Expanding proprioceptive teaching techniques 

Training 36 specialized educational personnel to address how children with visual impairments learn motor skills

“O&M FLIP is a collaborative project between Western Michigan University, Portland State University and University of Pittsburgh for scholars to learn the practice of teaching mobility using innovative techniques that build a traveler’s skills in using their sense of proprioception. This grant advances the work of Dr. Sandra Rosen, an O&M and Physical Therapist, who has developed a way of teaching that focuses on muscle memory,” - Dr. Emerson, Western Michigan University 

Top left: Close-up image of an O&M using a proprioceptive learning technique of holding the wrist and elbow of a student with their thumb and forefinger

Bottom left: Sandra Rosen presenting on proprioceptive teaching techniques

Top right: Sandra Rosen and two colleagues standing in a driveway, demonstrating O&M teaching techniques

Image of Sandra Rosen, Amy Parker, and Robert Wall Emerson on a zoom call