Description
This micro-credential is awarded to individuals who have successfully completed the Orientation and Mobility Programs for Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities self-paced tutorial.
Competency
In order to earn this micro-credential, participants will:
- Identify terms used in orientation and mobility
- Name the components of the traditional O&M curriculum
- Describe various travel methods employed by people with multiple disabilities
- Describe strategies for promoting O&M for students with visual impairments and additional disabilities
- List commonly used adaptations for human guide and long cane use for individuals with additional disabilities
- Describe considerations for individuals with multiple disabilities and visual impairment
- Establish appropriate O&M goals for students with multiple disabilities including visual impairment
- Describe the effects of visual impairment on early motor development
- Identify possible effects on development with additional disabilities are present
- Describe strategies for encouraging O&M for students who use alternative communication systems
- Describe strategies to support positive behaviors for O&M instruction
- Describe the roles and responsibilities of O&M specialists, and those of other educational team members
- Describe how collaboration among team members enhances assessment
