Fading At the beginning of the community travel program, students stay close to teachers. There is constant feedback and assistance. This builds confidence and overcomes insecurity. As students develop, instructors fade their assistance. They give less help and provide less verbal feedback.
Final lessons occur with the instructor out of sight and out of range.
Students are told that, having reached a high level of independence, the instructor is no longer available to them unless an emergency occurs. Feedback Mobility instructors use basic teaching strategies like positive feedback and prompting. Student questions are rarely answered directly. Instead, the teacher prompts the student to problem solve on their own or with the help of teammates. At a high level of independence, students are allowed to wander while they attempt to reorient.