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ERIC Number: ED133986
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Nov
Pages: 146
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The Development of a Program in Orientation and Mobility for Multiply Impaired Blind Children. Final Report.
Harley, Randall K.; And Others
In the final report on the project to develop programed instruction in orientation and mobility for use by teachers of multiply impaired blind children, the development of the evaluation scales and programed instruction in four basic areas of precane training, the results of field testing, and the dissemination activities are described. An introductory section covers a review of the literature, results of a pilot study involving nine multiply handicapped blind children (4-11 years old), and an overview of the project. Explained are the steps taken in developing the revised Peabody Mobility Scale which provides information on six basic orientation and mobility skills: sighted guide, seating, trailing, turning and maintaining orientation, utilization of discriminable landmarks, and environmental travel. It is noted that the programed instructional system was developed to correspond to the Peabody scale in the same four components--motor development, sensory skills, concept development, and orientation and mobility skills. Described in detail are the steps involved in implementing the field test study in terms of site and subject selection (23 facilities and a total of 42 Ss, 5-13 years old), materials, assessment and intervention procedures, results, and discussion of the results. The results of the field test study are reported as suggesting that the Peabody Mobility Project resulted in an effective instructional product which had fulfilled the project's principal goal. The bulk of the document consists of appendixes which include raw statistical data, sample profiles, excerpts from the scale and instructional materials, and sample teacher evaluation forms. (SBH)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: George Peabody Coll. for Teachers, Nashville, TN.
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