa.us8.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=9235a212875cf5792e924e4f8&id=e8f07d7d08&t=b&e=8db4603d29&c=7238771d13 unsubscribe from this list https://usomsa.us8.list-manage.com/profile?u=9235a212875cf5792e924e4f8&id=e8f07d7d08&e=8db4603d29&c=7238771d13 update subscription preferences Orientation and Mobility Specialist Association ? 10010 Winegar Rd ? Laingsburg, MI 48848-9326 ? USA https://usomsa.us8.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=9235a212875cf5792e924e4f8&id=7238771d13&e=8db4603d29