Blind Student

[Ginny]

Is anyone blind or has anyone had experience working with a blind classmate?

I graduated from the program and starting in a few weeks I will be taking notes for a first year massage student who is blind. This is a first for the program, and I am curious to see how the curriculmn will adapt.

For instance, for a quiz during our kinesiology unit, the teacher got up on the desk and made motions which we would identify. So much of the learning is visual, especially demonstrations... I have the feeling that my position will be a lot more involved than simply note taking. Which reminds me, how do you deal with SOAP notes and charting?

Don't get me wrong, I have no doubt that the visually impaired make great therapists, I am just trying to think ahead as to what challenges we might face in a classroom environment.

Any advice, comments, ancedotes?

Thanks!

 

[Lauren F]

I taught a blind student in massage school.

She brought her seeing-eye dog to class, and took notes on a braile writing machine or taped class. She rode the city bus to and from class.

She did just fine and didn't have any problems.

The school had a computer where she could listen to the questions that were on the test and somehow she knew which computer buttons to push in order to fill out the test on the computer. It was quite amazing. I believe the computer program was called SHARK (?), but I can't recall as it was a lot of years ago.

That's a bit choppy in reading, but as simple as I can put it.

 

[melissa k]

NC_kneader,

Perhaps you could try asking some of the posters in this thread, they might have more information that could prove helpful to you...

Any visually impaired massage therapists?
http://www.massageplanet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10182