Orientation and Mobility
Week - I
1. Effect of visual impairment on growth and development: Physical, Motor, Language, Socio-emotional, and Cognitive development
2. Effects of Visual Impairment on Personality Development - Verbalism & Mannerism
3. What is Orientation and Mobility?
Week - II
4. Orientation and Mobility - Definition, Importance and Scope
5. Basic Terminologies Associated with O&M: Trailing, Landmarks, Clues, Cues, Shoreline, Squaring Off, Clockwise Direction, Sound Masking, Sound Shadow
6. Roles of Other Senses in O&M Training
Week- III
7. Orientation and Mobility for low vision children
8. Addressing orientation, mobility & educational needs of students with deaf-blindness
9. Special Responsibilities of Special Teacher/Educator with reference to O&M Training
Week - IV
10. Blindfold - Rationale and Uses for the Teacher
11. Human-Sighted Guide Techniques
Week - V
12. a) Cane Travel Techniques and Devices Part - 1
13. b) Cane Travel Techniques and Devices Part - 2
Week - VI
14. Independent living skills - Meaning, Importance, Components
15. Training in Independent Living Skills - Self Care, Gait and Posture, Personal Grooming, Eating Skills and Etiquette, Identification of Coins and Currency Notes & Basics of Signature Writing
16. Daily living skills - assessment of needs and techniques of teaching age appropriate daily living skills
Week - VII
17. Sensory efficiency - importance and procedures for training auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory, kinaesthetic senses and residual vision
18. Techniques of teaching social interaction skills, leisure and recreation skills and self -determination
19. Adaptation of Physical education activities and Yoga
Week - VIII
20. Adaptation of Games and Sports - both Indoor and Outdoor
21. Agencies for sports -Visually Impaired
