Character is how you treat someone that can do nothing for you
Jason (Jake) Haight
Certified Orientation and Mobility Instructor with 13 years of experience teaching visually impaired students to safely navigate the world. Do you have visual impaired students in need of cane training or need an evaluation? Please let me know how I can help you meet your visually impaired student’s mobility goals. To discuss Orientation and Mobility contracts please call, text (817) 909-8798 or email Blindsightmobility@gmail.com. Thank you
Serving School Districts and adult students in the Dallas/Fort Worth and surrounding areas
Blindsight Mobility LLC
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Visual Impairment Service Team Coordinator (VIST) North Texas- GS-12
· Conduct VIST reviews and coordinator services: in-person, VVC and telephone
· Outreach presentations
· Case management- 1,020+ Visually Impaired Veterans
· Problem solving and making timely decisions
· Major Medical Equipment Committee Member
Software testing
· CARF 2019 zero recommendations
· CARF 2022 zero recommendations
Leadership- Blind Rehabilitation Service Field Advisory Committee
Admissions Coordinator Blind Rehabilitation Waco, TX – GS-11
· Increased bed count by revising the admissions schedule
· Tracking Veteran status and Organizing information
· Excellent Customer Service and Documentation
· Addressing concerns of Veterans and their families prior to admission
· Leading admissions meetings and participating in administrative decisions
· Guiding tours of the facility to potential patients and hospital administration
· Started and chaired the CBI Committee
· Problem solving and making timely decisions
Blind Rehab Specialist, Houston Veterans Hospital – GS-11
· Evaluate and Asses individual needs of Veterans
· Instructor- O&M and Technology
· Launched new manual skills course
· Create unique training plans
· Chair of the CBI committee
Blind Rehabilitation Specialist, Biloxi Veterans Hospital – GS-11 Dallas, TX April 2019-Present Waco, TX May 2015-2019 Houston, TX May 2014-May 2015 Biloxi, MS
· Establish goals for each Veteran and adapt white cane training techniques to
increase independence and travel safety as an Orientation and Mobility (O&M)
I· Instruction on iPhone and iPad as well as the Trekker Breeze GPS
· Chair of the Community Based Instruction (CBI) Committee
· Develop Veterans’ accessibility skills by utilizing Job Access With Speech (JAWS) and ZoomText software as a Computer Access Training Instructor
· Instruct Veterans through the process of completing home maintenance tasks and
projects as a Manual Skills Instructor
Certified Orientation and Mobility Instructor, Sight For Soaring Eyes
(Texas Work Force Commission) Fort Worth, TX
· Subcontracted with Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
· Facilitated one-on-one training with DARS consumers to teach proper white cane
techniques and skills to navigate safely and independently
· Coordinated consumers’ training plans with DARS counselors
Orientation and Mobility (O&M) Intern, Waco Veterans Hospital Waco, TX
· Reviewed all O&M requirements for assigned students and created lesson plans July 2011- Sept 2011
· Taught orientation strategies and white cane techniques
· Maintained paperwork documenting and evaluating student progress
· develop individualized training plan for each student
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Marketing Intern, Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
· Facilitated promotions for Texas Tech football, baseball, softball games Apr 2007 – May 2009
· Communicated with vendors and entertainers for Raider Alley
· Organized set-up, take-down, and execution of promotional events
· Sales
· Community outreach
United States Marine Corps – E5 Sergeant Kaneohe Bay, HI
Infantry Squad Leader/ Primary Marksmanship Instructor 1999 – 2003
· Leadership, Honor, Courage, Commitment, Tact and Integrity
Certified Primary marksmanship instructor rifle and pistol