Mobility and Orientation

Under developed mobility and orientation skills can undermine someone’s physical and emotional development.

Open this book and begin addressing these crucial skills along with confidence and self-esteem, independence and quality of life.

This manual is designed to enable you to teach orientation and mobility techniques and/or monitor the training provided by others.

You will cover,

• Sighted guide
• Indoor travel, orientation and searching techniques
• Maximising the senses
• Different canes
• Cane techniques
• Outdoor travel
• Road crossings
• Public transport
• Teaching routes
• Environmental features
• Mobility skills for those with more than one disability and wheel chair users
• Assessment
• Lesson delivery
• A programme at 3 different levels