Overview:
Participants in this class learn adaptive skills of blindness to become independent in their self-care and personal space. Training focuses on the areas of personal hygiene, cleaning/laundry, organization/labeling techniques, time management, basic telephone use, handwriting skills, and notetaking for recording and retrieving information.
Overall Goal of Personal Management:
- Establish and maintain orientation in one’s personal space (i.e. dorm room)
- Demonstrate proficiency in personal hygiene/grooming habits
- Demonstrate effective cleaning skills
- Demonstrate proper use of laundry facility and related tasks
- Establish and develop proper means of organization and labeling of personal items
- Demonstrate time proficiencies using appropriate devices
- Managing communication needs independently (i.e. phone, apps, digital recorder)
- Establish signature and develop handwriting skills (if applicable)
Personal Management Skill List:
- Personal Care
- Showering/bathing
- Shaving
- Dental care
- Use of deodorant
- Nail care
- Hair care
- Make-up application
- Cleaning skills
- Identifying and proper use cleaning products
- Bathroom cleaning of sink, toilet, shower
- Dusting and polishing
- Mirrors and window
- Mopping
- Miscellaneous Home Tasks
- Identifying keys
- Inserting key into lock
- Plugging into an outlet
- Laundry
- Setting and use of machines
- Sorting
- Folding
- Hanging and clothes management
- Ironing
- Organization and Labeling
- Use of labeling device
- Organizing and identifying clothes (matching and labeling)
- Organizing and identifying medications
- Organizing and identifying personal care items
- Time
- Use of time keeping device
- Demonstrating proficiency in telling time
- Demonstrating proficiency in setting time
- Demonstrating proficiency in setting alarm
- Telephone Use
- Identify basic features of personal phone
- Make phone calls
- Demonstrate use of keypad
- Use of phone services (i.e. Tell Me, information line)
- Call Support Services via personal phone or room phone
- Handwriting
- Create a list/notetaking
- Use of guides
- Produce signature
- Digital Assistance Apps
- Use and/or awareness of the following: Seeing AI, KNFB reader, BeMyEyes, Facetime, Skype
- Use of Digital Recorder
- Create a file
- Retrieve a file
- Delete a file
- Organize a file
- Replace batteries
- Use of NLS player/app
- Play book
- Operation of basic feature of player
- Receive/return books
- Use of BARD app on personal phone or computer (if applicable)
