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Development And Initial Validation Of The O&M Vissit For Orientation And Mobility Specialists To Determine Service Intensity, Heather R. Munro, Shannon Darst, Rona L. Pogrund
Development And Initial Validation Of The O&M Vissit For Orientation And Mobility Specialists To Determine Service Intensity, Heather R. Munro, Shannon Darst, Rona L. Pogrund
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The purpose of this study was to provide initial validation of the Orientation & Mobility Visual Impairment Scale of Service Intensity of Texas (O&M VISSIT) intended for use by orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists to determine a recommended type and amount of O&M services for students on their caseloads based on each student’s identified needs. The validity and reliability of the scale were calculated using a mixed-methods survey research design, with purposive expert sampling. The O&M VISSIT was found to be significantly valid in social and content validity and moderately valid in consequential validity. The O&M VISSIT is a moderately …