"Orientation and mobility training in special education curriculum on the social adjustment problems of visually impaired children in family.".

The study is aimed at investigating the impact of orientation and mobility training as a part of the special education curriculum on the social adjustment of visually impaired children. The population consisted of visually impaired children between the ages of (3-16), studying at different special education institutes in Pakistan. The study used two sub-dimensions of social adjustment, namely Self-Personality and Pro-social behavior, to be explored in terms of their relationship with orientation and mobility training. The results showed a significant relationship between O & M training and social adjustment of children in terms of personality well-being and social interaction with their families. The variables were found to be correlated with each other. The results were in line with most of the previous research studies. The novelty of the study lies in selection of cultural context of Pakistan, which is a developing country and to date international standard trainings and social care is not provided to the visually impaired at large. Descriptive, frequency, correlation and regression analysis were run on the collected data to sum up the findings and results. The results indicated positive changes in terms of social adjustment in visually impaired students, who went through proper standard mobility trainings at their respective special education institutes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]