Orientation and Mobility Training
- STEP 1
- Orientation to transportation routes
- Orientation of the rooms and bedrooms
- Safety procedures
- Initial evaluation
- Functional evaluation
- PRE-CANE SKILLS
- Human Guide
- Hand above the forearm
- Hand below the forearm
- Trailing technique
- INDOOR MOBILITY AND SKILLS ORIENTATION
- Stance (Position and Posture)
- Taking directions
- In-home orientation training
- CANE TECHNIQUES
- Diagnostic Training
- Diagnostic training with a human guide
- Finding stray objects
- Appropriate cane placement
- Exploring objects encountered
- Locating door handles
- Touch technique with and without a human guide
- Constant contact with or without a human guide
- Walking up a set of stairs
- Walking down a set of stairs
- 2-point contact
- 3-point contact
- Slide and contact
- OUTDOOR MOBILITY AND SKILLS ORIENTATION
- Familiarization with vehicles
- Familiarization with walking outside with a cane
- Using points of reference and sensory tracking
- Traveling down the block
- Recovery techniques
- Crossing the street
- Find objects
- LOW VISION TRAINING
- Focus
- Locate
- Scan
- Backtrack
- ADVANCED SKILLS IN OUTDOOR MOBILITY
- Asking for help
- Crossing the street
- Find objects
- Traveling to areas preciously traveled
- Street numbering
- Planning routes
- Familiarization with buses
- Traveling through crowded places
- SPECIAL SITUATIONS
- Parking
- Gasoline Stations
- Revolving doors
- Escalators
I. MISCELLANEOUS
- Familiarization of the home
- Information in guide dogs
- Changes in climate
- Rights of the blind and visually impaired
- Other things
