Week 5 at Gentry

The last 2 weeks I  have been working with 2 students exclusively. One student-A, lost her vision in the last 5 years to Histoplamosis. She currently lives in a very rural area in Alabama with a friend but once she has completed her rehab at Gentry she plans to move to Birmingham which is much more populated and she hopes to be able to be more independent. One of her goals is to cross the streets independently in the business district. Previously she did receive some O&M instruction in a business district but states she was very uncomfortable with the instructor and that instructor made her very nervous. One of my goals with her is to teach her to travel safely in this type of area so I am working slowly to gain her trust and allow her to feel comfortable in doing so. We began by learning the Gentry campus and the routes to her classes. I feel I have built up a really good rapport with her and hope she continues to feel comfortable with me and the instruction.