With Sarah Moreau

Mary Tellefson and Amy Parker

A Virtual Event in Zoom Hosted by

Portland State University’s College of Education

Orientation & Mobility and Visually Impaired Learner Programs

Presenters hosting this session will briefly discuss research and themes around providing and maximizing O&M services to children and adults in rural and remote areas which have been summarized in a distance consultation module at Portland State University. As part of module refinement, Sarah Moreau, COMS, TSVI and CLVT, will present a case study for ethical synchronous distance consultation in rural Alaska. Group discussion and Q&A will be encouraged at the end of this interactive session around the ethical practice for distance consultation.

Learning objectives:

• The participants will gain knowledge about distance consultation models to supplement O&M services in rural and remote areas, including the use of synchronous and asynchronous technologies to connect clients/students with O&M Specialists
• Participants will explore specific strategies used to provide synchronous O&M distance consultation as a part of a plan of service for clients in Alaska.
• Participants will discuss an ethical framework that can be used for choosing strategies that maximize the O&M instructor’s availability.
• Interested participants will contribute ideas in a focus group that will contribute to the knowledge of current practices in distance consultation within the field of O&M. (scheduled after the webinar for interested participants)