The Teacher's Efforts in Improving Mobility Orientation Skill Through the Trailling Technique of Blind Children in Class Vii at Slbn Citeureup Cimahi City

Abstract

The visually impaired are individuals who experience abnormalities in vision that cause a person to experience visual limitations. Blind people can face significant impacts in various aspects of life, both physical, emotional, social, and psychosocial. One of the impacts of blindness is experiencing limitations in their mobility orientation abilities, making it  difficult  to  move  to  a  place.  Improving  the  mobility  orientation  ability  of  blind  children  requires  learning  in recognizing  an  environment.  One  of  the  teacher's  efforts  is  providing  orientation  and  mobility  lessons  with  basic concepts through the trailling technique. This research uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive method type, the techniques  used are  interviews,  observation,  and  documentation. The  results  of the  study  found  out the  difficulties experienced by teachers in implementing mobility orientation learning, namely when carrying out activities outside the school must have more than one mentor so that the implementation can be directed. Recommendations for teachers always  evaluate  learning  by  watching  when  the  learning  process  takes  place.  Efforts  made  by  teachers  when overcoming difficulties require more than one mentor so that implementation can be well-directed. Recommendations for schools to include teachers in training - training organized by the agency or other institutions to add insight and equip infrastructure so that children can learn optimally.