Resources for Finding Orientation and Mobility Specialists Certified to work with School Age Students in Texas
Education Service Centers
The Education Service Center in your region has Education Specialists that focus on the area of Visual Impairment; they often know of many local resources and are in contact with specialists who provide related services on a contract basis. Use the following link to find your Region and its Web site, then search the Region’s Web site for Visual Impairment and Orientation and Mobility. [http://www.tea.state.tx.us/regional_services/esc/]
University Programs in Texas for Orientation and Mobility
Stephen F. Austin University: Tracy Hallak, hallaktracy@sfasu.edu 468-1173
Texas Tech University: Dr. Nora Giffin Shirley, n.griffin-shirley@ttu.edu 834-0225
On-Line Resources
Public Orientation and Mobility Listserve (great resource for reaching out to the community involved in Orientation and Mobility) [http://lists.trinimex.ca/mailman/listinfo/orientationandmobility]
AERBVI Orientation and Mobility Listserve (requires AER Membership) [http://lists.aerbvi.org/mailman/listinfo/oandm_lists.aerbvi.org]
Other National/International Sources
AER has an online page for advertising positions, AER Job Bank: [http://jobexchange.aerbvi.org]
Northeast Regional Center for Vision Education maintains their Employment Board: [http://www.nercve.org/professional-resources-search-jobs]
SpedEx is another online job posting site, Job Exchange: [http://www.spedex.com/job-exchange.html]
Other Orientation and Mobility Specialist Training Programs in the United States that Train Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists (COMS)
California State University at Los Angeles
Dr. Diane Fazzi, dfazzi@calstatela.edu
Brenda Naimy, bnaimy@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4411
Florida State University
Mickey Damelio, mdamelio@fsu.edu
(850) 583-1582
North Carolina Central University
Dr. Justin Kaiser, jkaiser@nccu.edu
(919) 530-5346
Northern Illinois University
Bill Penrod, wpenrod@niu.edu
(815) 753-8452
Salus University
Dr. Fabiana Perla, fperla@salus.edu
(215) 780-1367
San Francisco State University
Dr. Sandra Rosen, srosen@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1245
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Dr. William Jacobson, WHJacobson@UALR.edu (501) 569-8505
University of Massachusetts Boston
Paula Kosior, paula.kosior@umb.edu (617) 287-7584
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. George Zimmerman, gjz@pitt.edu
(412) 624-7247
Western Michigan University
O&M for Children Contact
(269) 387-5944