CHAT
Step by Step - Orientation to New Environments for Students with Visual Impairment
8/11/2025

Donna Gonzaski to Everyone: Spring, TX

DAWN GUNTER to Everyone: Hi from Spokane, WA

Judy Strauss-Schwartz to Everyone: new York

Virginia Burkhart to Everyone: Clarksville, TN

Shawn Gumeny to Everyone: NJ!

TShaunda Davis to Everyone: Dallas, TX

Joanna Credeur to Everyone: Nashville, TN

Misty Hamlin to Everyone: North Dakota

Anita Henderson to Everyone: Tennessee

Erika Hawrylak to Everyone: Burleson, TX

Michelle Flora to Everyone: Indiana

Karen Guertin to Everyone: Ontario, canada

Judy Alford to Everyone: East Tn

Jennifer Reboulet to Everyone: schertz, tx

Natalie Parsley to Everyone: Temple, TX

Natalie Guara to Everyone: Odessa,tx

Chad Ray to Everyone: South Dakota

Michelle Stokes to Everyone: Fwisd

Melissa Gonzalez to Everyone: Kingsville, Tx

Teresa Candelaria to Everyone: El Paso, TX

Andrea Bill Reyna to Everyone: RDSPD/ Ector

Rita Phillips Dunn to Everyone: Rita Dunn Georgia

Kristine Lofranco to Everyone: Houston, TX

Belinda Fayard to Everyone: How early are your students learning those skills in other states?

Christie Sissenwein to Everyone: Houston, Texas

Judy Strauss-Schwartz to Everyone: For Secondary Students do you incorporate cell phone use?  When to use a cell phone; cell phone apps; help when lost - who to contact?

Judy Strauss-Schwartz to Everyone: Where would you place “requesting assistance” for off campus travel?  Do you teach this skill even though in this day and age asking a stranger for help may be problematic.

Belinda Fayard to Everyone: Link to Guidelines and Standards for Educating Students with Visual Impairments in Texas: https://www.tsbvi.edu/statewide-resources/professional-development/publications/guidelines-standards

Jarrett Gist to Everyone: Good point regarding appropriate people to ask for assistance versus just someone off the street.