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Ecological Observations. Orientation and Mobility Functional Application. Orientation and Mobility. Rationale:
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Orientation and Mobility Functional Application
Orientation and Mobility • Rationale: • Understanding how certain environmental factors affect the organization of vision and influence the student’s orientation skills contributes valuable information to the analysis of visual functioning.
Orientation and Mobility • Familiar and unfamiliar setting • Effects of lighting • Effects of noise • Awareness of surface change
Functional Application • Rationale: • Environmental contexts and stimuli provide information on extent and quality of functional vision, cognitive status, and motivational sources. • Identification of where and what student sees helps to encourage use of vision in various settings.
Functional Application • Optical aids • Responses to people • Play/leisure • Notice of environment • Mealtime/tasks of daily living • Behaviors suggesting vision • Functional acuity