Orientation and Mobility Exam Questions Complete Solutions New Update

Orientation and Mobility Exam Questions Complete Solutions New Update Orientation - The process of using the senses to establish one's position and relationship to other significant objects in the environment Mobility - The capacity or facility for safe, effective, and efficient movement through one's environment What are the prerequisites of Orientation and Mobility? - -Proprioception -Knowledge of environment -ability to relate to the environment in a functional manner (concrete to abstract). principles orientation - "Where am I?" "Where is my objective?" "How do I get there?" Independent moving skills - being able to maintain a straight line of travel, making turns, having a dynamic posture Mental and physical readiness levels - -mental level -level of frustration 2 | P a g e Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved. -level of tolerance -attention span -concentration level -ability to use abstracts -physical readiness Who provides orientation and mobility services? - A mobility instructor, an O&M specialists, or a certified orientation and mobility specialist orientation and mobility specialists - usually completes a graduate school program where he or she studied eye anatomy, vision, low vision, psychology of vision loss, environmental access, pre-cane and cane methodologies; certifies through Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP) What are the goals of a COMS when working with a client one on one? - independence and safety What does basic independence involve? - Self-determniation and human locomotion What type of movement causes a negative physical and psychosocial impact on a LV or blind client? - restricted movements When should O&M services be initiated? - begin as early as possible to effect long-term outcomes When is learning capacity at its greatest? - ages birth-6 years What are 4 areas that O&M specialists address? - Body concept Environmental awareness Body to environment environment to environment 3 | P a g e Katelyn Whitman© 2025, All Rights Reserved. What kind of activities can teach children how to manipulate their environment and motivate young learners? - fun play activities What are concepts? - Mental representations, images, or ideas of what something should be What does early O&M instruction include? - -sensory awareness -body image and concept -gross and fine motor activities -conceptual awareness An interdisciplinary approach - Should be taken to ensure that children achieve the prerequisite skills and abilities O&M socialists can prepare _ _ and tools that match a child's developmental readiness - customized lessons O&M foundations are built upon _ _ - conceptual prerequisites what are some conceptual prerequisites? - -spatial relationships -having names for body parts -understanding and using left and right and cardinal dire