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\/<\/a>]<\/p>\n Stephen F. Austin University: Tracy Hallak,\u00a0hallaktracy@sfasu.edu<\/a>\u00a0468-1173<\/p>\n Texas Tech University: Dr. Nora Giffin Shirley,\u00a0n.griffin-shirley@ttu.edu<\/a>\u00a0834-0225<\/p>\n 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<\/a>]<\/p>\n AERBVI Orientation and Mobility Listserve (requires AER Membership) [http:\/\/lists.aerbvi.org\/mailman\/listinfo\/oandm_lists.aerbvi.org<\/a>]<\/p>\n AER has an online page for advertising positions, AER Job Bank: [http:\/\/jobexchange.aerbvi.org<\/a>]<\/p>\n Northeast Regional Center for Vision Education maintains their Employment Board: [http:\/\/www.nercve.org\/professional-resources-search-jobs<\/a>]<\/p>\n SpedEx is another online job posting site, Job Exchange: [http:\/\/www.spedex.com\/job-exchange.html<\/a>]<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n California State University at Los Angeles<\/p>\n Dr. Diane Fazzi,\u00a0dfazzi@calstatela.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Brenda Naimy,\u00a0bnaimy@calstatela.edu<\/a><\/p>\n (323) 343-4411<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Florida State University<\/p>\n Mickey Damelio,\u00a0mdamelio@fsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n (850) 583-1582<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n North Carolina Central University<\/p>\n Dr. Justin Kaiser,\u00a0jkaiser@nccu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n (919) 530-5346<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Northern Illinois University<\/p>\n Bill Penrod,\u00a0wpenrod@niu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n (815) 753-8452<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Salus University<\/p>\n Dr. Fabiana Perla,\u00a0fperla@salus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n (215) 780-1367\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n San Francisco State University<\/p>\n Dr. Sandra Rosen,\u00a0srosen@sfsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n (415) 338-1245\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n University of Arkansas at Little Rock<\/p>\n Dr. William Jacobson,\u00a0WHJacobson@UALR.edu<\/a>\u00a0\u2028(501) 569-8505\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n University of Massachusetts Boston<\/p>\n Paula Kosior,\u00a0paula.kosior@umb.edu<\/a>\u00a0\u2028(617) 287-7584\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n University of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n Dr. George Zimmerman,\u00a0gjz@pitt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n (412) 624-7247\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Western Michigan University<\/p>\n O&M for Children Contact\u00a0<\/p>\n (269) 387-5944<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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… Finish Reading Resources for Finding Orientation and Mobility Specialists Certified to work with School Age Students in Texas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sensorytravel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sensorytravel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sensorytravel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sensorytravel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sensorytravel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/sensorytravel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"http:\/\/sensorytravel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sensorytravel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sensorytravel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sensorytravel.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}University Programs in Texas for Orientation and Mobility<\/h3>\n
On-Line Resources<\/h3>\n
Other National\/International Sources<\/h3>\n
Other Orientation and Mobility Specialist Training Programs in the United States that Train Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists (COMS)<\/h3>\n