Orientation and Mobility Specialist
With our office, you will provide orientation and mobility instruction to blind and visually impaired customers. This work helps children and adults gain the skills they need to live and travel independently within their homes, workplaces, and communities. As an Orientation and Mobility Specialist, you will perform the following duties:
- Assessments: Interview and observe individuals who are referred for services, review reports, and confer with staff to fully understand each person’s needs and motivation
- Service Planning: Develop individual service plans for instruction, provide further referrals, and recommend adaptive equipment based on each person’s individual needs, input, and circumstances
- Skill Instruction: Teach sequences of individualized and group instruction to provide experience-based learning and supervised practice
- Progress Evaluation: Monitor achievement and adjust instruction to support individual success
- Supportive Counseling: Provide guidance to individuals and families to help them understand and utilize mobility skills, options, and opportunities