Safety Travel Techniques for Young Learners who are DeafBlind 1 hour 33 minutes
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Carolina Gonzalez, M.Ed., COMS
Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist
Carolina Gonzalez obtained her Bachelor degree in Special Education with an emphasis in visual disorders from the University of Chile, Santiago in 1979. She also received a master degree in Perinatology from Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts in 1981. She is currently residing in the Austin, TX area where she works as a Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS) at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired since 1990. Also, since 2007, Carolina works part-time as a COMS at the Texas School for the Deaf.
Carolina has an extremely passionate dedication to her work with students, in particular, between the ages of 6 to 22 with a wide range of abilities, needs and communication styles. Over the past 13 years, she has developed a special interest working with students who are DeafBlind and their families. Through this work, she continues to learn each day from her students and through the other professionals that she works with on the various educational teams.