Risk Assessment and Decisions

Making decisions about safety

• Decisions, Decisions: Who Knows What's Best for Our Client?
  Considers different perspectives as to whether it is the professional or the client who knows what's best for the client, including the responsibilities of the professional with each perspective. Also defines "safe" and, for professionals who consider it their responsibility to make these decisions, considers how they can decide which values to prioritize to determine what's best for their clients.

Risk assessment at uncontrolled crossings:

• Section 3: You are in a [shudder] Situation of Uncertainty . . . What Now?
  This section of the Self-Study Guide: Preparing Visually Impaired Students for Uncontrolled Crossings goes step-by-step through the process of
  • assessing the risk of crossing in Situations of Uncertainty (where you do not have enough warning of approaching vehicles to be confident that you have time to cross whenever it is quiet/clear).
  • deciding whether the risk is acceptable; and
  • considering alternatives if the risk of crossing is not acceptable.
• CHECKLIST: Risk Analysis
  Checklist summarizes the factors to consider when analyzing the risk of crossing in Situations of Uncertainty.
• Analyzing risks and making decisions (webinar)
  Excerpt from the webinar "Preparing Students for Uncontrolled Crossings; Part 1 - Background and Basics" discusses the need for learning to analyze risks, including decisions made by DeafBlind people.
• Let's practice assessing risks in Situations of Uncertainty! [excerpts from webinar "Preparing Students for Uncontrolled Crossings Part 2 - Teaching and Assessing"]
  • Scenario 1
  • Scenario 2
• Risk Analysis for Crossing a Street with a Situation of Uncertainty [Example of an assessment with DeafBlind pedestrians]
  Explains the process that was used to analyze the risks for a deafblind student to cross a campus road at Gallaudet University
• DeafBlind people - Getting assistance to gather information for assessing crossings
  Suggestions to consider for DeafBlind people to gather information needed to assess crossing situations.