ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

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.

Familiar and unfamiliar setting

Effects of lightingEffects of noiseAwareness of surface change

Orientation and Mobility

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 aidsResponses to peoplePlay/leisureNotice of environmentMealtime/tasks of daily living

Behaviors suggesting visionFunctional acuity