Principles of Orientation and Mobility Midterm || Solved Correctly.
Avon Hospital correct answers Located in Connecticut. Focused on only using sound to travel.
They did not want to use the Hoover Method and did not support the use of canes.
Valley Forge Hospital correct answers Located in Pennsylvania. Taught O&M. Supported the use
of canes.
Russell Williams correct answers Grew up in Indians. He enlisted in the army and was a light
artillery man. He was injured when artillery shell fragments hit his left side. He would not get
vision back in his left eye. He started the human guide technique. He also trained under Richard
Hoover. He taught braille and O&M at Valley Forge. He was the first chief of the Hines VA
Center.
Richard Hoover correct answers Considered the "Father of Orientation and Mobility." He
believed the blind traveled terribly, so he began to develop a systematic sequence of skills
needed to be a successful traveler. His comment about blind travelers was not received well from
the blind community. He worked at Maryland school for the Blind. Hines VA opened in 1948.
The third consultant, Richard Hoover from the Valley Forge staff, was brought in to help train the
newly selected "Orientors" in his cane techniques.
Hoover Technique correct answers Developed the two-point touch
The first 6 orienteers correct answers John Malamazian, Stanley Suterko, Edward Mees, Alfred
Dee Corbett, Edward Thuis, Lawrence Blaha
Peoria, Illinois correct answers Long canes started in a serious way in 1930. This lead to the first
white cane law.
1959 correct answers The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) funded a national
conference to establish criteria for the profession of O&M. Also established the minimum
, preparation period for O&M specialists, which was 1 year of graduate studies and the O&M
must be sighted.
What were the 5 recommended areas of study that came from the conference? correct answers 1.
Techniques and practices of O&M
2. Dynamics of human behavior as it relates to blindness.
3. Functions of the human body
4. Study of the senses
5. Cultural and Physiological implication of blindness.
1960 correct answers The first program for O&M Specialists opened at Boston College
1961 correct answers The second program for O&M specialists opened at Western Michigan
University. The National Accreditation Council (NAC) was created.
1969 correct answers The first O&M specialists were certified by the AAWB (American
Association of Workers for the Blind) Now is called the AER.
Three types of cane preview correct answers 1. Object preview
2. Surface preview
3. Foot placement preview
Object preview correct answers Detecting and locating obstacles (including identifying the
characteristics and identity of things encountered while traveling) and openings in the immediate
surroundings.
Surface preview correct answers Information about the walking surface: changes in level, holes,
ramps, and drop-offs.
Avon Hospital correct answers Located in Connecticut. Focused on only using sound to travel.
They did not want to use the Hoover Method and did not support the use of canes.
Valley Forge Hospital correct answers Located in Pennsylvania. Taught O&M. Supported the use
of canes.
Russell Williams correct answers Grew up in Indians. He enlisted in the army and was a light
artillery man. He was injured when artillery shell fragments hit his left side. He would not get
vision back in his left eye. He started the human guide technique. He also trained under Richard
Hoover. He taught braille and O&M at Valley Forge. He was the first chief of the Hines VA
Center.
Richard Hoover correct answers Considered the "Father of Orientation and Mobility." He
believed the blind traveled terribly, so he began to develop a systematic sequence of skills
needed to be a successful traveler. His comment about blind travelers was not received well from
the blind community. He worked at Maryland school for the Blind. Hines VA opened in 1948.
The third consultant, Richard Hoover from the Valley Forge staff, was brought in to help train the
newly selected "Orientors" in his cane techniques.
Hoover Technique correct answers Developed the two-point touch
The first 6 orienteers correct answers John Malamazian, Stanley Suterko, Edward Mees, Alfred
Dee Corbett, Edward Thuis, Lawrence Blaha
Peoria, Illinois correct answers Long canes started in a serious way in 1930. This lead to the first
white cane law.
1959 correct answers The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) funded a national
conference to establish criteria for the profession of O&M. Also established the minimum
, preparation period for O&M specialists, which was 1 year of graduate studies and the O&M
must be sighted.
What were the 5 recommended areas of study that came from the conference? correct answers 1.
Techniques and practices of O&M
2. Dynamics of human behavior as it relates to blindness.
3. Functions of the human body
4. Study of the senses
5. Cultural and Physiological implication of blindness.
1960 correct answers The first program for O&M Specialists opened at Boston College
1961 correct answers The second program for O&M specialists opened at Western Michigan
University. The National Accreditation Council (NAC) was created.
1969 correct answers The first O&M specialists were certified by the AAWB (American
Association of Workers for the Blind) Now is called the AER.
Three types of cane preview correct answers 1. Object preview
2. Surface preview
3. Foot placement preview
Object preview correct answers Detecting and locating obstacles (including identifying the
characteristics and identity of things encountered while traveling) and openings in the immediate
surroundings.
Surface preview correct answers Information about the walking surface: changes in level, holes,
ramps, and drop-offs.
