Orientation & mobility assessment study
guide with complete solution
What is the code of ethics for ACVREP - ANS 1. Student, community profession, colleagues,
employment practices
AER - ANS 1. Association for the education and rehabilitation of the blind
ASHA - ANS 1. American speech language and hearing association
2. Association for speech and language
How did C. BLEDSOE influence the advancement of the O&M profession - ANS 1. Wrote the
chapter of O&M books
How did Dorothy Harrison Ustes influence the advancement of the O&M profession - ANS 1.
Mother of the dog guide movement
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 the O&M profession - ANS 1. Father
of orientation and mobility
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 - ANS 1. Champion for the public education of the blind
How did Father Carroll influence the advancement of the O&M profession - ANS 1. Founder
of the conference
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 O&M profession continued 1 - ANS
5. He tried to establish an O&M group or association
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 O&M profession continued 2 - ANS
7. He took the initiative by asking 51 specific questions with respect to the 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 - ANS 1. First college grant that had a
master's degree for O&M
How did the Gloucester conference advance the O&M profession - ANS 1. The first time that
they had all the doctors and rehabilitation specialist get 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 - ANS 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 - ANS 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 continued 1 - ANS 4. figured out that
the first thing they needed to know how to do was to get 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 continued 2 - ANS 6. Hoover named
it orientation but in the beginning it was called "foot travel'
7. "Foot travel" was chosen for its unpretentious self-explanatory simplicity
How did the Valley Forge advance the O&M profession continued 3 - ANS 8, They
discovered the cane was the most reliable way to detect obstacles
9. This reinforced the Hoover method
How did the Avon program advance the O&M profession - ANS 1. The purposes was the
social adjustment of the war blinded prior to discharge from service
2. Avon program limited the persons stay
3. They believed in "facial vision"- a belief in the ability to detect obstacles through sensation
that has rather fancifully
How did Hines hospital advance the O&M profession - ANS 1. used corrective therapists as
O&M instructors
2. they created a film "Long Cane"
guide with complete solution
What is the code of ethics for ACVREP - ANS 1. Student, community profession, colleagues,
employment practices
AER - ANS 1. Association for the education and rehabilitation of the blind
ASHA - ANS 1. American speech language and hearing association
2. Association for speech and language
How did C. BLEDSOE influence the advancement of the O&M profession - ANS 1. Wrote the
chapter of O&M books
How did Dorothy Harrison Ustes influence the advancement of the O&M profession - ANS 1.
Mother of the dog guide movement
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 the O&M profession - ANS 1. Father
of orientation and mobility
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 - ANS 1. Champion for the public education of the blind
How did Father Carroll influence the advancement of the O&M profession - ANS 1. Founder
of the conference
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 O&M profession continued 1 - ANS
5. He tried to establish an O&M group or association
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 O&M profession continued 2 - ANS
7. He took the initiative by asking 51 specific questions with respect to the 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 - ANS 1. First college grant that had a
master's degree for O&M
How did the Gloucester conference advance the O&M profession - ANS 1. The first time that
they had all the doctors and rehabilitation specialist get 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 - ANS 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 - ANS 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 continued 1 - ANS 4. figured out that
the first thing they needed to know how to do was to get 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 continued 2 - ANS 6. Hoover named
it orientation but in the beginning it was called "foot travel'
7. "Foot travel" was chosen for its unpretentious self-explanatory simplicity
How did the Valley Forge advance the O&M profession continued 3 - ANS 8, They
discovered the cane was the most reliable way to detect obstacles
9. This reinforced the Hoover method
How did the Avon program advance the O&M profession - ANS 1. The purposes was the
social adjustment of the war blinded prior to discharge from service
2. Avon program limited the persons stay
3. They believed in "facial vision"- a belief in the ability to detect obstacles through sensation
that has rather fancifully
How did Hines hospital advance the O&M profession - ANS 1. used corrective therapists as
O&M instructors
2. they created a film "Long Cane"
