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<p style="max-width: 100%;"><img decoding="async" src="https://exz4pi6g2b4.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Orange-OM-Icon.png?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=100%2C100&ssl=1" alt=" orange icon with a person walking with a white cane" width="100" height="100" data-src="https://exz4pi6g2b4.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Orange-OM-Icon.png?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=100%2C100&ssl=1" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0.5em auto; display: block; height: auto;" data-unique-identifier=""><noscript style="max-width: 100%;"><img decoding="async" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2398" src="https://exz4pi6g2b4.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Orange-OM-Icon.png?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=100%2C100&ssl=1" alt=" orange icon with a person walking with a white cane" width="100" height="100" data-eio="l" /></noscript>Orientation and mobility (O&M) training is learning how to use a white cane to effectively know where you are, where you want to go and the skills to get to your destination.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Our Orientation & Mobility program is a one-week residential program. Clients stay on our campus and O&M training takes place in a wide variety of environments, such as residential, semi-business, business, city and rural settings. The majority of instruction takes place outdoors with the remainder focusing on how to navigate indoor environments including elevators, escalators and moving sidewalks.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">Our O&M program provides individuals with the skills needed to travel safely using a white cane in a much shorter time frame than traditional O&M programs. The one-on-one instruction is tailored to each client’s capabilities, allowing individual needs to be met.</p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;">During training, skills learned may include:</p>
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<li style="max-width: 100%;">Utilizing a human guide</li>
<li style="max-width: 100%;">Using a white cane</li>
<li style="max-width: 100%;">Using orientation skills and cardinal directions (i.e., north, south, east, west) to know where you are, where you want to go and how to get there</li>
<li style="max-width: 100%;">Solving problems along your route, such as barriers, crowds, etc.</li>
<li style="max-width: 100%;">Crossing streets</li>
<li style="max-width: 100%;">Re-orientating yourself</li>
<li style="max-width: 100%;">Shopping, soliciting assistance when needed, and more</li>
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<p style="max-width: 100%;">O&M training is provided free of charge at Leader Dogs for the Blind’s Rochester Hills, Michigan campus to those who are legally blind and at least 16 years of age, regardless of whether they plan to train with a guide dog. Transportation to and from a client’s home to the Leader Dog campus and accommodations and meals while training is also provided free of charge.</p>
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