Orientation & mobility assessment study guide (domain 1 Organization of
O&M) Tommie ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the code of ethics for ACVREP 1. Student, community profession, colleagues, employment practices
AER 1. Association for the education and rehabilitation of the blind
ASHA 1. American speech language and hearing association
2. Association for speech and language
How did C. BLEDSOE influence the advancement of the 1. Wrote the chapter of O&M books
O&M profession
How did Dorothy Harrison Ustes influence the 1. Mother of the dog guide movement
advancement of the O&M profession 2. She established Seeing Eye in 1929
3. The first key figure was her first student
4. Second key was "Uncle Willie" (dog fancier and retired business man)
5. Third was associated was geneticist named Jack Humphrey
, How did Richard Hoover influence the advancement of 1. Father of orientation and mobility
the O&M profession 2. developed the two-point touch technique
3. felt that the key to getting his technique used was 300 caned
a. A1 priority was given to cane making
4. Trained cane technique at Valley Forge
Dr Robert Erwin 1. Champion for the public education of the blind
How did Father Carroll influence the advancement of the 1. Founder of the conference
O&M profession 2. Blind priest
3. Wrote blindness what is and what it does
4. Former chaplain at Avon
How did Father Carroll influence the advancement of the 5. He tried to establish an O&M group or association
O&M profession continued 1 6. He convinced Erwin and Vail to travel to the different blind centers and look at
them
How did Father Carroll influence the advancement of the 7. He took the initiative by asking 51 specific questions with respect to the
O&M profession continued 2 program
8. The report pushed for coordination of blinded vets affairs and for a basic
rehabilitation center
How did Boston College advance the O&M profession 1. First college grant that had a master's degree for O&M
How did the Gloucester conference advance the O&M 1. The first time that they had all the doctors and rehabilitation specialist get
profession together to agree that they needed to discuss the dangers of untrained people
calling themselves mobility specialist and the need for formal training
How did Comstock report advance the O&M 1. 1961 AFB set out a study to get an organization to administer accreditation
2. NAC national accreditation committee
3. The initial certification standards established two levels of certification-
provisional and permanent
4. 1973 three new undergraduate prep programs were developes
How did the Valley Forge advance the O&M profession 1. Col. Greer called the program "foot travel"
2. Idea of the light cane
3. Richard Hoover program
How did the Valley Forge advance the O&M profession 4. figured out that the first thing they needed to know how to do was to get
continued 1 around in their environment
5. Hoover determined this was not merely training in foot travel with a cane, but a
large number of specialist chosen, highly qualified instructors, with hours of
training.
How did the Valley Forge advance the O&M profession 6. Hoover named it orientation but in the beginning it was called "foot travel'
continued 2 7. "Foot travel" was chosen for its unpretentious self-explanatory simplicity
How did the Valley Forge advance the O&M profession 8, They discovered the cane was the most reliable way to detect obstacles
continued 3 9. This reinforced the Hoover method
O&M) Tommie ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the code of ethics for ACVREP 1. Student, community profession, colleagues, employment practices
AER 1. Association for the education and rehabilitation of the blind
ASHA 1. American speech language and hearing association
2. Association for speech and language
How did C. BLEDSOE influence the advancement of the 1. Wrote the chapter of O&M books
O&M profession
How did Dorothy Harrison Ustes influence the 1. Mother of the dog guide movement
advancement of the O&M profession 2. She established Seeing Eye in 1929
3. The first key figure was her first student
4. Second key was "Uncle Willie" (dog fancier and retired business man)
5. Third was associated was geneticist named Jack Humphrey
, How did Richard Hoover influence the advancement of 1. Father of orientation and mobility
the O&M profession 2. developed the two-point touch technique
3. felt that the key to getting his technique used was 300 caned
a. A1 priority was given to cane making
4. Trained cane technique at Valley Forge
Dr Robert Erwin 1. Champion for the public education of the blind
How did Father Carroll influence the advancement of the 1. Founder of the conference
O&M profession 2. Blind priest
3. Wrote blindness what is and what it does
4. Former chaplain at Avon
How did Father Carroll influence the advancement of the 5. He tried to establish an O&M group or association
O&M profession continued 1 6. He convinced Erwin and Vail to travel to the different blind centers and look at
them
How did Father Carroll influence the advancement of the 7. He took the initiative by asking 51 specific questions with respect to the
O&M profession continued 2 program
8. The report pushed for coordination of blinded vets affairs and for a basic
rehabilitation center
How did Boston College advance the O&M profession 1. First college grant that had a master's degree for O&M
How did the Gloucester conference advance the O&M 1. The first time that they had all the doctors and rehabilitation specialist get
profession together to agree that they needed to discuss the dangers of untrained people
calling themselves mobility specialist and the need for formal training
How did Comstock report advance the O&M 1. 1961 AFB set out a study to get an organization to administer accreditation
2. NAC national accreditation committee
3. The initial certification standards established two levels of certification-
provisional and permanent
4. 1973 three new undergraduate prep programs were developes
How did the Valley Forge advance the O&M profession 1. Col. Greer called the program "foot travel"
2. Idea of the light cane
3. Richard Hoover program
How did the Valley Forge advance the O&M profession 4. figured out that the first thing they needed to know how to do was to get
continued 1 around in their environment
5. Hoover determined this was not merely training in foot travel with a cane, but a
large number of specialist chosen, highly qualified instructors, with hours of
training.
How did the Valley Forge advance the O&M profession 6. Hoover named it orientation but in the beginning it was called "foot travel'
continued 2 7. "Foot travel" was chosen for its unpretentious self-explanatory simplicity
How did the Valley Forge advance the O&M profession 8, They discovered the cane was the most reliable way to detect obstacles
continued 3 9. This reinforced the Hoover method
