This year the DOM team have worked in collaboration with Massey to offer the Living Skills course in Palmerston North and Dunedin. These courses were facilitated by Shiree Arrian and… Read more
Developmental Orientation and Mobility
DOM and RTV collaborating using the Wise Walker resource
In Palmerston North, RTV and DOM are collaborating to develop a resource that can be used by RTV’s to support DOM programmes in preparation for a learner’s community goals. Our… Read more
Covid successes: Hybrid Developmental Orientation and Mobility Programming
Covid has meant that ‘hybrid’ – in person and via zoom – Specialist programming has become a creative way to support learners and their teams. This has been a success… Read more
Developmental Orientation and Mobility on Campus course
At the end of term 2, BLENNZ Tauranga were fortunate to run the four-day Developmental Orientation and Mobility on Campus course for 10 RTVs. Involved in this event were 2… Read more
City adventure for 2 cane users
Over this new disrupted time we continued to be supported by the National team at BLENNZ. Our DOM programme continued with Kay Daly who zoomed with us, mentored us and… Read more
Team Growth Cycle goal in Life Skills
Our Taranaki Team Growth Cycle goal this year has been to build our knowledge and expertise in the Life Skills (LS) area of the Expanded Core Curriculum. At the beginning of Term… Read more
Napier VRC flooded and upskilling RTV’s from the DOM team
On the 9th of November last year Henry Hill School was impacted by local flooding and, once again, we found ourselves working from home. Despite this, provision of services and resources continued. We became fully operational… Read more
Outcomes from DOM discussion
A highlight for BLENNZ DOM in 2020, was the inclusion of the service in the Lower North Island MOE Property Team meeting in May. Members of the BLENNZ team, Central Region Managers from Taranaki… Read more
Teaming with DOM
RTV supported the DOM initiated programme by implementing and practising the use of strategies for safe navigation of the school environment with the learner using all of his sensory skills. The learning goal for this student is for the development of purposeful and… Read more
DOM Supporter courses – upskilling RTVs
This year BLENNZ has prioritised achieving 50% of all Resource Teachers Vision to have completed at least 1 of the Developmental Orientation and Mobility (DOM) supporter courses, run as a… Read more