MODULE DESCRIPTION:

<>This module is designed to provide service providers and families with the knowledge and skills needed to use the Collaboration Achieves Travel Success or CATS web-based model. The CATS model is a website for service providers and families to use in developing and promoting travel opportunities for persons who are deafblind and may have additional disabilities. CATS is a ten-phase, decision-making model that is designed for teams to use in helping individuals who are deafblind learn to move from place to place more successfully. This might include learning all or part of a specific travel route, as well as adapting ways for a person to maneuver within an activity. Through using the CATS process, a team can develop and implement a travel plan resulting in greater participation for the person who is deafblind at home, in school, or out in their community.

IPSB INSTRUCTIONAL PROFICIENCIES:

IPSB Standard [TS.SS.3.12] 2. value and encourage the use of mental maps at local, regional, national and world scales both to foster understanding of relative location, direction, size, and shape and to serve as a spatial foundation for all knowledge.
IPSB Standard [TS.HP.3.20] 6. believes that the safety of learners is the first priority in any movement setting.
IPSB Standard [TS.EC.4 .13] 3. Understands how to highlight basic concepts, make connections, and guide the mastery of fundamental skills.
IPSB Standard [TEC.12.S.T.1] Identify the most direct route (roadways) between two cities or from home to a remote vacation spot.

Indiana State Academic Standards:
[1] Demonstrates awareness of body planes, inclines, declines and lateral slopes.
[5-8] Refines movement skills through applying movement concepts and principles.
[2] Utilizes techniques that provide for efficient movement.

INSTRUCTIONAL OUTCOMES:

At the completion of CATS Module, you will:

• Increase your knowledge of a collaborative team and its use in travel planning and increasing an individual’s participation in activities and environments.
• Understand how to review current activities and environments in which a person currently participates or develop new activities and/or environments where travel routes or mobility patterns could be developed to allow more complete participation.
• Be able to identify and evaluate all possible travel options for an individual in a particular environment or activity.
• Understand and be able to use a task and discrepancy analysis to compare various travel options.
• Understand adaptations, modifications and natural supports, as well as the concept of partial participation.
• Be able to determine the appropriate adaptations or modifications for the student to be able to use a given travel option or understand when partial participation will be a particular student’s goal.
• Understand how to develop and use a travel plan for a particular student.
• Understand the importance of data collection to assess progress on a student’s travel plan. Be able to use data collection forms and implement a data collection schedule to determine student progress.

INSTRUCTIONAL EVENTS:

To complete this module, you will need to:

1. Study the module content.
2. Complete “Steps to Complete” for each of the Model Phases (1-10) on the CATS website using a student of your own or the following case study ----
3. Study other resources and report on additional information related to the module topics.
4. Complete the “Tasks for Completion and Discussion” included in this module.

Task for Completion and Discussion

There are 6 “Task for Completion and Discussion” activities that you will be asked to respond to throughout the module. These tasks are designed to assist your understanding and provide opportunities for implementation, additional practice, and reflection on the topic content.