A Guide to Monitoring Mobility for Safety

1. A Guide to Monitoring Mobility for Safety What is Monitoring? What Does Monitoring Mean? What Does Monitoring Include? Working As a Team for Monitoring Monitoring Mobility for Safety School Hallways Stairs Field Trips

2. What is Monitoring? Monitoring for EVS teachers and paraprofessionals means • close and informed observation of students’ mobility • direct supervision of travel for safety

3. Monitoring Includes • Encouraging the use of O&M techniques taught by the O&M teacher • Making corrections for safety, when necessary • Intervening verbally or with physical assistance for safety, when necessary • Encouraging maximum independence

4. Working As a Team for Monitoring • Develop a monitoring plan. The O&M teacher, theTVI, and theO&Mparaprofessional work together. • Work with the EVS supervisor to review the monitoring plan and share it at sites.

5. Working As a Team for Monitoring • Communicate with the classroom teacher about monitoring and safety. • Stay in touch with the O&M teacher and EVS supervisor about • student performance • student needs • Review and update the monitoring plan based on student need, e.g., • schedule changes • vision changes • changes in student skills • construction at school or site

6. Guide to Monitoring Mobility for Safety – School Hallways • Maintain the position for monitoring during hallway travel as indicated by the O&M teacher • Communicate with the student clearly about using the mobility cane, as indicated by the O&M teacher • Communicate with the student clearly about using the techniques taught by the O&M teacher

7. Guide to Monitoring Mobility for Safety – School Hallways • Communicate quickly, calmly, and clearly for safety when there are obstacles in the path of travel • Communicate clearly with student for safety in crowded noisy hallways • Intervene quickly and calmly for safety at obstacles, when necessary • Intervene quickly and calmly for safety in crowded noisy school hallways, when necessary

8. Guide to Monitoring Mobility for Safety - Monitoring Mobility at Stairs • Assist, as needed, at stairway doors, as indicated by the O&M teacher • Maintain the position for monitoring stairway travel up, as indicated by the O&M teacher • Maintain the position for monitoring stairway travel down, as indicated by the O&M teacher

9. Guide to Monitoring Mobility for Safety - Monitoring Mobility at Stairs • Communicate clearly about using the mobility cane to locate top and bottom steps when traveling with and without the class • Communicate clearly with student about using O&M techniques on stairs when traveling with and without the class

10. Guide to Monitoring Mobility for Safety - Monitoring Mobility at Stairs • Communicate quickly, calmly, and clearly for safety on stairs, as needed • Intervene quickly and calmly for safety on stairs, when necessary

11. Monitoring Community Travel for Field Trips • Maintain the position for monitoring when walking along a sidewalk, as indicated by the O&M teacher • Maintain the position for monitoring when approaching curbs and curb ramps, as indicated by the O&M teacher • Communicate clearly with student about correct use of the mobility cane in the community

12. Monitoring Community Travel for Field Trips • Communicate clearly with the student about using the community travel techniques taught by the O&M teacher • Maintain the correct position for guiding/monitoring in public venues on field trips, as indicated by the O&M teacher • Maintain the correct position for guiding/monitoring travel on city buses for field trips, as indicated by the O&M teacher • Maintain the correct position for guiding/monitoring travel on subways for field trips, as indicated by the O&M teacher