National Center for Teacher Professional Development offers trainings on“Mobility and Orientation in Space for Blind and Visually Impaired People”. 6 participants are currently involved in pilot trainings.

National Center for Teacher Professional Development has been involved in MoES and Norwegian Education and Research Ministry joint project “Implementing Inclusive Education in Professional Education“ since 2015. The training module “Mobility and Orientation in Space for Blind and Visually Impaired People” have been developed within the project.

The trainings target audience are teachers, parents and professionals working with visually impaired people. The trainings will teach techniques for mobility and independent movement for visually impaired people.

After the pilot trainings, the trainings will get approved and any teacher or interested candidate can attend the trainings from 2016.