Louise

Shumaker
El Hannah
Ed: 226 Field Placement, Spring 2015

Meeting Louise
First Reactions:
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She is a sighted
person!
Nervous
Self conscious

Goals:
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Expand knowledge
about adults who are
visually impaired
Friendship!

Placement
Wednesdays from 3 to 5
-

typically met in her office

Fostering relationship
-

talking, walks
shopping (errands)
movies

disability awareness week

Responsibilities
(Help When Wanted)
Downtown for Coffee
- Say when traffic is clear
Emailed a PDF
- read it aloud
Shopping

- describe clothing and color

Disability Awareness Week

Design T- shirts
Volunteer Simulation Day
Lose Key Note Speaker (3 times)
Louise becomes Key Note!

Technology
- Iphone 6 plus
- Text to speech through
computer
- Audio description on film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=O7j4_aP8dWA

Course Connections

In our book Working With Exceptional Individuals

Chapter 10 (Students Width Hearing Impairment,Deafness, Visual
Impairment, Blindness,and Deaf-Blindness)
10.1 through 10.5
Characteristics of students who are blind/visually impaired (10.3)
demonstrates sensitivity to light
hold book or toys close to their eyes
Visually Impaired vs Blind (10.1)
blindness refers to complete or almost complete lack of vision
blind does not = seeing nothing
- different colors, objects, and shapes

Professional Journal
http://www.hope.edu/2012/10/24/louise-shumaker-presented-organizations-ability-award
Louise Shumaker Presented Organizations Ability Award published online on Hope Today
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Article discussing the accomplishments of Louise. She received award for her persist in
the vision of creating communities without barriers for people with disabilities
Also, discusses her life (Hope grad, with composite degree in sociology and psychology)
Celebrating her service at Hope on behalf of people with disabilities
- Position of Director or Disability Services predated the creation of 1990 Americans with
Disabilities Act

I did my placement with Louise and the article speaks to everything that Exceptional Child stands
for, we are more alike than different!

Website

Contact Louise:
http://hope.edu/student/development/disabled/staff.html

American Foundation for the Blind

http://www.afb.org/default.aspx

Strengths
Previous experience working at
ISBVI
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needed to use guided sight I

could

Knew etiquette

not petting Franklin while he

was working, describing
using look up here, or there

Always Can Improve

Ask more about Psychology
I think I had a very successful field placement!

Thank you!
We are more alike than
we are different.